jazz

1940s

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A band with four men singing and a man playing a guitar on stage. WS of…

1950s

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LS of orchestra playing, inter cut with MS of individual players…

1920s

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Rich people drive by in Rolls Royce in New York. Money falls through…

1940s

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Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform “Blowtop Blues.” Calloway sings…

1970s

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A dixieland jazz band is in a red VW wagon while playing “Saints Come…

1970s

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A small choir of people are on a stage in street cloths, singing about…

1920s, 1910s

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Theater marquee for B.F. Keith’s High-Class Vaudeville. Black…

1950s

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Nightclub signs lit up at night in Harlem, New York City. The Savoy,…

1950s

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Lionel Hampton big band playing at a jazz nightclub in Harlem. Hampton…

1950s

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Lionel Hampton big band playing at a jazz nightclub in Harlem. Hampton…

1940s

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CBS radio theater stage sign. Band playing on a “Your Hit Parade” radio…

1940s

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Sign for “Art Tatum, World’s Greatest Pianist”. Tatum playing jazz…