Clark Terry with Bud Freeman
Clark Terry, playing trumpet, with Bud Freeman holding his sax and looking off stage.
Clark Terry with jazz ensemble on stage
Milt Hinton (bass), Bud Freeman (saxophone), Clark Terry, playing trumpet, and Vic Dickenson (trombone), performing on stage.
Clark Terry with jazz ensemble on stage
Bud Freeman (saxophone), Clark Terry (trumpet), Vic Dickenson (trombone) and Wayne Jones (drums), performing together on stage.
Clayton family at the beach
Buck and Pat Clayton at the beach with an unidentified woman and child behind them.
Clayton men
Simeon O. Clayton holding baby Buck Clayton on the porch of their home; with Clayton's uncle Monroe Dorsey and their dog, Duke; early spring.
Clayton on stage
Buck Clayton playing a muted trumpet with an unidentified drummer on stage.
Clayton's Imperial Four
Studio photo of the members of Simeon O. Clayton's Imperial Four turned to the left and facing forward.
Claytons with Joe Lewis
Buck and Pat Clayton seated at a restaurant dining table with boxer Joe Louis.
Close-up of Buck Clayton in a felt hat beside his trumpet's mouthpiece
A close up of Buck Clayton, wearing a felt hat and holding a trumpet so only the mouthpiece is in the photograph next to his left cheek.
Close-up of Buck Clayton wearing a light-colored fedora hat
A close-up of Buck Clayton wearing a light-colored fedora hat.
Close-up of Buck Clayton's face
A very close-up photograph of Buck Clayton's face.
Close-up of Buck Clayton's face and trumpet mouthpiece
Close-up of Buck Clayton's face and the mouthpiece of his trumpet.
Close-up photograph of Buck Clayton smiling while wearing a beret
A close-up photograph of Buck Clayton smiling while wearing a beret.
Close-up photograph of Buck Clayton wearing a beret
A close-up photograph of Buck Clayton wearing a beret and a turtleneck sweater.
Coaching a jazz class
Buck Clayton coaching jazz students in New York City.
Coaching a jazz singer
Buck Clayton and an unidentified African American female student singing into a microphone during a jazz class, with two African American male trumpet players behind them, in New York City.
Coleman Hawkins and Buck Clayton performing at the Newport Jazz Festival
Coleman Hawkins, playing his saxophone with smiling eyes toward the trombonist next to him (only the trombone is visible) and Buck Clayton playing his trumpet with his eyes closed at the 1956 Newport...
Connecticut Governor William O'Neill with Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton with Connecticut Governor O'Neil; Hartford, Connecticut, posted on a holiday card from Harry Lichtenbaum.
Count Basie and Nancy Elliott
Count Basie seated with a cigarette in front a dressing room mirror in which Nancy Elliott can also be seen taking the photo.
Count Basie hamming it up with Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff, and John Hammond
Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff and John Hammond laughing while Count Basie hams it up.
Count Basie performing
Count Basie seated at a piano. Likely Jo Jones on drum set behind Count Basie.
Count Basie's band
Buck Clayton performing with the Basie band, Basie on piano, on a stage with a large drawing of a show girl behind them.
Couple of friends with Buck Clayton
Two unidentified African American men standing with their arms around Buck Clayton.
Cutout band
A group of labeled cardboard cutouts of band members' photos performing arranged on a stage. Represented are Kenny Kersey, piano ; Busty Bailey, clarinet ; Buck Clayton, trumpet ; Arthur Berbert...