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Count Basie

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Thursday, February 2, 1942, sponsored by Paseo Men's Service Club, featuring "The...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie

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Publicity photo of Count Basie facing forward, wearing tweed jacket, and raising his arms up.

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Art Tatum

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Count Basie and Art Tatum sitting at a piano together in front of a stage curtain. Basie is holding a cigarette in one hand and looking down. Tatum is...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Dave Dexter

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Count Basie and Dave Dexter sitting on a table against a wall. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and handing an envelope to Basie, who is wearing...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs

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Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs standing against a studio wall and smiling. Basie is wearing a light colored suit and looking to the side. Wallichs is...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at piano

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Publicity photo of Count Basie seated at the piano and turning toward the camera. Basie is wearing a tweed jacket.

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

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Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and looking up, turning away from the piano...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

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Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at a white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and turning his head forward.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie, Jerry Wald, Billy Rogers, and Dave Dexter on "Can You Tie That"

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Count Basie, Jerry Wald, Billie Rogers, and Dave Dexter looking forward and seated at a table with microphones, water pitchers, and paper, for a...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson

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Backstage at a broadcast to American soldiers over the Armed Forces Radio Service network in 1945 are Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie, Jo Jones and Walter Page performing

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Count Basie seated playing piano with Jo Jones playing drums and Walter Page playing bass; all are looking over the left side of the photo; sheets of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Dave Dexter and Count Basie

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Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Count Basie playing cards

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Dave Dexter and Count Basie play cards with two unidentified musicians. Dexter is second from right, crouching on a box and looking to the side. Basie...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs

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Dave Dexter, Count Basie, Glenn Wallichs, and unidentified man looking over documents. Dexter is looking forward with his hand on Basie's shoulder...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs

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Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs facing forward and posing shoulder to shoulder for a photo. Dexter is wearing a wool suit and tie, Basie...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, John Hammond, Count Basie, and Sonny Burke

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In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter with unidentified group

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Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter with an unidentified group in a music hall. Hines is standing sixth from left, wearing a suit jacket and...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, John Hammond, and Count Basie

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Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, and John Hammond standing behind a piano and leaning forward. Count Basie is seated at the piano facing outward and smiling.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry "Sweets" Edison, Count Basie (seated), Jimmy Powell, and "Lucky" Thompson

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Harry "Sweets" Edison playing trumpet, Jimmy Powell playing clarinet, Count Basie (seated) playing piano, and Eli "Lucky" Thompson playing saxophone...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry Warren and Count Basie

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Harry Warren leaning forward and looking up at Count Basie while holding a cigar. Basie is holding papers and hearing a pinstripe suit. Both are...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey

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Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey (left to right) standing in a semi-circle...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Symphony Sid [Sid Torin], Count Basie, Earl Hines, and Dave Dexter

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Symphony Sid [Sid Torin], Count Basie, Earl Hines, and Dave Dexter walking down stairs. All are wearing suits and smiling.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton

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Tommy Dorsey holding a trombone and looking down. Dorsey is standing next to Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, both playing a vibraphone in a studio.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (21)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (22)
  • posters (1)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (22)
  • Gelatin silver prints (22)
  • Portrait photographs (20)
  • Group portraits (18)
  • Snapshots (17)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Concert posters (1)
  • Film negatives (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Safety film negatives (1)
  • Screen prints (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1941-1950 (23)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Pianists (12)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (11)
  • Jazz musicians (8)
  • African American men (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Actors (1)
  • Dance music (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Trombonists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (2)
  • 14th Street (1)
  • Central Street (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (10)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (3)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (3)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (2)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (2)
  • Hampton, Lionel (2)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (2)
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 (2)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Burke, Sonny, 1914-1980 (1)
  • Durbin, Deanna (1)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (1)
  • Hapmton, Lionel (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Norman, Gene (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Powell, Jimmy, 1914-1994 (1)
  • Rogers, Billie (1)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (1)
  • Symphony Sid (1)
  • Tatum, Art, 1909-1956 (1)
  • Thompson, Lucky, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 (1)
  • Warren, Harry, 1893-1981 (1)
  • Wilson, Don, 1900-1982 (1)
  • (-) Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (23)

Date Published

  • 1945 (11)
  • 1950 (11)
  • 1944 (4)
  • 1946 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1943 (2)
  • 1942 (1)

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