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_0056 Abbey Lincoln 1998 © 1998 Steve Banks