Jimmy Giuffre Trio perform song The Train and the River by Jimmy Giuffre in 1957. Jimmy Giuffre, tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet; Jim Hall, guitar; Jim Atlas, acoustic double bass.

Count Basie All Stars play The Count Blues 1957. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums).

Count Basie All Stars play Dickies Dream by Count Basie, Lester Young in 1957. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums). Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing also appear but don't perform.

Studio Musicians in Recording Studio for The Temptations at Motown 1966

Footage of The Temptations in the Recording Studio at Motown 1966

Footage of the short film St Louis Blues starring Bessie Smith 1929

Footage of Mattel’s headquarters and factory near LAX in 1956

A look at life and culture around 1960 Greenwich Village, New York City