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...
Wedding photo of Carl, Derb, and Buck
Carl Brisson shaking hands with Derb, with Buck Clayton looking on, on Buck's and Derb's wedding day, in a Paramount Pictures lot. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Wedding photo of Rev. Greggs, Duke Ellington, Derb, and Buck
Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton standing with Reverend Napoleon P. Greggs, in the lot of Paramount Pictures. Duke Ellington is standing behind them with a trumpet up to his mouth and arm...
Welcome by the Dunedin Jazz Society at the airport
Band and members of the Dunedin Jazz Society (white men and women and children) welcoming Eddie Condon and his All Stars (including Buck Clayton) at the airport; shot focuses on the banner and people...
Welcome by the Dunedin Jazz Society at the airport
Band and members of the Dunedin Jazz Society welcoming Eddie Condon and his All Stars (including Buck Clayton) at the airport.
Welcome by the Dunedin Jazz Society at the airport
Band and members of the Dunedin Jazz Society welcoming Eddie Condon and his All Stars (including Buck Clayton) at the airport.
Welcoming Hugues Panassié and his wife
Happy Caldwell, Mezz Mezzrow, Buck Clayton, Sidney Bechet and Cliff Jackson are welcoming French jazz critic Hugues Panassié and his wife Madeleine Gautier at New York City Airport in 1949.
Wild Bill Davis at the organ
Wild Bill Davis in a suit and bow tie, playing organ; looking toward the right.
Willie "The Lion" Smith
Willie "Lion" Smith with a cigar and bowler and a television camera seen over his shoulder.
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.
With Benny Goodman in the studio
Publicity photo of Benny Goodman and a group of musicians, including Buck Clayton, in a recording studio in Hollywood, California.
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...
Working with a jazz class
Buck Clayton watching as jazz students practice during class, including one African American woman singing, in New York City.
Young Count Basie
Portrait of a young Count Basie in a suit and tie; facing a little to the left.
Zoot Sims and Budd Johnson talking
Zoot Sims speaking with an unidentified man with Budd Johnson in the background.
Zoot Sims and Budd Johnson talking with a fan
Zoot Sims speaking with Budd Johnson and an unseen person.
Zoot Sims causes Budd Johnson to laugh
Zoot Sims makes Budd Johnson, looking at each other, laugh as they stand on stage, holding their saxophones, Buck Clayton's right side visible. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.
Zoot Sims playing the tenor saxophone
Zoot Sims playing the tenor saxophone.
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.