Andy Russell looking down at his personal manager, Bullets Durgom, asleep in a crate backstage at the Paramount Theatre in New York.
Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Arnett Cobb's' band and Sid Catlet's band in Harlem, New York.
Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Billy Eckstine, Jimmie Lunceford's Band and Eddie Wilcox in Harlem, New York.
Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Sy Oliver's band in Harlem, New York.
Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring the Mills Brothers and the Andy Kirk Band in Harlem, New York.
Candy, the baby elephant at the Bronx Zoo, from her right side, is being fed straw by a white male keeper, from his left side, kneeling down to hold...
Budd Johnson, Dicky Wells, and the back of Buddy Tate, holding their instruments, leaving the stage. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New...
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, walks in front of Norman Hedman as Misha Tsiganov (left) and Craig Rivers look on during a recording session for...
United Nations headquarters General Assembly Hall, under construction in New York, New York.
Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City with the street, including passing car and pedestrian...
Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City.
Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City with the street, including pedestrian behind them.
Ben Webster joking around with Eddie Barefield and an unidentified African American man holding a beer and cigarette outside the Famous Door on 52nd...
Benny Goodman relaxing on a sofa while looking up and smiling, during the 1939 Downbeat awards ceremony. Goodman is wearing glasses and a tuxedo...
Buck Clayton seated in a recording studio; Vic Dickenson (in a hat) and another, unidentified white man, are in the foreground.
A black-light mural of a lunar eclipse at the Hayden Planetarium in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Blanche Williams stands on the sidewalk in New York City and grins at the camera as a white limousine is parked behind her. A bus advertising The New...
Carnegie Hall is full of spectators (white men and women) to listen to a broadcast of possible a symphony. A few string players (all white) are...
Buck Clayton and Dicky Wells listen to Budd Johnson perform on stage. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.
Al Cohn, Buck Clayton, Zoot Sims, Jackie Williams, Buddy Tate, and the hands and soprano sax of Budd Johnson enjoy a moment on stage. Zoot is turned...
Buck Clayton with an unidentified man with the Carnegie Hall Bar behind them.
Buck Clayton walking arm-in-arm with Alain Bouchet, in a tuxedo, down the sidewalk; New York.
Buck Clayton and Rex Stewart; New York.
Buck Clayton stands next to Zoot Sims, in an Irish cap and an unidentified fan standing by. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.
Kenny Kersey, piano with Buck Clayton, trumpet, performing at Lou Terrasi's Hickory Log in New York City.
