Jam session at Gjon Mili’s studio loft. Duke Ellington at the piano surrounded by other jazz musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie (fore, 2L) on trumpet and behind him Mezz Mezzrow on clarine 1943
Duke Ellington playing piano amidst two trombonists during an after-hours jam session, New York 1941, by Gjon Mili
Billie Holiday singing ‘Fine & Mellow’ with Cozy Cole, James P. Johnson during jam session in studio of LIFE photographer Gjon Mili in 1941
Photographer Gjon Mili (L) w. bassist Red Callender & saxophonist Lester Young on set of the film Jammin’ the Blues, directed by Mili