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Buck Clayton with jazz students

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Buck Clayton watching as jazz students practice their instruments and one African American woman sings in New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Joe Williams, and Harry Edison

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Buck Clayton, standing, with seated Joe Williams and Harry Edison in some sort of festival tent or booth.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Joe Williams, and Harry Edison

Image

Joe Williams seated with Harry "Sweets" Edison and Buck Clayton on a bench; Buck is looking at the camera, Joe and Harry and sharing a joke.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Coaching a jazz singer

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Buck Clayton and an unidentified African American female student singing into a microphone during a jazz class, with two African American male trumpet...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Deborah Brown singing

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Deborah Brown singing into a microphone held close to her mouth. She's facing the left of the photo.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Diane Schuur singing

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Diane Schuur and Freddie Green performing on stage with an unidentified group of musicians.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ed Dix watching jazz singer

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Ed Dix (right) with his saxophone on stage watching an unidentified white woman singing into a microphone with two unidentified white male guitarists...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

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Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham and Charles McPherson

Image

Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham, and Charles McPherson standing together outside of a white Cadillac parked under the covered entrance to a hotel; arm...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jazz quartet on stage

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Four unidentified African American men perform on a lighted stage at night. Includes pianist, guitarist, bassist, and vocalist.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Jazz quartet on stage

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Four unidentified African American men perform on a lighted stage at night. Includes pianist, guitarist, bassist, and vocalist.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and Illinois Jacquet

Image

Publicity photo of Jeannie Cheatham seated at the piano with Illinois Jacquet, hand on one hip and holding his saxophone, standing behind her during a...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Image

Publicity photo of Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham seated side by side in chairs with some sort of raffia covered decorative item between them; Jimmy is...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Joe Williams

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Portrait of Joe Williams with a dark jacket and white shirt facing the camera, lips slightly parted.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Lena Horne

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Lena Horne, from her left side with her right hand to her neck, in a publicity photo signed to Ahmad.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Norene Tate and Buck Clayton

Image

Norene Tate seated with Buck Clayton and an unidentified man.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Norene Tate seated with Buck Clayton

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Norene Tate seated with Buck Clayton.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Offering a word of wisdom

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Buck Clayton speaking closely to an African American woman jazz vocal student in class in New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Possibly Julie Turner and Ahmad Alaadeen perform

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, plays a tenor saxophone as, likely, Julie Turner sing while performing with an unidentified bass player and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sarah Vaughan singing

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Sarah Vaughan singing into a microphone with unidentified African American male bassist behind her.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Teaching jazz students

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Buck Clayton speaking with an African American woman jazz student during a class session in New York City. Other students are in the background.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Watching a student jazz performance

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Buck Clayton watching a student jazz performance from slightly off stage, in New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Woman with rosary

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Portrait of an African American woman, possibly Norene Tate, seated and holding a rosary in her hands, head tilted to the left and resting on her hand...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Working with a jazz class

Image

Buck Clayton watching as jazz students practice during class, including one African American woman singing, in New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1981
  • Jazz singers

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (14)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Ed Dix Collection (3)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (19)
  • Group portraits (18)
  • Snapshots (16)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Portrait photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (9)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (21)
  • Jazz musicians (21)
  • African American men (13)
  • African American women (12)
  • Jazz musicians, White (7)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Music students (6)
  • Pianists (6)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Cadillac automobile (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Rosary (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • (-) Jazz singers (24)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (4)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (10)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (4)
  • Tate, Norene (3)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (3)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Brown, Deborah, 1952- (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Horne, Lena (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • McPherson, Charles (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (1)
  • Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (23)
  • 1984 (1)
  • (-) 1981 (24)

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