Tony Maag and Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton and Tony Maag speaking during a performance in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
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 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 man plays a trumpet into the ear of Buck Clayton
An unidentified musician, wearing a bowler hat, plays a trumpet into the right ear of Buck Clayton who is wearing a marching band hat and holding his left ear as if he can't hear the player.
Unidentified trumpet player
An unidentified African American man holding a trumpet in a dark jacket, stripped shirt and facing the camera directly.
Velma Middleton and Louis Armstrong entertaining
Louis Armstrong performing with Velma Middleton and a big band on stage. Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet behind Velma as she sings into the microphone with arms spread. A trombonists and pianist...
Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton warmly greeting Vic Dickenson.
Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton in rehearsal
Vic Dickenson seated and practicing trombone with Buck Clayton holding his trumpet and an unidentified musician.
Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton in rehearsal
Vic Dickenson seated and practicing while Buck Clayton holds his trumpet with an unidentified musician.
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.
Watching a student jazz performance
Buck Clayton watching a student jazz performance from slightly off stage, in New York City.
Watching Ben Webster perform
View from over Buck Clayton's shoulder as he watches Ben Webster play sax; with Henri Chaix (piano), Alain du Bois (guitar), Isla Eckinger (bass), Romano Cavicchiolo (drums) at a concert in Baden...
Watching Ziggy Elman
Publicity photo of Ziggy Elman performing a trumpet solo in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the film The Benny Goodman Story; Buck Clayton is seated next to him, watching his...
Willie "the Lion" Smith and Buck Clayton wait for the crowd at Newport Jazz Festival
Willie "Lion" Smith seated with Buck Clayton and an unidentified man in the seats at the Newport Jazz Festival.
With Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey
Benny Goodman performing with Tommy Dorsey, Buck Clayton and Budd Johnson and others at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
Woody Herman speaking
Woody Herman speaking from behind a podium on a stage lined with portrait photographs on music stands of Buck Clayton, James P. Johnson, Pee Wee Russell, and Billy Holiday, with an unidentified man...
Zoot Sims takes a look at Buddy Tate and Buck Clayton
Buddy Tate, looking serious, with his arm around Buck Clayton's shoulder while Zoot Sims, wearing a hat, looks at them and away from the camera. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.
Zoot Sims, Buck Clayton and Budd Johnson play from the stage
Zoot Sims, turned sideways to the camera behind a microphone, with Buck Clayton and Budd Johnson play standing on the stage. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.
Zoot Sims, Budd Johnson, and Buck Clayton wait for, possibly Nancy Harrow, to sing her solo
Zoot Sims, Budd Johnson, and Buck Clayton standing on stage, listening to, possibly, Nancy Harrow sing into a microphone. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.