Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

1 - 7 of 7 items

Buck Clayton recording session

Image

Buck Clayton on trumpet in a recording studio with Sir Charles Thompson, Jimmy Butts, Dexter Gordon, J.C. Heard, Danny Barker and Charlie Parker.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck in a recording session

Image

Buck Clayton on trumpet in a recording studio with Jimmy Butts, Dexter Gordon, J.C. Heard, Danny Barker and Charlie Parker

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Charlie Parker

Image

Charlie Parker looking to the side and laughing while holding a saxophone in one hand and leaning on a drum with the other. Parker is wearing a dark...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Parker playing saxophone

Image

Charlie Parker playing saxophone and looking straight ahead. Parker is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Parker's tombstone

Image

Charlie Parker's tombstone located in Lincoln Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Sir Charles Thompson, Jimmy Butts, Dexter Gordon, Buck Clayton, J.C. Heard, and Charlie Parker

Image

Sir Charles Thompson playing piano, Jimmy Butts playing bass, Dexter Gordon playing saxophone on the left, Buck Clayton playing trumpet, J.C. Heard...

Date Published
September-04-1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Tommy Potter and Charlie Parker

Image

Tommy Potter playing double bass and Charlie Parker playing saxophone. Potter is close to the camera and Parker appears in between Potter and the neck...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Snapshots
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (7)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Negatives (1)
  • (-) Snapshots (7)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • African American men (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Sepulchral monuments (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Butts, Jimmy, 1917- (3)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990 (3)
  • Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 (3)
  • Barker, Danny (2)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (2)
  • Potter, Tommy, 1918-1988 (1)
  • (-) Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (7)

Date Published

  • 1945 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1945-09-04 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025