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

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

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

24377_0056 Abbey Lincoln 1998 © 1998 Steve Banks

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.

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

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

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.

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

24354_0005 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

0578_0003 Sarah Vaughan circa 1971 © 1978 Glenn Embree

0578_0011 Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams at "The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards" 1980 © 1980 Gunther

0578_0005 Sarah Vaughan circa 1971 © 1978 Glenn Embree

0578_0002 Sarah Vaughan circa 1971 © 1978 Glenn Embree

0530_0132 Lena Horne circa 1976 © 1978 Marv Newton

2635_0001 Carmen McRae circa mid 1980s © 1980 Bobby Holland

2635_0004 Carmen McRae circa mid 1980s © 1980 Bobby Holland

2586_0190 Peggy Lee & Danny Thomas during the making of "The Jazz Singer," 1953.

2635_0005 Carmen McRae circa mid 1980s © 1980 Bobby Holland

7250_0044 Dorothy Dandridge C. 1959 **I.V.

5062_0012 Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby circa 1956 © 1978 Gene Trindl

4867_0003 Billy Eckstine 1958 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

4867_0020 Billy Eckstine 1954 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

4867_0016 Billy Eckstine 1954 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

4867_0011 Billy Eckstine 1954 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

4867_0001 Billy Eckstine C. 1960 © 1978 Glenn Embree

4867_0005 Billy Eckstine 1954 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

4867_0018 Billy Eckstine 1954 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

3306_0328 "Blazing Saddles" Count Basie 1974 Warner Brothers ** I.V.

2635_0002 Carmen McRae circa mid 1980s © 1980 Bobby Holland

2635_0003 Carmen McRae circa mid 1980s © 1980 Bobby Holland

2586_0177 Peggy Lee "The Jazz Singer" 1953 Warner Photo by Bert Six

24302_0080 Harry Connick Jr. circa 1990s © 1990 Ken Shung

2353_0018 Ella Fitzgerald 1958 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

2353_0013 Ella Fitzgerald 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2353_0106 Ella Fitzgerald 1958 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

2353_0108 Ella Fitzgerald performing for an NBC special entitled "Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim" 1967 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2353_0109 Ella Fitzgerald performing for an NBC special entitled "Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim" 1967 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2353_0010 Ella Fitzgerald 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2353_0015 Ella Fitzgerald and son Ray Brown Jr. 1958 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

2353_0014 Ella Fitzgerald 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2353_0008 Ella Fitzgerald circa 1967 Photo by Gerald Smith

2353_0107 Ella Fitzgerald 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

19195_0005 CLaus Ogermann with Frank Sinatra February 1967 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0337_2057a Frank Sinatra with George Harrison and Pattie Boyd at a Reprise recording session 1968 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

24331_0006 Yarbrough and Peoples (Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples) 1982 © 1982 Bobby Holland

10778_0018 "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell 1969 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

24383_1517 "Satchmo the Great" Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton 1957 ** I.V.

24383_1464 Louis Armstrong returns to the Colored Waifs Home for boys and a reunion with Captain Joseph Jones in New Orleans (also pictured: Mrs. Jones, Peter Davis and Lil Armstrong) 1931 ** I.V.M.

24383_1359 "Going Places" Louis Armstrong, Maxine Sullivan 1938 ** I.V.

24383_1362 "New Orleans" Louis Armstrong 1947 ** I.V.

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

24383_1361 "New Orleans" Louis Armstrong 1947 ** I.V.

24383_1354 "Paris Blues" Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman 1961 ** I.V.

24383_1360 "New Orleans" Louis Armstrong 1947 ** I.V.

24383_1398 Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille Wilson during the time of filming "Paris Blues" 1961 ** I.V.

24383_1357 Louis Armstrong circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24383_1482 Louis Amstrong circa 1930s ** I.V.M.

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

24383_1363 "Paris Blues" Louis Armstrong 1961 ** I.V.

24383_1396 Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille Wilson during the time of filming "Paris Blues" 1961 ** I.V.

24383_1397 Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille Wilson during the time of filming "Paris Blues" 1961 ** I.V.

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

24383_1481 Louis Amstrong circa 1930s ** I.V.M.

24383_1358 Louis Armstrong circa 1950s ** I.V.

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

24383_1374 "New Orleans" Louis Armstrong 1947 ** I.V.

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

FOS_00714 Buddy Rich, London 1967 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_00801 Buck Clayton and Alex Welsh, Daily Mail International Jazz Festival, Manchester 1963 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01091 Sammy Davis Jr., USAF Base Lakenheath, Suffolk 1960 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_01551 Oscar Peterson, Wembley Town Hall, London 1968 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00490 Wynton Marsalis, The Grand Clapham, London June 4, 1993 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01607 Dave Brubeck, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 2004 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive