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Count Basie Band - 2nd Jam

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Artist: Gjon Mili, 28 Nov 1904 - 14 Feb 1984
Sitter: Count Basie, 21 Aug 1904 - 26 Apr 1984; Lester Willis Young, 27 Aug 1909 - 15 Mar 1959; Buck Clayton, 12 Nov 1911 - 8 Dec 1991; Earle Warren, 1 Jul 1914 - 4 Jun 1994; Jo Jones, 7 Oct 1911 - 3 Sep 1985

Date: 1944

Type: Photograph

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 26.1 x 20.1 cm (10 1/4 x 7 15/16"); Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")

Topic: Music\Musical instrument\Piano; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone; Interior\Studio; Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass; Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette; Music\Musical instrument\Trumpet; Music\Musical instrument\Saxophone; Music\Musical instrument\Drum; Music\Musical instrument\Clarinet; Count Basie: Male; Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer; Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist; Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz musician; Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Bandmaster; Count Basie: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Buck Clayton: Male; Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer; Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz musician; Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn player\Trumpeter; Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Arranger; Earle Warren: Male; Earle Warren: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer; Earle Warren: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn player\Saxophonist; Earle Warren: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz musician; Earle Warren: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Bandmaster; Jo Jones: Male; Jo Jones: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz musician; Jo Jones: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Percussionist\Drummer; Lester Willis Young: Male; Lester Willis Young: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn player\Saxophonist; Lester Willis Young: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz musician; Portrait

Place: United States\New York\Kings\New York

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: NPG.95.381

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

Location: Currently not on view