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On the Good Ship Lollipop

On the Good Ship Lollipop

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1934
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Unidentified Artist
Marvin Gaye at the recording session for

Marvin Gaye at the recording session for "Let's Get It On"

Photograph
June 1973
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Jim Britt
John Corigliano

John Corigliano

Photograph
1991
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Jack Mitchell
Bud Powell

Bud Powell

Photograph
1949 (printed 1998)
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Herman Leonard

E. Power Biggs

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1972
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David Marlin
Lester Young

Lester Young

Photograph
1948 (printed 1998)
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Herman Leonard
Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

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1955 (printed 1998)
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Herman Leonard
Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding

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2010 (printed 2012)
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Sandrine Lee
Dean Dixon

Dean Dixon

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1945
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Arthur Leipzig
Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

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1956
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Yousuf Karsh
Gerry Mulligan and Zoot Sims

Gerry Mulligan and Zoot Sims

Photograph
1955 (printed 1998)
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Herman Leonard
Morton Gould

Morton Gould

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January 27, 1995
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Nancy Lee Katz
Everyone's Gone to the Moon

Everyone's Gone to the Moon

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c. 1969
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Kenneth King
Thomas Bethune

Thomas Bethune

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1860
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Sarony
Fanny Elssler

Fanny Elssler

Print
1840
National Portrait Gallery
Eliphalet M. Brown

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