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

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

FOS_01291 Astrud Gilberto, Maastricht Jazz Mecca, Netherlands 1991 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

24331_0318 Gladys Knight & the Pips live in concert in Los Angeles circa 1970s © 1978 Bobby Holland

23854_0020 Patrice Rushen circa 1980 © 1980 Bobby Holland

23854_0025 Patrice Rushen circa 1980s © 1980 Bobby Holland

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

24383_0022 Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash circa 1969 ** I.V.M.

0818_0667 Elvis Presley circa 1950s ** I.V.

24377_0056 Abbey Lincoln 1998 © 1998 Steve Banks

0073_2010 Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby on "The Edsel Show" 1957 Photo by Gabi Rona

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.

24322_0186 Ray Charles with The Raelettes (Mable John) circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24322_0172 Aretha Franklin performing for Jack Loetz, Joe Lyons, Gene Weiss, Dick Gassen, Sal Forlenza, Norm Ziegler, Bill Gallagher, and Granny White circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24322_0167 Aretha Franklin circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24322_0180 Billie Holiday with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Gerry Mulligan on "The Sound of Jazz" television series 1957 ** I.V.M.

24322_0161 Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Joe Cocker in "Cinemax Sessions: A Soul Session: James Brown & Friends" 1987 ** I.V.M.

24322_0185 Ray Charles with The Raelettes (Mable John) circa 1960s ** I.V.M.