FOS_00712 Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown circa 1965 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

24331_0319 "Switch" performing live on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Tommy DeBarge) 1979 © 1979 Bobby Holland

24383_0981 Charles Mingus circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

FOS_01084 Ron Carter, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 2003 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

24383_0983 Charles Mingus circa 1946 ** I.V.M.

24383_0982 Charles Mingus circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

FOS_01429 George Mraz, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 1992 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01255 Ron Carter, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 2003 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00336 Edmond Hall and Mick Gilligan and the Alan Elsdon Band 1966 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00537 The Rolling Stones (Bill Wyman, 4th National Jazz and Blues Festival, Richmond, London) 1964 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00180 Miles Davis Quintet, Hammersmith, London 1967 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00182 Miles Davis Quintet with Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter, Hammersmith, London 1967 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_00181 Miles Davis Quintet, Hammersmith, London 1967 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

FOS_01085 Ron Carter, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands 2003 Photo by Brian Foskett © National Jazz Archive

24383_0097 Charlie Parker with Tommy Potter, Al Haig and Red Rodney circa 1949 ** I.V.M.

24383_0105 Charlie Parker and Tommy Potter circa 1948 Photo by William P. Gottlieb ** I.V.M.

24383_0101 Charlie Parker with Tommy Potter and Miles Davis at the Three Deuces in New York City 1947 ** I.V.M.

24383_0092 Charlie Parker with Tommy Potter, Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane at Birdland in New York City 1951 ** I.V.M.

13303_0300 Dave Brubeck performing at the Tiffany Club in Los Angeles circa 1950s © 1978 Bob Willoughby

24377_0241 John Clayton 2007 © 2007 Steve Banks

24372_0009 Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea) 1984 © 1984 Ivy Ney

24372_0010 Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea) 1984 © 1984 Ivy Ney

2353_0115 Ella Fitzgerald and Ed Sullivan on "The Ed Sullivan Show" circa 1960s ** 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.

24322_0198 Bob Dylan circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24322_0182 Willie Dixon circa 1940s © 1978 Maurice Seymour

0818_0534 Elvis Presley performing in Los Angeles 1956 Photo by Ernest Reshovsky © 1978 Marc Reshovsky

3747_0138 "A Star Is Born" Judy Garland 1954 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.

5062_0104 Louis Armstrong and Jack Lesberg in rehearsal for Newport R.I. Jazz Festival July 1970 ** I.V.

7685_0307 The Beatles in "A Hard Day's Night" Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon 1964 ** I.V.

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

11882_0033 "Black and White Ball" (at Dominick Dunne's House) Ellen (Lenny) and Dominick Dunne 1964 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0818_0653 Elvis Presley circa 1950s ** I.V.

0337_2351 Frank Sinatra waiting in the wings at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas 1960 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0337_2354 Frank Sinatra poses for one of the Sands Hotel's showgirls 1960 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0057_0119 Stan Kenton at the Hollywood Palladium 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery

7254_209 Gerry Mulligan with Dean Johnson and Art Farmer at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

7254_104 Gerry Mulligan at a recording session, Los Angeles, CA, 1953. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

6637_101 Lionel Hampton and Bob Johnson (bass) rehearsing in a small union hall, circa 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5704_203 Chet Baker with Joe Mondragon (bass), Jack Montrose (sax), and Herb Geller (sax) at a recording session, Los Angeles, CA, 1954. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13304_1 Ron Crotty, San Francisco, CA, 1954. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13318_5 "The Benny Goodman Story" Recording Session, Universal 1955. Stan Getz (sax) and Benny Goodman (clarinet). © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13385_1 Howard Rumsey (bass) and his All Stars, Los Angeles, CA, 1955. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13382_40 Ray Drummond of N.Y. Jazz Giants backstage at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13367_28 Percy Heath and Glen Moore (left) backstage at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13306_1 Don Bagley in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13318_8 "The Benny Goodman Story" Recording Session, Universal 1955. Buck Clayton (trumpet), Erbie Green (trombone), and Stan Getz (sax). © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13363_24 Abbey Lincoln with Marcus Melaurine (bass) and Taru Alexander (drums) at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13359_20 Wynton Marsalis with Wycliffe Godon (trombone), Reginald Veal (bass), and Marcus Roberts (piano) at the sound check for the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13303_5 Dave Brubeck (piano) and Paul Desmond (sax), 1954. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV