{"value"=>"<p>The photographs represent a large number of musicians, vocalists, and music industry figures, mainly from the 1930s to the 1950s. Major and minor figures from the worlds of jazz and popular music are present, including many lesser-known individuals. Musicians in the collection with the highest volume of photographs are Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, Count Basie, and Harry James.</p> <p>Musicians, bands, and singers with fewer but still significant contents include Louis Armstrong, Georgie Auld, Chet Baker, Charlie Barnet, Harry Belafonte, Tex Beneke, Les Brown, Dave Brubeck, Benny Carter, June Christy, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Miles Davis, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Roy Eldridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Giuffre, Glen Gray/Casa Loma Orchestra, Chico Hamilton, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Helen Humes, The Ink Spots, Chubby Jackson, John Kirby, Lee Konitz, Andre Kostelanetz, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee, Glen Miller, Gerry Mulligan, Bud Powell, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Artie Shaw, George Shearing, Frank Sinatra, and Lester Young. The files for most band leaders also include photographs of their band members and vocalists, many of whom have files under their own names.</p> <p>Some of the best-known jazz musicians of the 1940s and 1950s are also pictured in recording sessions for the Metronome All-Stars (filed under All-Stars). These include Count Basie, Ralph Burns, Benny Carter, Miles Davis, Buddy DeFranco, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Pete Rugolo, Flip Phillips, Zoot Sims, and many others.</p> <p>The series also holds photographs of disc jockeys such as Symphony Sid Torin; music industry officials from record companies, such as John Hammond and Orrin Keepnews; musical instrument manufacturers; and music writers and critics such as George Simon, Barry Ulanov, Leonard Feather, Bill Coss, and others.</p> <p>Not all names in the collection are in the container list, though many names in it have scope notes mentioning other notable figures present. For a nearly complete list of all names appearing in this series, see the additional resource, prepared by Archive Photos in 1996.</p> <p>The file contents include formal portraits, most eight by ten inches, as well as performance shots, publicity images, and informal photos of varying sizes. Some files also contain slides or negatives (usually 8x10 inches), which in most cases were produced by Archive Photos in the 1990s. Many more labeled negatives and slides, also copies of originals in the collection, are located at the end of this series. In addition to photographs, many files contain captions, press releases, publicity literature, letters, press clippings, or other written or printed content.</p>"}