Jazz singer Billie Holiday fights back tears as she listens to a just-created recording in 1959. She's obviously disappointed with the sound in what would be her last recording session before she died of cirrhosis of the liver. Friend Milt Hinton, a jazz bassist, captured this intimate image and many other insider's looks at jazz greats of the 20th century.
Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie shows children how to puff their cheeks at a 1981 jazz festival in Nice, France. The photograph is part of a show at Baker University titled "Images Keeping Time: Photographs by Milt Hinton."
Milt Hinton, left, was a longtime member of the band of Cab Calloway, who is pictured at right. In addition to taking photos of many famous jazz musicians, Hinton often loaned his camera to others so he could be in the pictures.
Milt Hinton, whose career as a jazz bassist spanned seven decades, is becoming better known for photographs he took of his bandmates. Hinton's work is on display this month at Baker University.
Milt Hinton, whose career as a jazz bassist spanned seven decades, is becoming better known for photographs he took of his bandmates. Hinton was pictured in 1987 at his home in New York.
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong, left, poses with Milt Hinton in an undated photo. In addition to taking photos of many of the famous jazz musicians of the 20th century, Hinton often loaned his camera to others so he could be in the pictures.
Drummer Panama Francis, left, and bassist Irv Manning pose for a photo in 1951 outside the Metropolitan Cafe in New York City.
Tyree Glenn, left, who played trombone and vibraphone, and saxophonist Chu Berry pose for a photo in 1940 at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Milt Hinton's photographs often captured the racial segregation that faced black musicians during the first half of the 20th century.
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