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Group portrait of Andy Kirk and his orchestra
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Andy Kirk conducts his orchestra from a raised platform as they surround him and point their horns upwards in his direction. Letterpress text beneath image: "ANDY KIRK / And His Orchestra - Direction / JOE GLASER / R C A Building 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York N.Y.", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, Mary Lou Williams plays the piano.
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Group portrait of Buddy Johnson and his orchestra
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Buddy Johnson and his orchestra play. Letterpress text beneath image: "BUDDY JOHNSON / HIS PIANO AND HIS ORCHESTRA - PERSONAL MANAGEMENT / GALE AGENCY, INC. / 48 WEST 48th STREET / NEW YORK CITY", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:39:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, Purvis Henson [?] plays the tenor (first saxophone on the left).
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Group portrait of Eddie Tompkins, Willie Smith, Joe Thomas
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Eddie Tompkins, holding trumpet, and Willie Smith, holding clarinet, surround microphone. Joe Thomas looks on. Letterpress text beneath image: "Tompkins, Smith, Thomas - EXCLUSIVE / VOCALION RECORDING / ARTISTS - Personal Direction / HAROLD F. OXLEY / 17 East 49th Street / New York City", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, The musicians pictured are members of Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra.
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Group portrait of Ella Fitzgerald and her orchestra
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Ella Fitzgerald sings and Eddie Barefield plays the clarinet in front of orchestra. Letterpress text beneath image: "ELLA FITZGERALD / And Her Famous Orchestra - PERSONAL MANAGEMENT / GALE AGENCY, INC. / 48 WEST 48th STREET / NEW YORK CITY", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:36:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01
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Group portrait of Louis Jordan and his orchestra
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Louis Jordan conducts his orchestra with his left hand and holds soprano saxophone in his right hand. Letterpress text beneath image: "LOUIS JORDAN / And His Orchestra - MANAGEMENT / GENERAL AMUSEMENT CORP. / New York, Chicago, Hollywood, London" Inscribed in image: "Bloom / CHICAGO", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, Unidentified trumpet player, bassist, drummer and pianist pictured.
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Group portrait of Lucky Millinder and band
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Lucky Millinder stands in front of his band with his right hand in a fist. His musicians are shaking hands with each other. Music stands inscribed with the letters "L M." Letterpress text beneath image: "LUCKY MILLANDER & BAND / Doing the Famous "Hello Bill" Number - GALE AGENCY, INC. / 48 WEST 48th STREET / NEW YORK CITY / MOSS PHOTO, N.Y.", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, Tenor saxophonist Bull Moose Jackson is the first saxophone on the first row.
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Group portrait of Mary Lou Williams, Pha Terrell and Andy Kirk and his orchestra
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Andy Kirk conducts his orchestra. Letterpress text beneath image: "MARY LOU WILLIAMS and PHA TERRELL / featured with / ANDY KIRK and His Orchestra - Direction / JOE GLASER / R. C. A. Building 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York, N. Y." Inscribed in image: "GORDON / CONNER / [?----]LAND", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:40:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, First row: band leader Andy Kirk, pianist Mary Lou Williams and vocalist Pha Terrell in front of microphone labeled "NBC". Second Row L to R: Ted Brinson, guitar; Booker Collins [?], bass; Ben Thigpen [?] (Ed Thigpen's father), drums; Theodore Donnelly [?], trombone; Dick Wilson, alto saxophone; John Williams, alto saxophone; John Harrington, saxophone; unidentified baritone saxophone player. Trumpets L to R: Earl Thompson, Paul King, Harry 'Big Jim' Lawson.
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Group portrait of Snookum Russell and his orchestra
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Snookum Russell plays the piano with his orchestra. Earl 'Fatha' Hines stands behind microphone at far right. Letterpress text beneath image: "Snookum Russell and his Orchestra / Is congratulated by / EARL (FATHER) HINES - Personal and Exclusive Management / FERGUSON BROS. AGENCY, INC. / 328 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis 2, Ind. / Indianapolis - New York - Washington - Hollywood", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:37:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, J.J. Johnson [?], second trombone player from the left. Fats Navarro [?], second trumpet from the left.
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Group portrait of the Lunceford Quartette
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Gerald Wilson, James 'Trummy' Young, Eddie Tompkins, and Willie Smith sing into microphone while guitarist Al Norris plays. Letterpress text beneath image: "LUNCEFORD QUARTETTE / Wilson, Young, Tompkins, Smith / Guitarist, Al Norris - EXCLUSIVE / VOCALION RECORDING / ARTISTS - Personal Direction / HAROLD F. OXLEY / 17 East 49th Street / New York City", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-10-01