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.

4867_0024 Billy Eckstine circa 1940s ** 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.

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

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

0578_0012 Sarah Vaughan and Duke Ellington circa 1940s ** 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

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

24354_0262 Ella Fitzgerald performing with Count Basie at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

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

24354_0264 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0263 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 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

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

24354_0003 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0002 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0004 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0001 Ella Fitzgerald performing with Count Basie at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0005 Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Westbury Music Fair 1975 © 1978 Barry Kramer

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

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

0578_0007 Sarah Vaughan, c. 1951.

0578_0006 Sarah Vaughan, c. 1957.

0578_0008 Sarah Vaughan, c. 1945.

0530_0132 Lena Horne circa 1976 © 1978 Marv Newton

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

9254_114 June Christy in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

9254_102 June Christy in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

6637_118 Lionel Hampton at the Hollywood Paladium, circa 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

7113_2 Al Hirt playing the trumpet, circa 1966. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

7254_0002 Gerry Mulligan at a recording session in Los Angeles, CA, 1953. © 1978 Bob Willoughby MPTV

4861_115 Billie Holiday 1951 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

5062_110 Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5062_0002 Louis Armstrong, circa 1966. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

4861_1 Billie Holiday at the Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

337_1138 Frank Sinatra and Count Basie at a recording session, 1963. © 1978 Ted Allan MPTV

2353_102 Ella Fitzgerald at the Shrine Auditorium for Norman Granz's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

2353_101 Ella Fitzgerald at the Shrine Auditorium for Norman Granz's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13401_4 Geri Allen backstage at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13326_6 "The Benny Goodman Story," Universal 1955. Helen O'Connell © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13412_1 Frederick Lowe (composer) on the set of "My Fair Lady," Warner Bros. 1963. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_260 Big Jay McNeely fans 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_301 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

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

12596_255 Big Jay McNeely fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_201 Big Jay McNeely fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

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

2586_0190 Peggy Lee & Danny Thomas during the making of "The Jazz Singer," 1953.

24262_0077 Billy Eckstine at the Hollywood Bowl 1973 © 1978 Paul Slaughter

24262_0223 Shelly Manne in Los Angeles 1975 © 1978 Paul Slaughter

24262_0178 Leonard Feather at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1972 © 1978 Paul Slaughter

24262_0155 Harry Carney performing in Los Angeles 1973 © 1978 Paul Slaughter

24262_0252 Wayne Shorter and Chris Calloway 2002 © 2002 Paul Slaughter