Richard Davis on bass
Richard Davis on bass during a recording session.
Ronnie Cole and Buck Clayton
A smiling Ronnie Cole pointing at and with his arm around a smiling Buck Clayton.
Roy Eldridge
Portrait of Roy Eldridge with a white hat, smiling, and looking slightly up and to the left.
Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins talking in the green room
Roy Eldridge speaking with Coleman Hawkins in the green room; New York.
Roy Eldridge and Maxine Sullivan
Roy Eldridge, seated, with Maxine Sullivan standing next to him.
Roy Eldridge and others
Roy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Rex Stewart and Trummy Young performing on stage in New York.
Roy Eldridge with Jim Maxwell and others
Roy Eldridge speaking into a microphone with Jimmy Maxwell, trumpet, and unidentified musicians on clarinet and trombone.
Roy Eldridge with Jim Maxwell and others
Roy Eldridge speaking into a microphone with Jimmy Maxwell playing trumpet and an unidentified white male clarinetist.
Roy Eldridge, Oliver Jackson, and Buck Clayton
Roy Eldridge with Buck Clayton and an unidentified musician (Maybe Jabbo Smith?) smiling and standing in front of a picture of Roy Eldridge.
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.
Serious moment
Buck Clayton listens intently to the unidentified white woman speaking seriously sitting next to him at a banquet table. Many unidentified white people sit at the banquet table all with serious looks...
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.