Duke Ellington and friends in the Manor Plaza Hotel, late February 1952 when Duke was playing a concert at the War Memorial Opera House. Photo by Steve Jackson Jr.
Here is a very rare original and beautiful photo portrait of Billie Holiday (maybe shown for the first time).
It was taken by French photographer Alain Chevrier when Billie Holiday was at the club Aux Trois Mailletz in Paris, France, on February 1, 1954, just after her concert at the Salle Pleyel.
Billie Holiday returned to Paris few days later on February 5-7, 1954 and performed live at the Mars Club, the Ringside Club and the Club Metro.
Song stylist Carmen McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) with musician Gerry Mulligan at the Chicago Orchestra Hall. 1955
(William Lanier and Ebony Collection)
A film still of Una Mae Carlisle on the set of “I Like It ’Cause I Love It,” a soundie from 1944. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong Accepts Honorary Degree, New York, 1941
Louis Armstrong accepts a Doctor of Swing degree awarded to him by Brooklyn College. He voiced his acceptance with a one-handed solo on trumpet while he clasped his degree with the other hand.
Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan plays piano as bandleader Duke Ellington and singer Billy Eckstine share a joke backstage at Carnegie Hall on December 1, 1951 in New York City.
(Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
