12596_254 Big Jay McNeely's back-up group and L.A. disc-jockey, Hunter Hancock (left), at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13366_10 Wycliffe Gordon backstage at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. (Wynton Marsalis on TV) © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13304_2 Ron Crotty, San Francisco, CA, 1954. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13176_102 Shelly Manne in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13301_2 Ray Nance and Paul Gonslaves backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_401 Big Jay McNeely's back-up singer at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_103 Big Jay McNeely's back-up group at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12598_106 Wardell Gray, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_256 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_263 Big Jay McNeely's bass player at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_202 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13327_1 Quentin Jackson backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13341_11 Arvil Shaw, circa 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_301 Big Jay McNeely and fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13310_261 Smilin' Smokey Lynn at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_101 Big Jay McNeely and fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

1147_0026 Lena Horne performing at the Cocoanut Grove 1953 © 1978 David Sutton

12596_501 Big Jay McNeely and L.A. disc-jockey, Hunter Hancock, at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_601 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13317_10 Buck Clayton at "The Benny Goodman Story" recording session, Universal 1955. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

1147_0027 Lena Horne performing at the Cocoanut Grove 1953 © 1978 David Sutton

13329_1 Paul Gonslaves backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_104 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11518_0040 "Academy Awards: 51st Annual," Donna Summer. 1979. © 1979 Gunther

12598_1 Wardell Gray at the Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV