Roy Eldridge with Jim Maxwell and others
Roy Eldridge speaking into a microphone with Jimmy Maxwell playing trumpet and an unidentified white male clarinetist.
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.
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...
Seated with Jabbo Smith
Buck Clayton seated with Jabbo Smith in France.
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.
Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow and others
Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, clarinets, Jack Butler, trumpet, and Wilbur DeParis, trombone.
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.
Singer on stage
An unidentified African American woman singing in front of a microphone on stage.
Sir Charles Thompson playing piano
Sir Charles Thompson wearing a black hat, smiling, and seated at a piano with some sheet music; looking to the left.
Sir Charles Thompson playing piano
Sir Charles Thompson playing piano; taken from a standing position by the photographer.
Slam Stewart playing bass
Slam Stewart playing bass against a black background.
Smiling Buck Clayton with trumpet
A smiling Buck Clayton seated with a trumpet in Tokyo, Japan.
Smoke break
Illinois Jacquet seated backstage, having a cigarette, in New York.