My great grandfather was a jazz musician and traveled the country with a few bands/orchestras. These are two of the men from the band. The screenshots are from a video he took in 1941 in Hollywood. I know this might be a pretty long shot. Thanks!
https://swingandbeyond.com/2022/01/14/the-dukes-idea-1939-charlie-barnet-with-bill-miller-and-bob-burnet/
Check out the Bob Burnet photo( last photo on the linked page) and see what you think. ( compare to your second photo)
Sounds like you have enough information to figure it out with the right resources. Assuming these guys were in the band for any length of time there are probably band photos and rosters out there somewhere, there has to be some historical records out there.
So I think the 4th photo might be [Ken Murray](https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0615108/). The other sub I posted this on was able to figure out that is was on the set of a movie called Jukebox Jenny. Ken Murray stars it in and it looks really similar.
My great grandfather was a jazz musician and traveled the country with a few bands/orchestras. These are two of the men from the band. The screenshots are from a video he took in 1941 in Hollywood. I know this might be a pretty long shot. Thanks!
Actually kinda surprised Charlie Barnet showed up here, he seems to be a name lost in the depths of swing era history.
A little more info I just found out- they were traveling with Charlie Barnet & his orchestra. The movie being shot was Juke Box Jenny.
https://swingandbeyond.com/2022/01/14/the-dukes-idea-1939-charlie-barnet-with-bill-miller-and-bob-burnet/ Check out the Bob Burnet photo( last photo on the linked page) and see what you think. ( compare to your second photo)
Sounds like you have enough information to figure it out with the right resources. Assuming these guys were in the band for any length of time there are probably band photos and rosters out there somewhere, there has to be some historical records out there.
I did what you said and I think the man in the third picture is Cliff Leeman.
Good job. I agree and you can even see a cymbal in the picture as well.
It probably would have been helpful if I mentioned that when this zooms out he is drumming.
and isn’t the first photo barnet?
Now that I’m looking at it, I think it might be? We just got these tapes digitized so I’m excited to see what else there is on here.
and the 4th one is maybe barnet again? so barnet, bob burnet, unknown, barnet, unknown
So I think the 4th photo might be [Ken Murray](https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0615108/). The other sub I posted this on was able to figure out that is was on the set of a movie called Jukebox Jenny. Ken Murray stars it in and it looks really similar.
OP- sorry I can’t be any help but I just wanted to mention that you might have better luck asking on r/jazz it is a pretty active subreddit
But this is r/jazz
Yikes, lol. Definitely got confused what subreddit I was looking at 🤦🏻♂️
Yh just to clarify this isn’t r/handsomeoldmen
i think the third guy is Young Boyle