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

12765_0010 "Devil At Four O'clock, The" Frank Sinatra 1961/Columbia © 1978 Mel Traxel

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

11701_0006 "Reivers, The" Steve McQueen, Mitch Vogel 1969 Solar © 1978 Mel Traxel MPTV

11701_0001 "Reivers, The" Steve McQueen 1969 Solar © 1978 Mel Traxel MPTV

1249_0061 Spencer Tracy 1936 Photo by Ted Allan

12765_0014 "Devil At Four O'clock, The" Frank Sinatra, Gregoire Aslan 1961/ Columbia © 1978 Mel Traxel

12162_11 Hoagy Carmichael posing for a Rheingold beer advertisement, circa 1955. © 1978 Paul Hesse MPTV

11701_0008 "Reivers, The" Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell 1969 Solar © 1978 Mel Traxel MPTV

1249_0163 Spencer Tracy, circa 1952. © 1978 Bud Fraker MPTV

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

12596_251 Big Jay McNeely fans 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

12596_262 Big Jay McNeely fan at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11882_0032 Black and White Ball at Dominick Dunne's House 1964 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

12596_259 Big Jay McNeely fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11666_0001 "Lady L," Sophia Loren & Paul Newman. 1965 MGM

12291_11 Georges Braque, French painter, at his studio, circa 1950. © 1978 Sanford Roth / LACMA MPTV