Roy Eldridge
Portrait of Roy Eldridge with a white hat, smiling, and looking slightly up and to the left.
Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins talking in the green room
Roy Eldridge speaking with Coleman Hawkins in the green room; New York.
Roy Eldridge and Maxine Sullivan
Roy Eldridge, seated, with Maxine Sullivan standing next to him.
Roy Eldridge and others
Roy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Rex Stewart and Trummy Young performing on stage in New York.
Roy Eldridge with Jim Maxwell and others
Roy Eldridge speaking into a microphone with Jimmy Maxwell, trumpet, and unidentified musicians on clarinet and trombone.
Roy Eldridge with Jim Maxwell and others
Roy Eldridge speaking into a microphone with Jimmy Maxwell playing trumpet and an unidentified white male clarinetist.
Ruby Braff
Ruby Braff outside by a wire gate or fence wearing a white jacket and shirt; facing the camera.
Ruby Braff consults with Dick Hyman
Ruby Braff watching as Dick Hyman plays piano, a copy of "Avenue" magazine on the music cradle of the piano.
Sam Woodyard playing drums
Sam Woodyard on drums with a fabric background; looking toward the right.
Sammy Price
Close-up portrait of a laughing Sammy Price. His right hand rests, palm open and facing forward, on the right side of his face.
Sammy Price playing piano
Sammy Price playing piano in a recording studio, facing left.
Sandy Williams
Portrait of Sandy Williams, face only, directly facing the camera.
Sarah Vaughan singing
Sarah Vaughan singing into a microphone with unidentified African American male bassist behind her.
Sax player
An unidentified African American male saxophone player standing, smiling, with his saxophone.
Scene from The Benny Goodman Story
Publicity photo of a scene from the film where Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) is speaking with Hy Averback (as manager Willard Alexander); also seen are Buck Clayton and, possibly, Buddy Ray...
Seeing the pyramids on camel
Buck Clayton on camelback in front of the Pyramids of Giza; a young teenage boy is holding Buck's camel.
Seeing the sights
Buck Clayton looking into a telescopic lens for sightseers in Paris, France.
Serious Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton seated next to his trumpet in Baden, Switzerland.
Shadows
Sam Woodyard, drums, Walter Page, bass, and Buck Clayton, trumpet, performing on stage with Clayton throwing a large and striking shadow against a wall.
Shaking hands with Woody Herman
Woody Herman shaking hands with Buck Clayton; both wearing coats and Herman is holding a large envelope in one hand.
Shelly Manne at breakfast
Shelly Manne at an outdoor restaurant or cafeteria eating a grapefruit and looking up at the camera; other people can be seen around him.
Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow and others
Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, clarinets, Jack Butler, trumpet, and Wilbur DeParis, trombone.