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Buck playing trumpet for The Benny Goodman Story

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Buck Clayton on trumpet for the film The Benny Goodman Story.
Date Published
1955
Publisher
Universal-International Pictures
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Trumpet players
Notes

1955

Typewritten note attached to verso: 1803-49AD The Benny Goodman Story Universal-International Buck Clayton A featured performer at the actual 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert headed by Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton performs the same excellent musical chore in The Benny Goodman Story. A Technicolor screen biography of the man who made America's most exciting music, the Universal-International film co-stars Allen in the title role and Donna Reed as his wife ; Text printed on photo border: Printed in U.S.A c. 1955, Universal Pictures Company Inc. Permission granted for newspaper and magazine reproduction, Any other use, including television, prohibited

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0609.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Publicity photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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