Photographic Materials
name: label: Collection Performer
content: Adderley, Cannonball
label: Collection Performer
content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000
label: Collection Performer
content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-
label: Collection Donor
content: Levy, Devra Hall
label: Collection Creator
content: Levy, John, 1912-2012
label: Collection Vocalist
content: Lincoln, Abbey, 1930 -
label: Collection Performer
content: Mbulu, Letta
label: Collection Performer
content: Montgomery, Wes, 1925-1968
label: Collection Singer
content: Wilson, Nancy, 1937-
setName: label: See more items in
content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-2002, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1221, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection is particularly rich in photographs. The photographs se show artists relaxing backstage, in travel scenes while on tour, at social gatherings, in recording sessions, in concerts, and in nightclubs. Several show patrons, performers, and other views of famous venues such as Birdland and the Hollywood Bowl. Publicity photographs and informal photographs depict over a hundred artists – managed by Levy or known to him – from the 1940s through the late 1990s. 
This series contains photographs of music festivals and performances with multiple artists and groups. Events include Monterey Festival, Playboy Jazz Festival, and Jazz Cruise on SS Norway, as well as other various performances. There are also some slides. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
For photographs specific to individual artists, see Subseries 4.1: Artist Files. Photographs specific to Joe Williams and Nancy Wilson are located in their respective series, 5 and 6.