Count Basie with Willis Conover, others

Photograph of Count Basie, an unidentified person, Jimmy Rushing, and Willis Conover
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Laboratory Dance Band Performing on a Stage]

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 from the camera. At the edge of the stage on the right stands three microphones. Two lists of the performers and their instruments have been handwritten onto the bottom and back of the photo.
Date: 1948
Creator: Don Brink Studios
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Group photograph with Stan Kenton and Gene Norman]

Group photo showing Stan Kenton seated at a table next to jazz impressario Gene Norman (2nd from left); several unidentified men and women are also seated on either side of the table.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton band college visit]

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
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton band at Balboa Bay, CA]

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, Bob Gioga, Shelly Manne; front row: Bob Cooper, June Christy, George Morte, Stan Kenton.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Howard, Gene
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton band rehearsal at Virginia Polytechnical Institute - 2]

Photograph of a Kenton band rehearsal, probably taken at Virginia Polytechnical Institute in Blackburg, VA.
Date: March 29, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton Band rehearsal at Viriginia Polytechnical Institute]

Kenton band rehearsal, probably taken at Virginia Polytechnical Institute in Blackburg, VA.
Date: March 29, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton Orchestra rehearsal]

Photograph of the Stan Kenton Orchestra in band rehearsal.
Date: 1948-04/1948-10
Creator: Howard, Gene
System: The UNT Digital Library

[First Kenton Orchestra concert at Carnegie Hall]

Photograph of Stan Kenton fans at the band's first Carnegie Hall concert, which began at 12 midnight. The concert sold out within hours.
Date: February 14, 1948
Creator: Arthur, Zinn.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - 2]

Photograph of Stan Kenton band fans entering Carnegie Hall before the concert.
Date: February 14, 1948
Creator: Arthur, Zinn.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kenton Orchestra at Carnegie Hall]

Stan Kenton band fans entering Carnegie Hall before the concert.
Date: February 14, 1948
Creator: Arthur, Zinn.
System: The UNT Digital Library