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[Photograph of Laboratory Dance Band Performing on a Stage]

Description: Photograph of a North Texas State College jazz ensemble performing on a stage. The group of nineteen white men are arranged on the stage in front of a wide curtain. Three raked rows of five men are sitting behind music stands while wielding a variety of (mostly brass) instruments. Behind the furthest and highest row, one man plays a double bass while another sits at a drum set. On the floor to the left, a man sits at a piano and another man stands behind him. Both of these men are turned away f… more
Date: 1948
Creator: Don Brink Studios

[Kenton band pictorial for Metronome Magazine]

Description: Pictorial date for Metronome magazine, taken at Cafe Rouge, Hotel Penn. in New York, NY. (The band was playing nightly nearby at the Paramount Theatre during this period).
Date: 1946-10~
Creator: Zinn, Arthur

[Kenton band college visit]

Description: Photograph of Kenton and some band members visiting a college. Front row (sitting) are band members Pete Rugolo (arr), trumpeters Buddy Childers, Ed Badgely and Conte Candoli.
Date: 1948-09/1948-11
Creator: Lenscrafters

[Stan Kenton and company at the Schirmer opening]

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and six other men at the November 1946 Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. They are standing around a water cooler, from left to right: Murray Boykin, Walter Rivere, Lou Ferrara, John Cooney, Stan Kenton, and Al Levine.
Date: 1946

Stan Kenton at Schirmer opening, Brooklyn

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and five otehr men at the November 1946 Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. From left to right: Murray Boykin, Walter Rivere, Lou Ferrara, John Cooney, Stan Kenton, and Al Levine. The men are wearing suits and holding up cups in a toast.
Date: 1946

Stan Kenton

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton, wearing a striped suit and standing in front of a dark wall with his arms raised. Imprint on the back: Capitol Records, Hollywood Master.
Date: April 1946
Creator: Mihn, Charlie

[Stan Kenton at Earl Carroll's Theatre]

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton with chorus girls at Earl Carroll's Theatre in Hollywood. They are seated on a flight of stairs, with Kenton in the center surrounded by the girls. On the back: Stan when he was conducting band at Erroll [sic] Carroll's nightclub in Hollywood; sometime in early '40's.
Date: November 1945
Creator: Mihn, Charlie

[Stan Kenton at Earl Carroll's Theatre]

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton with chorus girls at Earl Carroll's Theatre in Hollywood. Kenton is seating next to an upright piano and the girls are gathered around him; one of the girls has her foot on his lap. On the back: Stan and Erroll [sic] Carroll showgirls; Stan conducted orchestra; taken sometime in early '40's.
Date: November 1945

[Stan Kenton with bandleader Charlie Barnet]

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton with fellow bandleader Charlie Barnet in Hollywood. Barnet is seated at a desk and holding a sheet of paper while Kenton leans over to read it. Various objects are visible on the desk and there are windows behind them.
Date: 1949
Creator: Capitol Records

[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 and Al Jarvis

Description: Photograph of two men in suits (identified as Stan Kenton and Al Jarvis) sitting together in a booth behind a table. There are dishes on the table and the man on the left (Jarvis) is pouring something into a cup. Information on the back of the photograph identifies Al Jarvis as a disc jockey and states that the photograph was taken in the late 1940s.
Date: [1944..1949]
Creator: Howard, Gene

[Stan Kenton at Schirmer opening]

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton surrounded by fans at the Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the photograph, Kenton is signing autographs and there are others visible in the background including Murray Boykin (Brooklyn salesman), someone hesitantly identified as John Cooney (N.Y. manager), and Al Levine (Newark manager).
Date: November 1946
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