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Joe Pass, guitar virtuoso.

Rudy VanGelder was the recording genius who created the trademark 1950's "Blue Note" sound and shaped the sound of recorded jazz as we know it.

Max Roach, generally considered among the most important drummers in history.

Ol' Blue Eyes in his prime, which lasted about 50 years

Sinatra and Basie ... almost showtime

Frank Sinatra, Count Basie recording session

Ella, Count Basie and Frank, 1975

Frank Kickin' back with Nat King Cole, 1955

Billie Holiday and Pepi, 1957

Portrait of Miles Davis

Ella Fitzgerald with Mel Torme

The incredible Lee Morgan

Bill Evans ... genius with a keyboard

Bill Evans drawing captures his concentration

Louis Armstrong's Hot Five

Satchmo and Holiday magic from the 1947 movie New Orleans!

Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton.

The great Lionel Hampton, 1930s

Gene Krupa: Pickup sticks and he knew how to use them!

Jazz Royalty: Count Basie & Duke Ellington

Gerry Mulligan, with 'barry' and beard.

Benny Goodman Quartet ... Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa

Chet Baker with total focus on a single, gentle note!

The Cab Calloway band at the Cotton Club in Harlem.

King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band during 'The Roaring 20s'

The New York Paramount in its prime during The Jazz Age

The famous Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, where there was a whole lot of 'stompin' from 1926 to 1958!

The Louisiana 5 was an early Dixieland Jazz band active from 1917 to 1920. It was among the earliest jazz groups to record extensively.

Flappers during the Jazz Age, as African-American based music roared into White culture during the twenties.

Chris Connor didn’t just sing a song, she made it her own!

Nobody sang a ballad sweeter than Johnny Hartman. Nobody.

Grant Green was a guitarist performing primarily hard bop, soul jazz, and bebop.

Whether on sax or flute, Frank Wess played from his heart to your toes.

Herbie Hancock, one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound.

Dexter Gordon, not as well known as some tenor men because many of his peak years were spent in Europe

Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, in a career that lasted 40 years

Clifford Brown or "Brownie" as he was known ... probably the premiere jazz trumpet player of all time

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