12596_254 Big Jay McNeely's back-up group and L.A. disc-jockey, Hunter Hancock (left), at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13176_102 Shelly Manne in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13304_2 Ron Crotty, San Francisco, CA, 1954. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13301_2 Ray Nance and Paul Gonslaves backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13176_101 Shelly Manne and June Christy (foreground) in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13366_10 Wycliffe Gordon backstage at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. (Wynton Marsalis on TV) © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_401 Big Jay McNeely's back-up singer at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_103 Big Jay McNeely's back-up group at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12598_106 Wardell Gray, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_202 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13327_1 Quentin Jackson backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13341_11 Arvil Shaw, circa 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13310_261 Smilin' Smokey Lynn at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_101 Big Jay McNeely and fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_256 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_263 Big Jay McNeely's bass player at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_301 Big Jay McNeely and fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_601 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

1147_0026 Lena Horne performing at the Cocoanut Grove 1953 © 1978 David Sutton

1147_0027 Lena Horne performing at the Cocoanut Grove 1953 © 1978 David Sutton

13329_1 Paul Gonslaves backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11518_0040 "Academy Awards: 51st Annual," Donna Summer. 1979. © 1979 Gunther

12596_501 Big Jay McNeely and L.A. disc-jockey, Hunter Hancock, at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13317_10 Buck Clayton at "The Benny Goodman Story" recording session, Universal 1955. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_104 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12598_1 Wardell Gray at the Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11539_9 Sonny Bono at his restaurant, circa 1985. © 1985 Phil Fewsmith MPTV

12596_257 Big Jay McNeely and fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

10968_105 Gene Krupa backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Norman Granz's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

10968_1 Tom Waits at a used car lot, 1978. © 1978 Ulvis Alberts MPTV

10968_106 Gene Krupa at the Shrine Auditorium for Norman Granz's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

10968_112 Gene Krupa at "The Benny Goodman Story" recording session, Universal 1955. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

10777_1 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead smelling a flower in Seattle, 1967. © 1978 Ulvis Alberts MPTV

10163_101 Cal Tjader, 1957. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

3823_0006 Bert Lahr, Judy Garland, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger Wizard Of Oz, The (1939) 0032138 MGM

3823_0007 Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger Film Set Wizard Of Oz, The (1939) 0032138 MGM

3813_0112 "What's Up, Doc?" Ryan O'Neal, Barbra Streisand 1972 Warner Brothers Photo by Bruce McBroom ** I.V.

3733_0015 Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Film Set Some Like It Hot (1959) 0053291 **I.V.

3625_0072 Frank Sinatra in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas running through the material he will use on his TV show 1960 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3823_0021 Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, Bert Lahr. Film Set Wizard Of Oz, The (1939) 0032138 MGM

3813_0114 "What's Up, Doc?" Ryan O'Neal, Barbra Streisand 1972 Warner Brothers Photo by Bruce McBroom ** I.V.

3625_0073 Frank Sinatra in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas running through the material he will use on his TV show 1960 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3601_0108 "The Music Man" Shirley Jones and Robert Preston 1962

3483_0041 "Hello Dolly" Barbra Streisand, Louis Armstrong 1969 20th Century Fox **I.V.

337_1218 Frank Sinatra takes a break on a Los Angeles soundstage as he rehearses with Count Basie for an upcoming show in Las Vegas 1964 © 1978 Ted Allan

3325_0031 "Carbaret" Liza Minnelli. © 1972 Allied Artists-ABC Pictures Photo by Bud Fraker

2995_0294 Barbra Streisand May 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2882_0003 Richard Rodgers 1949 Copyright John Swope Trust / MPTV

2882_0004 Richard Rodgers 1949 Copyright John Swope Trust / MPTV

2586_0217 Peggy Lee 1959 © 1978 Wallace Seawell