24377_0063 Anita O’Day in Hollywood 1990 © 1990 Steve Banks

24377_0056 Abbey Lincoln 1998 © 1998 Steve Banks

24377_0067 Arthur Prysock in Hollywood 1987 © 1987 Steve Banks

24377_0081 Carmen McRae in Hollywood 1988 © 1988 Steve Banks

24377_0064 Anita O’Day in Hollywood 1990 © 1990 Steve Banks

24377_0086 Natalie Cole in Hollywood 1977 © 1978 Steve Banks

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_0024 Billy Eckstine 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.

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.