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Stan Kenton and group of unidentified men

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and group of unidentified men. Kenton is leaning over a grand piano and appears to be signing an autograph or writing something for a young man who is with him next to the piano. The other men are standing in a semi-circle, watching, including one man near the foreground who has a camera. There are drums and a microphone visible in the foreground and they appear to be on a stage with curtains and ropes visible behind the men.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bayles, Francis

[Rehearsal at Capitol Records]

Description: Photograph of the band rehearsing Tampico at Capitol Records in Chicago, IL. Standing: bassist Max Wayne, drummer Bob Varney, trumpeter Mel Green. Trombones in rear: Milt Kabak, Bart Varsalona. Saxes from left to right: Boots Mussulli, Bob Livelyy, Dave Madden, Joe Magro, Bob Gioga.
Date: May 4, 1945
Creator: Capitol Records

Stan Kenton at piano

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton in a suit sitting at a piano with his hands on the keys, but turned to face the camera. There is a potted plant in the background and a stack of sheet music on the piano.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graves, Roy

[Kenton band at Balboa Bay, CA]

Description: Photograph of the Kenton band cruising in a boat at Balboa Bay, CA. According to Fernando Ortiz de Urbina in 2019, personnel are identified as follows: Back row: Ed Badgley, Art Pepper, Laurindo Almeida, Pete Rugolo; fifth row: Harry Betts, unidentified, Chico Alvarez, unidentified; fourth row: Ray Wetzel, Parke Groate (tentatively), unidentified, Jack Constanzo; third row: Harry Forbes, Conte Candoli, Bart Varsalona, Buddy Childers, Eddie Safranski; second row: Warner Weidler , George Weidler,… more
Date: July 1948
Creator: Howard, Gene
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