jazz

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

Photos of Jelly Roll Morton and his band, jazz musicians. Shots of the…

Bessie Smith fights with woman. Woman runs off into hall. Janitor and…

Bessie Smith sits on floor with drink, sings “St. Louis Blues”. Bessie…

Bessie Smith sits on floor with drink, sings “St. Louis Blues”. Bessie…

Bessie Smith sits on floor with drink, sings “St. Louis Blues”. Bessie…

Bessie and man slow dance, bar audience dances also. Man takes money…

People in apartment stairwell. Men playing craps. Man comes down stairs…

Man collects money from floor, walks off with woman. Couple enter…

Duke Elington plays piano with drums behind him. Close up of duke with…

Woman in dance costume jumps off stool, walks, leans head against wall…

Duke Ellington plays with band. Dancers in feathered costumes come out…