Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, Jack Butler
Mezz Mezzrow performing with Sidney Bechet and Jack Butler.
Simeon O. Clayton
Portrait of Simeon O. Clayton facing left, wearing glasses.
Simeon O. Clayton with euphonium
Simeon O. Clayton in band uniform seated with a euphonium in front of a house.
Steve Allen as Benny Goodman
Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performing with members of the band, including Buck Clayton, trumpet, as part of the film The Benny Goodman Story.
Steve Allen as Benny Goodman
Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performing with the band in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert; Buck Clayton is standing and playing trumpet.
Swinging in Switzerland
Buck Clayton playing a muted trumpet on stage with bassist Isla Eckinger and unidentified white male drummer, both only partly seen, in Switzerland.
Teaching jazz students
Buck Clayton speaking with an African American woman jazz student during a class session in New York City. Other students are in the background.
Three trumpeters
Buck Clayton seated with M. Renaud and Christinat, all with their trumpets in Paris, France.
Tico Locarra
Signed portrait of Tico 'His Magic Flute' Locarra in a tuxedo with conductor's baton.
Tony Coe on saxophone
Tony Coe playing saxophone with Buck Clayton standing behind him at the Marquee Club in London, England.
Top half of Buck Clayton wearing a beret and a plaid suit jacket
The top half of Buck Clayton wearing a beret and a plaid suit jacket.
Trummy Young, Illinois Jacquet and others
Shot from behind of Trummy Young, trombone, Kenny Kersey, Buck Clayton, Illinois Jacquet and others on stage in New York.
Trumpet duet
Humphrey Lyttelton and Buck Clayton playing trumpet together at the Marquee Club in London, England.
Trumpeters on stage
Buck Clayton playing trumpet with another, unidentified, white male trumpet player in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
Trumpets and lights in Warsaw
Buck Clayton playing trumpet on stage with another, unidentified, white male trumpet player in Warsaw, Poland.
Unidentified band
An unidentified band (African American men with one white man) with an African American man holding a guitar at a microphone.
Unidentified man gives Buck Clayton a toke
Buck Clayton, wearing a bowler hat, taking a toke of marijuana while an unidentified white male musician holds the nub for Buck.
Unidentified trumpet player
An unidentified African American man holding a trumpet in a dark jacket, stripped shirt and facing the camera directly.
Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton warmly greeting Vic Dickenson.
Vic Dickenson on a plane
Vic Dickenson seated aboard an airplane en route to San Francisco, California.
Vrai Buck Clayton with Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
Performance poster: "Le vrai Buck Clayton: Buck Clayton with Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band".
Waiting to perform
Jackie Williams, Dicky Wells, Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, and an unidentified white male pianist wait on stage. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.
Wally Bishop and the Simmens
Wallace Bishop with Michèle Simmens and Liza Simmens in Zurich, Switzerland.
Watching a student jazz performance
Buck Clayton watching a student jazz performance from slightly off stage, in New York City.