Joe Bushkin and drummer on stage
Joe Bushkin on piano with an unidentified white male drummer with the drum decorated with a drawing of a pianist; taken from the edge of the stage looking up at the performers by the photographer.
Joe Venuti sits at a table with a friend
Joe Venuti, left, sitting at a table with an unidentified white male friend.
John Lewis and Buck Clayton at the Swing Street Dedication
Buck Clayton with John Lewis outdoors, greeting a fan, likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York, with an unidentified group of people behind them.
Kenny Kersey and Buck Clayton hanging out with the combo
Buck Clayton lighting a cigarette and smiling; Kenny Kersey on piano with an unidentified group of musicians (African American and white).
Laughing with Tony Maag
Tony Maag and Buck Clayton standing outside the Muskoka Sands Inn, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
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...
Listening to a session recording with Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson seated with Buck Clayton behind microphones in a recording studio; liquor and wine bottles within reach.
Lord Alexander Macmillan talking to Buck Clayton
Lord Alexander Macmillan talking to Buck Clayton, at the launch of the New Grove Dictionary of American Music in New York City in 1986; with Alyn Shipton (far left) and Caroline Richmond (far right)...
Louis Armstrong fronting the band
Louis Armstrong standing on stage in front of the microphone with Velma Middleton arm around him as they smile and way to the crowd. A band is behind them.
Louis Armstrong performing with the band
Louis Armstrong performing on stage with a band. The band members in white double-breasted suits. Louis Armstrong standing, playing the trumpet next to a trombonist (Jack Teagarden?), clarinetist...
Louis Armstrong with his audience
Louis Armstrong smiling and interacting with his audience of mostly white children while holding his trumpet; performing with Zutty Singleton, Bobby Hackett, and others.
Man and woman on the street look up at the camera
An unidentified white man and woman look up from the street, most likely in Vail, Colorado. The man is possibly Dave Brubeck.
Marian McPartland and Buck Clayton
Marian McPartland seated at the piano with Buck Clayton playing trumpet next to her at the Living Room in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Marie Baker and Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton dining with possibly Marie Baker, Mickey Baker's wife; France.
Maxim Saury with his arms around Alain Bouchet and Buck Clayton
Maxim Saury standing with his arms around Alain Bouchet and Buck Clayton.
Mel Lewis watches a woman seated at a drum set
Mel Lewis stands behind and looks down at an unidentified white woman seated in front of him at a drum set who is smiling at the camera.
Mel Lewis, Jabbo Smith, and Buck Clayton
Mel Lewis standing with Jabbo Smith and Buck Clayton in front of a building.
Mezz Mezzrow playing clarinet
Mezz Mezzrow, Buck Clayton, Gene Sedric, Red Richards and Big Chief Moore performing on stage.
Michel Denis, Wild Bill Davis, and Dany Doriz
Michel Denis, drums, with Wild Bill Davis, organ, and Dany Doriz, vibraphone.
Mickey Baker, Sweets Edison, and Buck Clayton eating a meal with a group of people.
Buck Clayton dining with Mickey Baker, Hal Singer, possibly Marie Baker, and an unidentified group of people; Paris, France.
Mother and infant son
Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton with baby Buck Clayton; both in white clothes.
Nat Pierce and Billy Taylor
Portrait of Nat Pierce and Billy Taylor embracing outside. Pierce has a lit cigarette in one hand. Both looking at the camera.
Norene Tate and Buck Clayton
Norene Tate seated with Buck Clayton and an unidentified man.
Offering a word of wisdom
Buck Clayton speaking closely to an African American woman jazz vocal student in class in New York City.
On 52nd Street in New York
Buck Clayton with Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield and an unidentified musician outside the Famous Door on 52nd St. with street seen behind them.