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Ahmad Alaadeen and Don Miller relax during a recording session

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and engineer, Don Miller, sit among the recording equipment during a recording session for "New Africa Suite" at...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen recording in New York

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap under a headset while playing a soprano saxophone in front of recording equipment for a track during a recording...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

At the La Jolla Jazz Festival

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Jimmy Cheatham directing an unidentified jazz band (likely a UCSD band) on an outdoor stage at the La Jolla Jazz Festival; photo taken with Cheatham's...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Audio equipment in PA room at Municipal Auditorium

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PA room at Municipal Auditorium, depicting work desk, equipment racks, and record cutting lathes.

Date Published
1939
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Buck Clayton in the studio with Buddy Tate and others

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Buddy Tate and Earle Warren playing sax with Sir Charles Thompson, Dicky Wells, and Buck Clayton.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton recording with Jimmy Rushing

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Jimmy Rushing and Buck Clayton (and possibly Urbie Green on trombone) in a recording studio in New York.

Date Published
February-26-1958
February-27-1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, Sir Charles Thompson and others

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Studio shot of Dicky Wells playing trombone, Sir Charles Thompson on piano, Earle Warren on sax, Buck Clayton on trumpet, unidentified clarinetists...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, Sir Charles Thompson and others

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Buddy Tate speaking to a group including Sir Charles Thompson, Earle Warren, Buck Clayton and others.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells and others

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Studio shot with Dicky Wells on trombone, Buck Clayton, likely Earle Warren, and an unidentified African American clarinet player.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck playing trumpet in the studio

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Buck Clayton on trumpet with Sir Charles Thompson on piano and others in the room.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Capitol Records album "New American Jazz"

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The cover of a 78-rpm record album set released by Capitol Records called "New American Jazz." The cover features a silhouette of five musicians and...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Capitol Records microphone

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A close-up, side view photograph of a microphone against a blank wall. The cable coming out of the receiver and running down the stand is visible.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Capitol Records microphone

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Close-up photograph of a Capitol Records microphone showing the label name. An unidentified white male violinist is standing behind the microphone...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified man in a recording studio

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Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man, and Patty Tucker in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and three men in a recording studio

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Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified white man in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand. Two other...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Charles Owens at a recording session

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Charles Owens seated behind a music stand in a white shirt with a blue strap for his saxophone during a recording session; behind on the wall various...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Craig Rivers and Ahmad Alaadeen at the recording studio

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap and holding a soprano saxophone, and Craig Rivers (in background), with his arms crossed, during a recording...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Damon Transcribing Facilities on the job

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Crowd gathered around representatives of Damon Transcription Laboratory, who are doing a live remote recording from Union Station, Kansas City.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Dave Dexter and Capitol Records staff recording an album

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Dave Dexter and unidentified Capitol Records staff (all white men) recording a Christmas album. Dexter is seated at the bottom right, playing...

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

Dave Dexter in studio

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Dave Dexter seated in a recording studio looking to the side. Dexter is operating a reel-to-reel machine.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter listening to a recording with two unidentified men

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Dave Dexter sitting in the center with two unidentified white men listening to a recording. All are seated at a studio machine with turntables.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis seated in a recording studio

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Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an...

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

Ed Roche operating a reel-to-reel recorder

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Ed Roche operating a reel-to-reel recorder manufactured by the Stancil-Hoffman Company in Hollywood.

Date Published
1953
1955
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Ed Roche standing with recording/broadcasting equipment

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Ed Roche standing with recording/broadcasting equipment.

Date Published
1967
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Fine broadcasting studios available for your recordings

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Recording/broadcasting studio with piano and microphone at Damon Transcribing Facilities.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

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