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.