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After hours session

Image

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

Ahmad Alaadeen instructs the band students at Paseo Academy

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen teaching a class of jazz ensemble students at the Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
December-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen works with Navarro College Jazz Band students

Image

[From attached caption:] "Alaadeen, Navarro College Jazz Band, and Lower Beaton Street clarinet player Jim Brimer perform at the Corsicana State Home...

Date Published
March-01-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Artie Shaw and Dave Dexter

Image

Artie Shaw and Dave Dexter looking at artifacts taken by Shaw during his service tour in the South Pacific. Shaw is wearing a formal armed services...

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

Artie Shaw and Dave Dexter

Image

Artie Shaw and Dave Dexter holding a Japanese flag covered in writing. Shaw is holding a cigarette and wearing a formal armed services suit and tie...

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

Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey

Image

Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey talking with an unidentified man. Shaw is standing in the center holding his clarinet while looking down at a case held by...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

At the Cheatham Jam Session

Image

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Jim Zollar, Dinky Morris (saxophone), Jimmy Noone Jr. (clarinet), unidentified, Billy (harmonica), in a row at a Cheatham...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Benny Goodman and an unidentified man at the Palladium

Image

Benny Goodman seated at a dining table at the Palladium in Hollywood, California, speaking with an unidentified white man. Goodman is holding a...

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

Benny Goodman and Lawrence McLean

Image

Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean in an office or studio. Goodman is holding a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is standing on the left. Both...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Benny Goodman and Lawrence McLean

Image

Benny Goodman and Lawrence McLean with two unidentified men in an office or studio. Goodman is playing a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Benny Goodman Sextet performing

Image

Benny Goodman and his sextet performing on stage. Goodman is facing to the side and wearing a white suit. All others on stage are wearing black suits...

Date Published
1977
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean

Image

Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean in an office or studio. Goodman is holding a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is standing on the left. Both...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Bill Stegmeyer and unidentified musicians

Image

Bill Stegmeyer sitting on a chair and playing clarinet with other unidentified studio musicians holding flutes. Stegmeyer is looking down at a music...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Ousley with saxophonist in a recording studio

Image

Bob Ousley seated , playing the clarinet, with an unidentified white man playing saxophone to his left. A clarinet and a flute are on the floor in...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Bob Wilber and Sidney Bechet

Image

Bob Wilber playing clarinet and Sidney Bechet playing soprano saxophone. Both are holding up their instruments as they play.

Date Published
1946
1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buck Clayton and Mezz Mezzrow in Paris

Image

Mezz Mezzrow and Buck Clayton performing in front of a crowd in Paris, France.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Pee Wee Russell

Image

Buck Clayton watching Pee Wee Russell play clarinet.

Date Published
May-1968
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton Benny Morton and others

Image

Buck Clayton, trumpet with: Benny Morton, Jack Butler, Mezz Mezzrow, Max Kaminsky, Eddie Barefield, Cliff Jackson with microphone and the man seated...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton performing with Melba Liston and others at the Riverside Plaza Hotel

Image

Walter Page, double bass, (likely) Ernie Caceres, clarinet, Charlie Persip, drums, Melba Liston, trombone, Buck Clayton, trumpet performing on stage...

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

Buck Clayton playing in an ensemble during Dick Gibson's Jazz Party

Image

An unidentified African American male clarinetist with Coleman Hawkins, sax; Buck Clayton, trumpet; likely Urbie Green, trombone; and Gus Johnson...

Date Published
September-1968
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton playing on stage with Pee Wee Russell

Image

Buck Clayton playing trumpet on stage with Pee Wee Russell and unidentified white male bass player seen.

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

Buck Clayton playing with Eddie Condon's band

Image

Buck Clayton performing in a club with Eddie Condon's Band; seen are Eddie Condon, guitar, Leonard Gaskin, bassist, Herbie Hall, clarinet, likely...

Date Published
August-29-1959
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton solo during filming

Image

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

Buck Clayton with ensemble on stage

Image

Trummy Young[?], Sidney Bechet, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells[?], Benny Morton, George Wettling, Pops Foster, Joe Marsala, Max Kaminsky and an...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with jazz ensemble during Dick Gibson's Jazz Party

Image

An unidentified African American male clarinetist and pianist with Coleman Hawkins, sax; Buck Clayton, trumpet; likely Urbie Green, trombone; Gus...

