16081_0004 Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five in a Universal short circa 1940s ** 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.

24383_1355 "Paris Blues" Louis Armstrong 1961 ** I.V.

FOS_00233 Johnny Hodges 1962 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

24377_0494 Benny Carter circa 1990s © 1990 Steve Banks

FOS_00847 Bud Shank, Peterborough 1995 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01073 Benny Carter, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 1995 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

24383_0804 Art Pepper, Med Flory, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Bob Enevoldsen and Mel Lewis at the session for "Art Pepper + Eleven" 1960 © 1978 Roger Marshutz ** I.V.M.

24377_0453 Frank Morgan circa 2000 © 2000 Steve Banks

24383_0098 Charlie Parker at the Three Deuces in New York City circa 1948 Photo by William P. Gottlieb ** I.V.M.

24383_0096 Charlie Parker arriving in Stockholm 1950 ** I.V.M.

24383_0093 Charlie Parker circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

24383_0097 Charlie Parker with Tommy Potter, Al Haig and Red Rodney circa 1949 ** I.V.M.

24383_0105 Charlie Parker and Tommy Potter circa 1948 Photo by William P. Gottlieb ** I.V.M.

24383_0100 Charlie Parker circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

24383_0099 Charlie Parker circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

24383_0091 Charlie Parker at the legendary Massey Hall in Toronto 1953 ** I.V.M.

24383_0104 Charlie Parker at the Civic Opera House in Chicago 1949 ** I.V.M.

24383_0101 Charlie Parker with Tommy Potter and Miles Davis at the Three Deuces in New York City 1947 ** I.V.M.

24383_0103 Charlie Parker at Birdland in New York City circa 1951 ** I.V.M.

24383_0092 Charlie Parker with Tommy Potter, Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane at Birdland in New York City 1951 ** I.V.M.

24377_0411 Jackie McLean circa 1990s © 1990 Steve Banks

24377_0250 Lee Konitz 2001 © 2001 Steve Banks

16081_0002 Louis Jordan circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

16081_0005 Louis Jordan with Dave Steinmeyer and Dave Napier circa 1970s ** I.V.M.

24331_0064 Gerald Albright circa 1980s © 1980 Bobby Holland

24262_0159 Ornette Coleman performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival 2007 © 2007 Paul Slaughter

24262_0158 Ornette Coleman performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival 2007 © 2007 Paul Slaughter

24262_0137 Nat and Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1970 © 1978 Paul Slaughter

22727_0295 Charlie Parker circa 1940s ** I.V.

22727_0297 Charlie Parker circa 1940s ** I.V.

22727_0296 Charlie Parker circa 1940s ** I.V.

14904_0001 Charlie Parker, Sven Bollhem and Max Roach at the International Jazz Festival 1949

24383_1356 Louis Armstrong circa 1930s ** I.V.M.

24383_1364 "Paris Blues" Louis Armstrong 1961 ** I.V.

24383_1386 Sonny Rollins circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

FOS_00842 Wayne Shorter, Maastricht's Music Nights 1995 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00304 Stan Getz, Ronnie Scott's, Gerrard Street, London 1964 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00311 Stan Getz, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland 1990 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00493 Branford Marsalis, The Grand Clapham, London June 4, 1993 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00831 Wayne Shorter, Maastricht's Music Nights 1995 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00306 Stan Getz, Marquee Club, London circa 1963 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00803 Zoot Sims, Marquee Club, London 1961 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00612 Sonny Rollins circa 2005 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

24383_0951 John Coltrane circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24383_0950 John Coltrane circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24383_0948 John Coltrane on "The International Hour: American Jazz" 1963 ** I.V.M.

24383_0949 John Coltrane circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

FOS_00585 Joshua Redman, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 1995 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00603 Sonny Rollins circa 2005 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01104 Jimmy Forrest and Al Grey, Capital Radio Jazz Festival, London 1979 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_0033 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 1967 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00624 Zoot Sims, Marquee Club, London 1961 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01260 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 1967 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00846 Wayne Shorter circa 2000 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01089 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis circa 1970 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00802 Zoot Sims, Marquee Club, London 1961 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00182 Miles Davis Quintet with Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter, Hammersmith, London 1967 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00678 Dexter Gordon, Marquee Club 1962 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00186 Miles Davis and Kenny Garrett, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 1991 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00695 Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Camden Town Hall, London 1963 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00826 Wayne Shorter, Maastricht's Music Nights 1995 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00610 Sonny Rollins circa 2005 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00971 Ben Webster, Birmingham Jazz Festival circa mid 1960s Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01392 Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Black Prince, Bexley, London 1967 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

23854_0015 Patrice Rushen at Conway Recording Studios circa 1980 © 1980 Bobby Holland

24377_0467 Gary Bartz circa 1990s © Steve Banks

24377_0451 Joe Henderson circa 1990s © 1990 Steve Banks

24377_0452 Joe Henderson circa 1990s © 1990 Steve Banks

24377_0445 Gary Bartz circa 1990s © Steve Banks

24389_0008 Odean Pope in Cambridge, MA 2003 © 2003 Lou Jones

24389_0001 Odean Pope in Cambridge, MA 2003 © 2003 Lou Jones

24389_0081 Ricky Ford in Boston, MA circa 2000s © 2000 Lou Jones

24389_0062 Gato Barbieri in Boston, MA 1975 © 1978 Lou Jones

24389_0065 Odean Pope in Cambridge, MA 2003 © 2003 Lou Jones