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Ben Webster

Image

Ben Webster resting his left hand on his saxophone with his right hand out the window; no suit jacket and his fedora brim turned up.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster and Benny Morton at the Famous Door

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Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City with the street, including passing car and pedestrian...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster and Benny Morton at the Famous Door

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Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster and Benny Morton on 52nd Street

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Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City with the street, including pedestrian behind them.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster plays

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Ben Webster playing saxophone with Buck Clayton in his military uniform seated behind him along with Leonard Gaskin, Tiny Grimes, and an unidentified...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster saxophone solo

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Ben Webster playing a saxophone solo; with Buck Clayton, trumpet, Henri Chaix, piano, Isla Eckinger, bass, Romano Cavicchiolo, drums, and Alain du...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster watches Buck

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Ben Webster looking on and smiling in Antwerp, Belgium.

Date Published
06-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster with his saxophone

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Ben Webster seated and holding his saxophone while looking toward the right.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield, and another man on 52nd Street

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Ben Webster joking around with Eddie Barefield and an unidentified African American man holding a beer and cigarette outside the Famous Door on 52nd...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck and Ben

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Ben Webster, seated, speaking with Buck Clayton, trumpet in his hand, with Henri Chaix on piano on stage in Geneva, Switzerland.

Date Published
June-02-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Ben Webster

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Ben Webster on saxophone and Henri Chaix on piano is also seen; from a concert in Baden, Switzerland on June 3rd...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Ben Webster

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Ben Webster, sax, Henri Chaix, piano, Isla Eckinger, bass, Romano Cavicchiolo, drums during a concert in Baden...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Ben Webster

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Buck Clayton seated with Ben Webster with their arms around each other in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Date Published
April-1969
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Ben Webster duet

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Buck Clayton, trumpet, with Ben Webster, saxophone, in Baden, Switzerland.

Date Published
March-06-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton in Switzerland

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Ben Webster, sax, Isla Eckinger, bass, Romano Cavicchiolo, drums and Alain DuBois, guitar, during a concert in Baden...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton in Switzerland

Image

Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Ben Webster, sax, Henri Chaix, piano, Isla Eckinger, bass, Romano Cavicchiolo, drums and Alain DuBois, guitar...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton on stage with Ben Webster

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Ben Webster, sax, Henri Chaix, piano, Isla Eckinger, bass, Romano Cavicchiolo, drums during a concert in Baden...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton performing with Ben Webster

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Ben Webster on saxophone and Henri Chaix on piano is also seen; from a concert in Baden, Switzerland on June 3rd...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton trumpet solo

Image

Buck Clayton playing a trumpet solo; with Ben Webster, saxophone, Romano Cavicchiolo, drums, and Alain du Bois, guitar during a concert in Baden...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck, Ben, and Benny at the Famous Door

Image

Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton and Buck Clayton under the awning of the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Gathering outside the Famous Door and Club Nocturne

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Buck Clayton, Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield, and an unidentified man in suspenders standing outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

On 52nd Street in New York

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Buck Clayton with Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield and an unidentified musician outside the Famous Door on 52nd St. with street seen behind them.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Famous Door

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Buck Clayton, Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield, Benny Morton and an unidentified man standing outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City; the...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Watching Ben Webster perform

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View from over Buck Clayton's shoulder as he watches Ben Webster play sax; with Henri Chaix (piano), Alain du Bois (guitar), Isla Eckinger (bass)...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (24)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Group portraits (22)
  • Snapshots (15)
  • Cityscape photographs (6)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (24)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (24)
  • Jazz musicians (24)
  • Saxophonists (16)
  • African American men (14)
  • Trumpet players (14)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (7)
  • Streets (7)
  • Guitarists (6)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (3)
  • Pedestrians (3)
  • Awnings (2)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Soldiers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (2)
  • Copenhagen (Denmark) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (18)
  • Chaix, Henri (8)
  • Cavicchiolo, Romano (7)
  • Eckinger, Isla (6)
  • Du Bois, Alain (5)
  • Morton, Benny (5)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (4)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Grimes, Tiny, 1916-1989 (1)
  • (-) Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (24)

Date Published

  • 1967-06-03 (9)
  • 1938 (8)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1967-03-06 (1)
  • 1967-06-02 (1)
  • 1967-16-06 (1)
  • 1969-04 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)

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