jazz

Drawing in two colors / Winold Reiss.

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Palace Laundry Orchestra - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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A black and white photo of a man playing a trumpet. Great Depression F...

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[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, between 1938 and 1948]

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948]

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[Portrait of Cootie Williams, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948...

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Members of Southwestern University band unloading instruments from tru...

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[Fats Waller, three-quarter length portrait, seated at piano, facing f...

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Municipal band at the Central Iowa Fair. Marshalltown, Iowa

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A black and white photo of a band playing, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

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A black and white photo of a man playing a saxophone, Great Depression...

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New York, New York. Juan Tizol, valve and trombone player of Duke Elli...

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[Portrait of Wingy Manone, William P. Gottlieb's office, New York, N.Y...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Howard Theater(?), Washington, D.C., ca. ...

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[Portrait of Sam Donahue, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946]

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[Portrait of Buddy Rich, Strand(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946]

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[Portrait of Tab Smith, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

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Portrait of Jack Teagarden, Victor studio(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Apr....

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Fireplace at the restored Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Built in 1922, it was the center of an African-American cultural renaissance that predated Harlem. Washington natives Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey were joined by nationally acclaimed artists such as Ella Fit... More

Details of Taft Bridge, NW, Washington, D.C.

Taft Bridge, also known as the Connecticut Ave. bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge, carries Connecticut Ave. over Rock Creek and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, connecting the neighborhoods of Woodley Par... More

Mausoleum at the historic Woodlawn Cemetery in Woodlawn, within The Br...

The graveyard opened during the U.S. Civil War in 1863, in what was then part of rural Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874. Itis the final resting place of many American not... More

Newport Black Ensemble Theatre Group (NBET) workshop at the "old Navy ...

Index data: 1, Ramona Baily (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 2, Barbara McDowell (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 3-4, Arndra "Weedy" Durden (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 5, Left to right: Frank S. Young (da... More

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What Is a Mode? [pencil on yellow leg...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

[Portrait of Coleman Hawkins, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Sep...

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[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis, Cecil Payne, Miles Davis, an...

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[Portrait of Rex William Stewart, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1...

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[Portrait of Hot Lips Page, Sidney Bechet, Freddie Moore, and Lloyd Ph...

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[Portrait of Cootie Williams, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948...

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[Portrait of Tex Beneke, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947]

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[Portrait of Willie Smith and Juan Tizol, New York, N.Y., between 1946...

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[Portrait of Sidney Bechet, Freddie Moore, and Lloyd Phillips, Jimmy R...

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[Portrait of Eddie Condon, Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, (Arthur) B...

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Jazz and Folk Influences, 1947-1963

[lecture/speech] Lecture #15, Harvard

[Portrait of Eddie Bert, 1947 or 1948]

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[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]

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[Portrait of Brick Fleagle, Snuffy Arthur, Lyle Murphy, Sandy Williams...

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Take me to the land of jazz Recording Label

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Royal garden blues - A record label with a picture of a man and a dog

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[Portrait of Joe Marsala, Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C., 193-]

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A black and white photo of a man playing a trumpet, Harris and Ewing, ...

A black and white photo of a man playing a trumpet, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washin... More

Valburn/Ellington Collection

Cajun musicians at fais-do-do at National Rice Festival. Crowley, Loui...

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[Portrait of Larry Clinton, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]

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[Portrait of Jay Higginbotham, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 194...

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[Portrait of King Guion, between 1938 and 1948]

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Revivalist rally under tree in square, Saturday afternoon, Tahlequah, ...

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Katherine Dunham in Le Jazz Hot, originally presented in 1939

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Orchestra playing outside a grocery store on Saturday afternoon which ...

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A black and white photo of two men playing instruments. Great Depressi...

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Orchestra playing outside a grocery store on Saturday afternoon which ...

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Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Company dance given in Moose Hall by employee...

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Jesse Younger playing the saxophone in small band for a Saturday night...

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New York, New York. Duke Ellington directs his band during a broadcast...

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A black and white photo of a man playing a tuba. Office of War Informa...

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[Portrait of Gene Sedric, The Place, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]

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[Portrait of Henry Wells, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]

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[Portrait of Al Sears, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]

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[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1...

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[Portrait of Mezz Mezzrow in his office, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946...

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[Portrait of Art Hodes, Pops Foster, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and George ...

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[Portrait of Tiny Grimes, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

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[Portrait of Tony Parenti, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Au...

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[Portrait of Rex William Stewart, Aquarium(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Jun...

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[Portrait of Billy Eckstine and Hugo Winterhalter, New York, N.Y., bet...

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[Portrait of Ray Wetzel, 1947 or 1948]

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[Portrait of Harry DeVito, 1947 or 1948]

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[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. ...

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[Portrait of Ray Anthony, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947]

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[Portrait of Tex Beneke, ca. Jan. 1947]

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Stairway at the restored Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Built in 1922, it was the center of an African-American cultural renaissance that predated Harlem. Washington natives Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey were joined by nationally acclaimed artists such as Ella Fit... More

Portrait of Pete Johnson, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca....

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[Portrait of Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, Joe Shul...

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[Jazz Music (Chicago)] - Public domain music sheet scan

I'm a Jazz Vampire - Public domain music sheet scan

[Portrait of Coleman Hawkins and Miles Davis, Three Deuces, New York, ...

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[Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947]

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[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]

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[Portrait of Jay Higginbotham, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., be...

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[Portrait of Hank D'Amico, ABC studio(?), New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947...

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[Portrait of Billie Holiday] - Public domain portrait print

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[Portrait of Muggsy Spanier, Nick's (Tavern), New York, N.Y., ca. June...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Se...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Se...

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[Portrait of Stan Kenton and Buddy Childers, Richmond, Virginia, 1947 ...

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[Portrait of Billy Taylor, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947]

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[Portrait of Al Sears, Shelton Hemphill, Junior Raglin, Django Reinhar...

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[Portrait of Barney Bigard, Miriam Abramson, and Joe Marsala, Turkish ...

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[Portrait of Billy Butterfield, Columbia studio(?), New York, N.Y., ca...

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Cocoanut Grove jazz - African American sheet music 1883-1923

Parts: piano, 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, 1st clarinet in A, B-flat tenor saxophone, E-flat alto saxophone, cornets in A, trombone, drums. (Content) Copyright MCMXVII by Leo Feist, Inc. F... More

A man in a tuxedo playing a trumpet. Great Depression and World War Tw...

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King of Jazz. Washington, D.C., March 16. Paul Whiteman, King of Jazz ...

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On board a Norwegian-American passenger liner enroute to New York. Chi...

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[Portrait of Toby Tyler, between 1938 and 1948]

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A black and white photo of a band playing, possibly related to: Cowboy...

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A man in a tuxedo playing a trumpet. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negat...

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Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker (second from right) part...

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Local band leader leads with "An Old Southern Melody" and everybody ch...

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New York, New York. Trumpet player in Duke Ellington's orchestra at th...

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[Portrait of Max Kaminsky, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1...

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