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Dave Dexter and Andy Kirk

Image

Dave Dexter, Andy Kirk, and an unidentified man standing together drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Dexter is wearing a vest and looking forward...

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

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman at DownBeat awards event

Image

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman holding trophies and talking while at the 1939 DownBeat awards event, Waldorf-Astoria. Dexter is wearing a suit and...

Date Published
January-15-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Bil Burton at the beach

Image

Bil Burton seated in a sun chair on the beach with Dave Dexter leaning forward on the right. Burton and Dexter are at the beach with an unidentified...

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

Dave Dexter and Bil Burton on a sun chair

Image

Dave Dexter leaning back with eyes closed wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Dexter is laying back on Bil Burton who is seated on a sun chair and wearing...

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

Dave Dexter and Maxine Gray

Image

Dave Dexter speaking with Maxine Gray in Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri. Dexter is holding a pencil and pad of paper and turned toward Gray...

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

Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Helen Forrest at DownBeat awards ceremony

Image

Dave Dexter speaking with Benny Goodman at a dining table in the Waldorf-Astoria during the 1939 DownBeat awards ceremony. Dexter is seated second...

Date Published
January-15-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Big Joe Turner, and Pete Johnson

Image

Pete Johnson, Dave Dexter, and Big Joe Turner during recording session for Decca Records "Kansas City Jazz" album produced by Dexter in New York City...

Date Published
November-11-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Leonard Feather, Benny Carter, and Milt Gabler

Image

Left to right: Dave Dexter, wearing a pinstripe suit; jazz critic, Leonard Feather; Benny Carter, wearing a light suit and talking into a microphone...

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

Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter

Image

Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter standing around a radio (or possibly a phonograph) looking down at a record in Dexter's hand at Basie's...

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

Ed Flynn, Benny Carter, and Dave Dexter

Image

Ed Flynn, wearing a light suit and tie, and Benny Carter, wearing a tuxedo, seated on a couch. Dave Dexter is crouched next to Carter wearing a...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier

Image

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois. Dexter is...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier

Image

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing left to right at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Dexter, Dave
  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (12)

Types

  • photographs (12)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Snapshots (12)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Portrait photographs (10)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1931-1940 (12)

Subjects

  • Sound recording executives and producers (11)
  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Award presentations (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Carter, Benny (2)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (2)
  • Pease, Sharon (2)
  • Spanier, Muggsy, 1906-1967 (2)
  • Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994 (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Forrest, Helen (1)
  • Gabler, Milt, 1911-2001 (1)
  • Gray, Maxine (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • Johnson, Pete, 1904-1967 (1)
  • Kirby, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • (-) Dexter, Dave (12)

Date Published

  • 1940 (6)
  • 1935 (5)
  • 1939 (3)
  • 1940-01-15 (2)
  • 1940-11-11 (1)

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