Photographs of Jazz Musicians

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1072

Staff Only

Andy Kirk Orchestra

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0001-i0003
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Andy Kirk Orchestra, undated / Andy Kirk Orchestra, undated

Andy Kirk Orchestra

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0001-i0004
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Andy Kirk Orchestra, undated / Andy Kirk Orchestra, undated

Andy Kirk Orchestra

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0001-i0005
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Andy Kirk Orchestra, undated / Andy Kirk Orchestra, undated

Andy Kirk Orchestra and Mary Lou Williams

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0001-i0002
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Andy Kirk Orchestra, undated / Andy Kirk Orchestra and Mary Lou Williams, circa 1930s

Armstrong, Louis

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0001
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Armstrong, Louis, circa 1950s

Auld, Georgies and Josh White

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0002
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Auld, Georgies and Josh White, circa 1947

Baker, Anita

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0008-i0001
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Female Musicians, undated / Baker, Anita, circa 1980s

Becket, Sidney, Clarence Williams, Louis Armstrong

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0003
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Becket, Sidney, Clarence Williams, Louis Armstrong, circa 1920s

Benny Goodman and his musicians rehearsing

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0004-i0004
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Benny Goodman and his orchestra, undated / Benny Goodman and his musicians rehearsing, undated

Benny Goodman on stage

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0004-i0001
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Benny Goodman and his orchestra, undated / Benny Goodman on stage, undated

Benny Goodman on stage with Lionel Hampton and others

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0004-i0003
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Benny Goodman and his orchestra, undated / Benny Goodman on stage with Lionel Hampton and others, undated

Benny Goodman with Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0004-i0002
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Benny Goodman and his orchestra, undated / Benny Goodman with Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, undated

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "Harlem is Heaven"

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0005-i0006
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Dance/Variety Shows/Big Bands, undated / Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "Harlem is Heaven", undated

Calloway, Cab

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0004
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Calloway, Cab, circa 1940s

Calloway, Cab, and his band performing on stage

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0005
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Calloway, Cab, and his band performing on stage, circa 1940s

Carter, Betty

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0008-i0002
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Female Musicians, undated / Carter, Betty, 1953

Catlett, Sid

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0006
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Catlett, Sid, 1947

Christian, Charlie

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0007
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Christian, Charlie, 1939

Cole, Nat King

 Digital Record
Identifier: spc-mss1072-g0006-i0008
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Photographs of Jazz Musicians / Portraits, undated / Cole, Nat King, circa 1940s

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