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Count Basie Orchestra members in performance

Image

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance on stage. Musicians shown include Earle Warren, Jack Washington, and Lester Young playing saxophone...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jazz at the Philharmonic performance

Image

A "Jazz at the Philharmonic" performance with Lester Young, Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet, Ella Fitzgerald and Roy Eldridge at the New York...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Lester Young

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Lester Young playing saxophone. Young is holding the saxophone up and to the side while playing. Young is wearing a pinstripe suit.

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

Lester Young

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An unidentified musician holding an alto saxophone next to Lester Young who is playing a tenor saxophone. Both men are sitting on chairs in front of a...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Lester Young

Image

Lester Young playing saxophone. Young is holding the saxophone up and to the side while playing. Young is wearing a dark colored suit jacket.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Lester Young

Image

Low angle photograph of Lester Young playing saxophone. Young is holding the saxophone up and to the side while playing. Young is wearing a pinstripe...

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

Lester Young in a flat hat

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Lester Young in a flat black hat similar to a pork-pie hat; looking downwards.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959
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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)

Types

  • (-) photographs (7)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Group portraits (3)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)

Subjects, People

  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)
  • (-) Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (7)

Date Published

  • 1940 (3)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)

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