Buck Clayton, Zoot Sims, and an unidentified man
Buck Clayton standing with Zoot Sims (middle) and an unidentified white man (possibly Steve Voce?) in a denim jacket.
Buck Clayton, Zoot Sims, and Cutty Cutshall
Buck Clayton in rehearsal with Zoot Sims, saxophone, and Cutty Cutshall, trombone.
Buck Clayton's birthday party with the band
Buck Clayton (background, center) seated with a group of friends, fans, and band members. Trombonist, John Darville seated on far left, facing camera with legs crossed and hands clasped around knee...
Buck playing trumpet in the studio
Buck Clayton on trumpet with Sir Charles Thompson on piano and others in the room.
Buck working with two young jazz guitarists
Buck Clayton seated and working with two young jazz guitarists (one African American man, one white man) in New York City.
Buck, Henri and Charles in Geneva
Buck Clayton with Henri Chaix and Sir Charles Thompson standing on the street in Geneva, Switzerland.
Buck, Henri and Charles in Geneva
Buck Clayton standing with Henri Chaix and Sir Charles Thompson outside in Geneva, Switzerland; a sign on the building behind them reads, in part, "Noverraz L'Huillier"
Buck's French American Band performing
Members of Buck's French American Band performing on stage in Paris, France.
Camel riding in Egypt
John Phillips, Buck Clayton and Jackie Williams riding camels.
Cheers
Buck Clayton drinking with two unidentified white men in Paris, France.
Claude Battestini, Buck Clayton, Jean-Marie Masse and others raise a toast
Claude Battestini, Buck Clayton, and Pierre Boyer, smile at the photographer, as Jean-Marie Masse and two unidentified white women sit around a dinner table and raise their glasses of wine for a toast...
Coaching a jazz class
Buck Clayton coaching jazz students in New York City.
Coaching a jazz singer
Buck Clayton and an unidentified African American female student singing into a microphone during a jazz class, with two African American male trumpet players behind them, in New York City.
Connecticut Governor William O'Neill with Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton with Connecticut Governor O'Neil; Hartford, Connecticut, posted on a holiday card from Harry Lichtenbaum.
Count Basie hamming it up with Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff, and John Hammond
Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff and John Hammond laughing while Count Basie hams it up.
Count Basie's band
Buck Clayton performing with the Basie band, Basie on piano, on a stage with a large drawing of a show girl behind them.
Dave McKenna, Cutty Cutshall, and Bob LaPlante with Buck Clayton
Dave McKenna, Cutty Cutshall, and Bob LaPlante with a grinning Buck Clayton.
Dizzy Gillespie sets Angela Lascelles, Bud Freeman, Buck Clayton, and Gerald Lascelles straight
Dizzy Gillespie talking with his hands to Angela Lascelles, Bud Freeman, Buck Clayton, and Gérard Lascelles who are all seated on a couch; Paris, France.
Doug Lawrence playing saxophone
Doug Lawrence, saxophone, performing with members of the Swingin' Dream Band, conducted by Buck Clayton.
Drinks with friends
Buck Clayton dining with Jimmie Crawford, possibly Peanuts Holland, and an unidentified group of people in France.
Eddie Bert, Buck Clayton, and young musicians
Buck Clayton standing with Eddie Bert and two unidentified musicians, possibly Randy Sandke and Urbie Green.
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...
Good times in Paris
Seated in front of a table of drinks and a champagne bucket are (left to right) Buck Clayton seated with an unidentified, laughing, woman, Peanuts Holland, Lil Hardin Armstrong and French clarinetist...
Group picture in Africa
Bull Moose Jackson with Jackie Williams, John Phillips and an unidentified group of two women and two men, one of the women veiled; possibly in Conakry, Guinea.