4861_0011 Count Basie celebrating his birthday in Hollywood with Buck Clayton, Earle Warren, Jimmy Rushing and Jo Jones 1943 ** I.V.M.

4861_0012 Count Basie with Freddie Green, Jo Jones and Walter Page 1938 ** I.V.M.

24377_0275 Russ Freeman 1965 © 1978 Steve Banks

24377_0261 Ramsey Lewis circa 1980s © 1980 Steve Banks

24377_0259 Carmen McRae circa 1980s © 1980 Steve Banks

24377_0257 Jimmy Scott circa 1990s © 1990 Steve Banks

24377_0265 Maynard Ferguson circa 1980s © 1980 Steve Banks

2353_0130 Ella Fitzgerald and Eubie Blake circa 1980 ** I.V.M.

2353_0131 Ella Fitzgerald with Sandler and Young (Tony Sandler and Ralph Young) circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

4861_0015 Billie Holiday 1945 ** I.V.M.

4861_0020 Billie Holiday performing at the Apollo Theater in New York City with The Count Basie Orchestra 1937 ** I.V.M.

4861_0021 Billie Holiday performing at the Apollo Theater in New York City with The Count Basie Orchestra 1937 ** I.V.M.

4861_0014 Billie Holiday on the cover of the weekly newspicture magazine, "Flash" May 3, 1937 ** I.V.M.

2353_0132 Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Doc Severinsen, Joe Williams and Duke Ellington on the "Timex All-Star Swing Festival" 1972 ** I.V.M.

24377_0251 Milt “Bags” Jackson circa 1980s © 1980 Steve Banks

4861_0016 Billie Holiday circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

4861_0018 Billie Holiday circa late 1930s ** I.V.M.

4861_0017 Billie Holiday circa 1930s ** I.V.M.

24377_0241 John Clayton 2007 © 2007 Steve Banks

2326_0116 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington on the set of "Paris Blues" in France 1961 ** I.V.M.

2326_0131 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington 09-21-1943 ** I.V.M.

2326_0124 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0112 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2326_0136 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington with Ivie Anderson and Harry Lim, the producer of Keynote Records circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0139 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa mid 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0140 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington 1974 ** I.V.M.

2326_0130 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and his orchestra in Coventry Cathedral 02-21-1966 ** I.V.M.

2326_0122 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington 1967 ** I.V.M.

2326_0132 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s Photo by James J. Kriegsmann ** I.V.M.

2326_0119 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0117 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0111 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Bobbie Nell Brookshire Gordon 1971 ** I.V.M.

2326_0126 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at the Paper Mill circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2326_0123 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at CBS studio in Hollywood September 1966 ** I.V.M.

2326_0128 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Paul Gonsalves performing in London 1969 ** I.V.M.

2326_0133 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0118 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington 1973 ** I.V.M.

2326_0135 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington with David Frost and Diahann Carroll at Heathrow Airport 1973 ** I.V.M.

24377_0224 Doctor Billy Taylor 1989 © 1989 Steve Banks

5062_0120 Louis Armstrong 1946 Photo by William P. Gottlieb ** I.V.M.

2326_0121 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at Randall's Island 1938 ** I.V.M.

2326_0127 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and his orchestra in Southampton, England (Bill Bailey, Bessie Dudley, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, Freddy Jenkins, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwicke, Jack Hylton, Barney Bigard, Spike Hughes, Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Wellman Braud, Johnny Hodges, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Arthur Whetsol, Lawrence Brown, Ivie Anderson) 1933 ** I.V.M.

2326_0114 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Billy Strayhorn circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

2326_0120 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0115 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Count Basie at a Columbia session with featured both their bands 07-06-1961 ** I.V.M.

2326_0125 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Louis Armstrong circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

2326_0113 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Billy Strayhorn circa mid 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0129 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington circa 1940s ** I.V.M.

2326_0134 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington at a cocktail party given in his honor in Paris circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

24377_0063 Anita O’Day in Hollywood 1990 © 1990 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.

2050_0006 William "Count" Basie 1936 ** I.V.M.

2050_0007 William "Count" Basie 1936 ** I.V.M.

24293_2916 Savion Glover in "The Tap Dance Kid" circa 1985 ** B.D.M.

1273_0033 "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" Cher, Debbie Reynolds circa 1973 Photo by Gabi Rona

9111_0304 "Funny Face" Audrey Hepburn 1956 Paramount © 1978 Bill Avery

13303_0281 Dave Brubeck in the living room of his new Oakland, California home with his children (Darius, Dan, Michael and Catherine) 1954 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

9137_3 "High Society" Louis Armstrong, Charles Walters (director), Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby 1956 MGM © 1978 Bob Willoughby

24354_0269 Count Basie performing at Westbury Music Fair in New York 1971 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0270 Count Basie performing at Westbury Music Fair in New York 1971 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24293_2207 John Everson, Rita Moreno and Christopher J. Brown in "The Ritz" 1976 Warner Bros. ** B.D.M.

24354_0098 Count Basie performing at Westbury Music Fair in New York 1971 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24349_0047 Stan Getz 1987 © 1987 Dana Gluckstein

24349_0046 Stan Getz 1987 © 1987 Dana Gluckstein

24349_0048 Stan Getz 1987 © 1987 Dana Gluckstein

24354_0054 Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn circa late 1940s © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0026 Dave Brubeck performing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York 1972 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0027 Dave Brubeck with Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone performing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York 1972 © 1978 Barry Kramer

10079_0001 Pete Fountain circa 1960 © 1978 Gene Howard

10079_0002 Pete Fountain 1963 © 1978 Gene Howard

10079_0003 Pete Fountain 1963 © 1978 Gene Howard

24331_0046 Herbie Hancock during a photo session for Chivas Regal circa mid 1990s © 1995 Bobby Holland

24331_0047 Herbie Hancock during a photo session for Chivas Regal circa mid 1990s © 1995 Bobby Holland

337_1683B Frank Sinatra at "The Man with the Golden Arm" recording session, Hollywood, CA, 1955. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

337_1685B Frank Sinatra at "The Man with the Golden Arm" recording session, Hollywood, CA, 1955. (Otto Preminger and Kim Novak in control room) © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

0951_0026 Woody Allen circa 1970s ** I.V.

0918_0023 Betty Hutton and Vincent Lopez 5/20/39 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

0918_0022 Betty Hutton and Vincent Lopez 5/20/39 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

0951_0024 Woody Allen circa 1970s ** I.V.

0951_0025 Woody Allen circa 1970s ** I.V.

0578_0007 Sarah Vaughan, c. 1951.

0578_0006 Sarah Vaughan, c. 1957.

0578_0008 Sarah Vaughan, c. 1945.

0530_0142 Lena Horne 8/3/44 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

0337_2425 Duke Ellington at a 1967 Reprise recording session with Frank Sinatra © 1978 Ed Thrasher