2326_0119 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0117 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0111 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Bobbie Nell Brookshire Gordon 1971 ** I.V.M.

2326_0126 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at the Paper Mill circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2326_0123 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at CBS studio in Hollywood September 1966 ** I.V.M.

2326_0128 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Paul Gonsalves performing in London 1969 ** I.V.M.

2326_0133 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0118 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington 1973 ** I.V.M.

2326_0135 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington with David Frost and Diahann Carroll at Heathrow Airport 1973 ** I.V.M.

24377_0224 Doctor Billy Taylor 1989 © 1989 Steve Banks

5062_0120 Louis Armstrong 1946 Photo by William P. Gottlieb ** I.V.M.

2326_0121 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at Randall's Island 1938 ** I.V.M.

2326_0127 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and his orchestra in Southampton, England (Bill Bailey, Bessie Dudley, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, Freddy Jenkins, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwicke, Jack Hylton, Barney Bigard, Spike Hughes, Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Wellman Braud, Johnny Hodges, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Arthur Whetsol, Lawrence Brown, Ivie Anderson) 1933 ** I.V.M.

2326_0114 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Billy Strayhorn circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2326_0120 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0115 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Count Basie at a Columbia session with featured both their bands 07-06-1961 ** I.V.M.

2326_0125 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Louis Armstrong circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

2326_0113 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Billy Strayhorn circa mid 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0129 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0134 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at a cocktail party given in his honor in Paris circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

24377_0015 Dizzy Gillespie 1988 © 1988 Steve Banks

24377_0039 McCoy Tyner 1988 © 1988 Steve Banks

24322_0215 Harold Land circa 1970s ** I.V.M.

24322_0213 Plas Johnson circa 1980s ** I.V.M.

24322_0214 Plas Johnson circa 1980s ** I.V.M.

2353_0112 Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2353_0113 Ella Fitzgerald leading her orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City 1940 ** I.V.M.

0578_0014 Sarah Vaughan in the recording studio circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2353_0111 Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2353_0115 Ella Fitzgerald and Ed Sullivan on "The Ed Sullivan Show" circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2353_0114 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Mocambo night club in Los Angeles 1955 © 1978 David Sutton

4867_0027 Billy Eckstine with some of the members of his band (Tommy Potter (bass), Art Blakey (drums), Theodore "Fats" Navarro (rear), Eckstine (front), Budd Johnson (front), Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone)) May, 1945 ** I.V.M.

4867_0025 Billy Eckstine and his band performing at The Aragon Ballroom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (FRONT ROW: Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan SECOND ROW: Eli "Lucky" Thompson, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker, Leo Parker, Gene Ammons THIRD ROW: Benny Green, Gail Brockman, Shorty McConnell, Tommy Potter FOURTH ROW: Unknown, Theodore "Fats" Navarro, Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey) 1944 Photo by Charles "Tweenie" Harris ** I.V.M.

2050_0006 William "Count" Basie 1936 ** I.V.M.

2050_0007 William "Count" Basie 1936 ** I.V.M.

0578_0013 Sarah Vaughan 1943 ** I.V.M.

0578_0012 Sarah Vaughan and Duke Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

24293_2916 Savion Glover in "The Tap Dance Kid" circa 1985 ** B.D.M.

1273_0033 "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" Cher, Debbie Reynolds circa 1973 Photo by Gabi Rona

9111_0304 "Funny Face" Audrey Hepburn 1956 Paramount © 1978 Bill Avery

4867_0021 Billy Eckstine at home circa 1950s © 1978 David Sutton

4867_0022 Billy Eckstine at home circa 1950s © 1978 David Sutton

4867_0023 Billy Eckstine circa 1950s © 1978 David Sutton

13383_0002 Joe Williams circa 1961 ** A.H.

13383_0003 Joe Williams circa 1962 ** A.H.

5062_0100 Louis Armstrong and wife, Lucille Wilson, at home in Queens, NY June 1970 ** I.V.

5062_0096 Louis Armstrong October 1970 Universal Pictorial Press ** I.V.

5062_0101 Louis Armstrong and Tony Bennett October 1970 ** I.V.

5062_0095 Louis Armstrong October 1970 Universal Pictorial Press ** I.V.

5062_0103 Artie Seifert, a commercial artist, places a battered trumpet on the coffin of Louis Armstrong at New York's Seventh Regiment Armory July 1971 ** I.V.

5062_0102 Louis Armstrong June 1970 ** I.V.

5062_0098 Lucille Wilson and Dr. Gary Zucker at Louis Armstrong's funeral July 1971 ** I.V.

5062_0097 Louis Armstrong and wife, Lucille Wilson, at home in Queens, NY June 1971 ** I.V.

5062_0105 Louis Armstrong circa 1971 ** I.V.

5062_0104 Louis Armstrong and Jack Lesberg in rehearsal for Newport R.I. Jazz Festival July 1970 ** I.V.

5062_0099 Louis Armstrong June 1971 ** I.V.

13303_0281 Dave Brubeck in the living room of his new Oakland, California home with his children (Darius, Dan, Michael and Catherine) 1954 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

9137_3 "High Society" Louis Armstrong, Charles Walters (director), Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby 1956 MGM © 1978 Bob Willoughby

24354_0269 Count Basie performing at Westbury Music Fair in New York 1971 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0262 Ella Fitzgerald performing with Count Basie at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0270 Count Basie performing at Westbury Music Fair in New York 1971 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0264 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0263 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24293_2207 John Everson, Rita Moreno and Christopher J. Brown in "The Ritz" 1976 Warner Bros. ** B.D.M.

24354_0098 Count Basie performing at Westbury Music Fair in New York 1971 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24349_0047 Stan Getz 1987 © 1987 Dana Gluckstein

24349_0046 Stan Getz 1987 © 1987 Dana Gluckstein

24349_0048 Stan Getz 1987 © 1987 Dana Gluckstein

24354_0054 Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn circa late 1940s © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0026 Dave Brubeck performing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York 1972 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0027 Dave Brubeck with Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone performing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York 1972 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0003 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0002 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0004 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0001 Ella Fitzgerald performing with Count Basie at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer