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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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cannonball Adderley

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Close up, unfocused publicity photo of Cannonball Adderley wearing suit and holding saxophone.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Cannonball Adderley performing

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Low angle publicity photo of Cannonball Adderley wearing suit and playing saxophone.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Recording the soundtrack

Image

Publicity photo of Buck Clayton and a group of unidentified musicians performing in a recording studio in Hollywood, California, likely as part of the...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Recording the soundtrack

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Publicity photo of Buck Clayton, Harry James and a group of unidentified musicians performing in a recording studio in Hollywood, California, likely...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Scene from The Benny Goodman Story

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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...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Steve Allen as Benny Goodman

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Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performing with members of the band, including Buck Clayton, trumpet, as part of the film The Benny...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Steve Allen as Benny Goodman

Image

Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performing with the band in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert; Buck Clayton is...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Wardell Gray playing saxophone

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Wardell Gray, tenor sax man with Benny Goodman, gives out with some authentic bop at the Benny Goodman party at Stork (from photo caption).

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Watching Ziggy Elman

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Publicity photo of Ziggy Elman performing a trumpet solo in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the film The Benny Goodman Story...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • 1955
  • African American men

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (15)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Publicity photographs (16)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Snapshots (3)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Jazz musicians (17)
  • Jazz musicians, White (15)
  • Men, White (15)
  • Trumpet players (15)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Big bands (6)
  • Sound studios (6)
  • Actors (5)
  • Clarinetists (5)
  • Trombonists (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Musical films (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • (-) African American men (18)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (15)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (6)
  • Green, Urbie (3)
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 (3)
  • Adderley, Cannonball (2)
  • Duvivier, George (2)
  • Getz, Stan, 1927-1991 (2)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (2)
  • Averback, Hy (1)
  • Elman, Ziggy (1)
  • Gray, Wardell, 1921-1955 (1)
  • Plinger, Elmer (1)
  • Reuss, Allan (1)
  • Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • (-) 1955 (18)

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