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After hours session

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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...

Date Published
1955

Apollo Theater show

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Apollo Theatre photomontage featuring several images of performances at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1951
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Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933

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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...

Date Published
1933-11-14

Buck Clayton performing during filming

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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...

Date Published
1955

Buck Clayton solo during filming

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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...

Date Published
1955

Buck Clayton with his band

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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...

Date Published
1938

Buck Clayton's first professional band

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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...

Date Published
1931

Buck Clayton's wedding

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton's being married at Paramount Studios; Hollywood, California; Surrounded by actors, musicians, and the Cotton Club Chorus Line.

Date Published
1934

Charlie Echols Rhythm Kings with Kid Ory

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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...

Date Published
1932-03-21

Derb's dancing group

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The Broomfield and Greely Revue at Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club; Culver City, California. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1938

Erwing Brothers Orchestra

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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...

Date Published
1934

Filming the Benny Goodman Story

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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...

Date Published
1955

Harry James' reenactment

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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...

Date Published
1955

In a recording studio

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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...

Date Published
1955

Les Hite Orchestra

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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...

Date Published
1932

Murray & Harris

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Murray and Harris; Shanghai, China. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1934
1937

Recording the soundtrack

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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.

Date Published
1955

Recording the soundtrack

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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.

Date Published
1955