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A discussion of the culture and traditions of New Orleans, from the documentary New...
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Musicians and dancers gather in Congo Square/Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans...
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Questions and answers about Duke Ellington.
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Images
Louis Armstrong, 1953.
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3c27236 )
Early jazz performer Kid Ory (playing trombone) and his band.
Frank Driggs Collection/© Archive Photos
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band performing in Chicago, 1923.
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Jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong (center) playing with his band.
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Jack Teagarden, c. 1947.
William P. Gottlieb Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-GLB13-0839 DLC)
Master composer and pianist Duke Ellington, c. 1930s.
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Jazz bandleader Duke Ellington's original 14-member band included such musicians...
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Jazz bandleader Paul Whiteman and his wife, actress Margaret Livingston, sailing...
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Jazz great Louis Armstrong single-handedly invented the style of jazz that came to...
William P. Gottlieb Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-GLB13-0020)
Jazz bandleader Fletcher Henderson was a leading pioneer in big band jazz.
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Trumpeter Cootie Williams with the Duke Ellington Band at the Savoy Ballroom, New...
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Duke Ellington (left) receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Richard Nixon,...
Jack E. Kightlinger—White House Photo/Nixon Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Pianist Bennie Moten (seated) and his orchestra, 1925.
Frank Driggs Collection/© Archive Photos
Jazz musician Count Basie's orchestra was perhaps the most magnificent “swing machine”...
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Jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams went from being a child prodigy to arranging...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-GLB23- 0924)
Jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Sy Oliver was one of the leading music arrangers...
Frank Driggs Collection
Among the great swing soloists to emerge in the 1930s was tenor saxophonist Coleman...
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Lionel Hampton working the vibraphone.
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The King Cole Trio, 1947. (From left) Irving Ashby, guitarist; Johnny Miller, bass...
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Saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker is considered one of the great revolutionary...
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Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island,...
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The inimitable Thelonious Monk at his piano.
William P. Gottlieb—Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection/Music Division/Library of Congress, Washington D.C. (neg. no. C-GLB23-0619 DLC)
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner developed a both-hands technique that allowed him to play...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-GLB23- 0299)
The Modern Jazz Quartet, formed in 1953, incorporated elements of classical music...
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(Top left-right) guiro, shekerere; (middle left-right) caxixi, frying pan, agogo,...
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Pianist Chucho Valdés of the Latin jazz band Irakere performing at Shoreline Amphitheatre...
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Brazilian bossa nova singer Nara Leão in 1972.
Courtesy of the Arquivo Nacional Collection, Brazil
Brazilian singer and actress Astrud Gilberto is perhaps best known for her vocal...
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American musician and composer Miles Davis, 1969.
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Saxophonist and free jazz pioneer Archie Shepp became known for his Afrocentric approach...
Roland Godefroy
American jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis became a full-fledged star by the time he...
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