Jazz Legends

Influential jazz musicians performing or posing, featuring instruments like pianos and trumpets, evoking the rich history of jazz music.

stevie wonder, 70s

El pianista de jazz Art Tatum. 1949.

Louis Armstrong, trompetista y cantante estadounidense de jazz. Cotton Club, New York City, 1939.

El guitarrista B.B.King.

El guitarrista B.B.King.

Louis Armstrong, american jazz trumpet player and singer.

stevie wonder, 70s

Anefo photo collection. Louis Armstrong visits Amsterdam. October 29, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Ray Charles (head) at Schiphol. October 5, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Ossie Stewart *****. June 14, 1939.

Louis armstrong,

Anefo photo collection. Louis Armstrong visits Amsterdam. October 29, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

American guitarist Chuck Berry.

El armonicista y cantante de blues estadounidense Junior Wells. Chicago, años 60.

Ray charles, 1970

Anefo photo collection. Louis Armstrong visits Amsterdam. October 29, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

LOUIS ARMSTRONG. 1945.

James Johnson William P. Gottlieb (American, 1917-2006). James Johnson, ca. 1946. Toned gelatin silver photograph, image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm);. Photography ca. 1946

Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information for Black Panther Party and Presidential Candidate for Peace and Freedom Party, speaking at American University, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, October 18, 1968

9 April, 1965. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Portrait of Canadian Pianist Oscar Peterson, playing the piano in concert,

Louis armstrong. 1959.

El trompetista y compositor estadounidense de jazz Miles Davis.

Louis Armstrong, trompetista y cantante estadounidense de jazz. Chicago, 1931.

Chuck berry, 1973

MUDDY WATERS.

El pianista y compositor estadounidense de jazz Thelonious Monk.

Benjamin J. Davis speaking at the Negro Freedom Rally, Madison Square Garden, New York City. June 25, 1945. He was an admitted communist who represented Harlem on the New York City Council from 1943-1949.

American singer and musician Nat King Cole.

Freddie King Blues singer and guitarist

Buddy Miles, 70s.

B.B. King (b.1925-) Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter

American rhythm and blues singer Johnny Ace.

Anefo photo collection. Thelonious Monk (jazz pianist) (head) gave night concert in Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. February 14, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Erroll Garner in Amsterdam, here in Amstelhotel during Cocktail Party. November 5, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque in the RAI. Dobie Gray. 17 February 1974. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist.

Lovelace Watkins, 70s.

Merry clayton

Dizzy Gillespie, trompetista y cantante de jazz.

B.B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, at Starfest, Dallas in 1984.

Johnny Mathis, singer. John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter of popular music. He became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts to date. Mathis has received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for three separate recordings.

Dandy Livingstone, Top Of The Pop, 70s.

Studio portrait of American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis smiling and holding his trumpet, 1949.

Rony Clanton, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Education of Sonny Carson", Paramount Pictures, 1974

El músico Joshua White.

Louis armstrong, 1962

American record producer and musician Quincy Jones.

John Lewis, founder of the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1964 he organized SNCCs efforts for 'Mississippi Freedom Summer', a multi-organization Civil Rights drive to register Black voters across the south. April 16, 1964.

Anefo photo collection. Black Panther. Albert Howard (USA) arrives at Schiphol. January 15, 1970. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Louis Armstong, jazz trumpeter arricing in Copenhagen for 3 months in european tour, January 19, 1959. LOUIS ARMSTRONG.

Sammy Davis Jr, Chicago, 1968.

Jackie Jackson, The Jackson 5, 70s.

NAT KING COLE.

Percy Sledge.

DANNY GLOVER in SILVERADO (1985), directed by LAWRENCE KASDAN.

Quincy Jones. 1959.

Anefo photo collection. Writer James Baldwin presents new book at the press conference in AmericainHotel in Amsterdam; James Baldwin. November 14, 1974. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

United States: c. 1950 Trumpeter Louis Armstrong

Singer Jimmy Scott at Stockholm summer Jazz Festival on Skeppsholmen Island

Louis Daniel Armstrong as a wax figure Wax museum of Prague Czechia

Ella Fitzgerald y Louis Jordan, 1935.

Retrato del músico Joe Henderson.

ROBERT HOOKS.

Isaac hayes, 1974

B.B. King (b.1925-) Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter

James Brown.

Michael jackson, 1972

Arsenio Hall, on-set of the Film, "Coming to America", John Seakwood for Paramount Pictures, 1988

Louis Armstrong 1901-1971), American Jazz Performer, half-length Portrait with Trumpet, Woodward's Studio, 1928

NAT KING COLE.

Michael Jackson, 70s.

James A. Watson, Jr., Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Halls of Anger", United Artists, 1969

Louis armstrong and wife, 60s

Richie Havens, 1973.

American record producer and musician Quincy Jones.

Muhammad Ali (b. 1942), in 1967, the year he refused induction into the U.S. military. He was found guilty on draft evasion charges, stripped of his boxing title and did not fight for nearly four years, until his conviction was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque 1968. Grand Gala. Stars make cruise. Number 3 Vikki Carr. March 8, 1968. Amsterdam

LITTLE RICHARD in LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (2023), directed by LISA CORTES.

SIDNEY POITIER in THE SLENDER THREAD (1965), directed by SYDNEY POLLACK.

Anefo photo collection. Sammy Davis Junior gives press conference in Hilton, Amsterdam, Sammy Davis with first European Golden Longspace of Phonogram. September 10, 1976. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

New York City, 70s.

Isaac hayes, 70s

LOUIS ARMSTRONG and GRACE KELLY in HIGH SOCIETY (1956), directed by CHARLES WALTERS.

Michael Jackson, 70s.

George Benson, Festival Jardins de Cap Roig 2010.

Beverly Todd, Sidney Poitier, on-set of the Film, "They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!", United Artists, 1970

Jazz pianist Fats Waller (Thomas Wright Waller).

Tito Jackson, The Jackson 5, 70s.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG and BILLIE HOLIDAY in NEW ORLEANS (1947).

Anefo photo collection. Albert Howard liking "Black Panther" movement in USA in Moses and Aaronkerk Amsterdam. Albert Howard. January 16, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

USA: Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016) Heavyweight Champion of the World three times between 1964 and 1979, anti Vietnam War activist, Civil Rights campaigner and Humanitarian, in 1967

Anefo photo collection. American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for an intermediate landing at Schiphol. Arrival and departure, leaders, #####, portraits. October 5, 1979. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Bayard Rustin at news briefing on Civil Rights March on Washington, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, August 27, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. In TV studio. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Herbie Hancock in 1977.

MUHAMMAD ALI in MUHAMMAD ALI (2021), directed by KEN BURNS and SARAH BURNS.

George Benson, Festival Jardins de Cap Roig 2010.

James Baldwin (1924-1987), African-American novelist, essayist, and short story writer, seen here at Brussels Restaurant in New York City, October, 1967.

EDDIE MURPHY in SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE-TV (1975) -Original title: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE-.

Anefo photo collection. North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague; Count Basie (L) and Oscar Peterson (R) arrive at Schiphol. July 16, 1977. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

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