After hours session
Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman on clarinet) with Gene Krupa (drums), Buck Clayton (trumpet), George Duvivier (bass), Teddy Wilson (piano), Allan Reuss (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone...
Apollo Theater show
Apollo Theatre photomontage featuring several images of performances at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York.
Buck and Candice's Vanguard album cover
Candy Clayton with Buck Clayton seated on a carousel horse while Buck plays trumpet.
Buck Clayton and Bud Freeman in Tokyo
Buck Clayton on trumpet playing with Bud Freeman on sax, on stage in Tokyo, Japan.
Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage
Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima Taylor, Duke Upshaw, Frank Pasley, Buck Clayton...
Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage, November 6th, No date; likely 1934
Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima Taylor, Duke Upshaw, Frank Pasley, Buck Clayton...
Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933
Buck Clayton, trumpet, bandleader, and his Harlem Gentlemen (Jack Bratton, trumpet; Happy Lewis, trombone; Herbert Myers, Couchy Roberts, Arcemia Taylor, saxophone; Joe McClutchen, violin; Frank...
Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933 - autographed
Buck Clayton, trumpet, bandleader, and his Harlem Gentlemen (Jack Bratton, trumpet; Happy Lewis, trombone; Herbert Myers, Couchy Roberts, Arcemia Taylor, saxophone; Joe McClutchen, violin; Frank...
Buck Clayton performing during filming
Publicity photo of Buck Clayton performing a trumpet solo during a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the film The Benny Goodman Story; with two other trumpet players on either...
Buck Clayton solo during filming
Publicity photo of Buck Clayton performing a trumpet solo during filming for The Benny Goodman Story; Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) is standing at the head of the band and members of the audience can...
Buck Clayton with his band
Buck Clayton standing with members of his band at the Cotton Club in Culver City, California (left to right): (Kid Lips Hackett, Teddy Buckner, Arcima Taylor, Ike Bell, Red Callender, Bert Johnson...
Buck Clayton's first professional band
Portrait of the Red Mill Dance Hall Band (Buck Clayton's first professional band) Buck Clayton, trumpet; Theodore Cruz, alto saxophone; Pete Kinard, tenor saxophone; Ronald Wharton, guitar, banjo; La...
Buck Clayton's wedding
Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton's being married at Paramount Studios; Hollywood, California; Surrounded by actors, musicians, and the Cotton Club Chorus Line.
Buck playing trumpet for The Benny Goodman Story
Buck Clayton on trumpet for the film The Benny Goodman Story.
Charlie Echols Rhythm Kings with Kid Ory
The Charlie Echols Rhythm Kings on a stage featuring (Charlie Echols, Milton Ellsworth, trumpets, Parker Berry, Kid Ory, trombones, Grover Diggs, Herschel Coleman, Hubert Bumps Myers, Saxophone, Eddie...
Derb's dancing group
The Broomfield and Greely Revue at Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club; Culver City, California. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Erwing Brothers Orchestra
The Erwing Brothers Orchestra (left to right): Calvin Temple, trumpet ; Horace Moore, drums ; Carl Fats Dozier, trumpet ; Chester Erwing, piano, leader ; James Erwing, trombone, guitar, banjo ; Harris...
Filming the Benny Goodman Story
Publicity shot showing the filming crew and audience as Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performs with the band in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for The Benny Goodman Story...
Harry James' reenactment
Publicity photo of Harry James performing a trumpet solo in a reenactment of the Benny Goodman Orchestra's 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the film "The Benny Goodman Story"; Buck Clayton is...
In a recording studio
Buck Clayton, Stan Getz (tenor sax), Gene Krupa (drums), George Duvivier (bass) and Urbie Green (trombone) performing in a recording studio; Hollywood, California; likely as part of the soundtrack for...
Les Hite Orchestra
The Les Hite Orchestra posed on the stairs of City Hall in Los Angeles with George McDonaugh, Supervisor of the 2nd District (Including: Bill Perkins, banjo ; Parker Berry, trombone ; Lloyd Reese...
Murray & Harris
Murray and Harris; Shanghai, China. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Paul Gayten and his Trio
Signed portrait of Paul Gayten and his Trio (five people total pictured) with their instruments.
Recording the soundtrack
Buck Clayton, Harry James and a group of unidentified musicians performing in a recording studio in Hollywood, California, likely as part of the soundtrack for The Benny Goodman Story.
Recording the soundtrack
Publicity photo of Buck Clayton and a group of unidentified musicians performing in a recording studio in Hollywood, California, likely as part of the soundtrack for The Benny Goodman Story.