Date Published
September-1968
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (33)
  • Betty Crow Collection (23)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (21)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (20)
  • Jay McShann Collection (5)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (5)
  • Mclean Family Collection (4)
  • Ed Dix Collection (3)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Postcard - Musicians at Hobo Convention (1)

Types

  • photographs (113)

Genres

  • Snapshots (87)
  • Black & white photographs (66)
  • Gelatin silver prints (66)
  • Color photographs (52)
  • Portrait photographs (50)
  • Publicity photographs (9)
  • Postcards (2)
  • Promotional photographs (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (118)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (30)
  • 1941-1950 (18)
  • 1981-1990 (15)
  • 1971-1980 (14)
  • 2001-2010 (3)
  • 1911-1920 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (106)
  • African American jazz musicians (70)
  • Trumpet players (47)
  • Men, White (44)
  • Jazz musicians, White (43)
  • Saxophonists (42)
  • Trombonists (39)
  • African American men (37)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (35)
  • Double bassists (23)
  • Clarinet (22)
  • Pianists (19)
  • Saxophone (16)
  • Musical instruments (13)
  • Trombone (12)
  • Keyboard players (10)
  • Microphone (10)
  • Piano (10)
  • Jazz festivals (9)
  • African American women (8)
  • Big bands (8)
  • Trumpet (8)
  • Guitar players (7)
  • Audiences (6)
  • Musicians (6)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (6)
  • Women pianists (6)
  • African American women musicians (5)
  • Cruise ships (5)
  • Jazz singers (5)
  • Signs and signboards (5)
  • Actors (4)
  • Double bass (4)
  • Drum set (4)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • Hats (4)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Berets (3)
  • Businessmen (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Women jazz musicians (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Jazz ensembles (2)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (2)
  • Music students (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Tramps (2)
  • Tubists (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American couples (1)
  • Akimel O'odham (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Cornet players (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Envelopes (Stationery) (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Harmonica (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Jazz audiences (1)
  • Long hair (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Music stores (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Photographs (1)
  • Pima Indians (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stands (Furniture) (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Walkers (Orthopedic apparatus) (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Clarinetists (118)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Topeka (Kan.) (12)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (3)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • Columbia (Mo.) (2)
  • Vail (Colo.) (2)
  • Geneva (Switzerland) (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Japan (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (27)
  • Woodard, Rickey (12)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (10)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (10)
  • Peplowski, Ken (10)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (9)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (7)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Morris, Dinky (7)
  • Dexter, Dave (6)
  • Hamilton, Jeff (6)
  • Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 (6)
  • Peagler, Curtis (6)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (6)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (5)
  • Davern, Kenny (5)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (5)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (4)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (4)
  • Embrey, Danny (4)
  • Green, Urbie (4)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (4)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (4)
  • Butler, Jack, 1909- (3)
  • Clayton, Jeff (3)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (3)
  • Leonhart, Jay (3)
  • McLean, Percy Lawrence, 1901-1958 (3)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (3)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (3)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (3)
  • Smith, Nolan (3)
  • Stephens, John (Jazz musician) (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (2)
  • Bohanon, George, 1937- (2)
  • Bouchet, Alain (Trumpeter) (2)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (2)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (2)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (2)
  • Johnson, Budd (2)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Kindred, Bob, 1940- (2)
  • Maxwell, Jim, 1917-2002 (2)
  • Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (2)
  • Morton, Benny (2)
  • Saury, Maxim (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Wettling, George, 1907-1968 (2)
  • Wijnands, Bram, 1965- (2)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Allred, John (Trombonist) (1)
  • Allyson, Karrin (1)
  • Arnett, Ian (1)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Barnes, Mae (1)
  • Barrett, Dan (1)
  • Bartram, Peter (Double bassist) (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (1)
  • Bolling, Claude (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Buckner, Milt (1)
  • Caceres, Ernie (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Cary, Dick, 1916-1994 (1)
  • Cohn, Al (1)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
  • Crawford, Hank, 1934-2009 (1)
  • Cutshall, Cutty (1)
  • DeFranco, Buddy, 1923-2014 (1)
  • De Paris, Wilbur (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Duvivier, George (1)
  • Fields, Ernie, Jr. (1)
  • Foster, Gary (1)
  • Foster, Pops, 1892-1969 (1)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (1)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Getz, Stan, 1927-1991 (1)
  • Gibbs, Terry, 1924- (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Glenn, Tyree (1)
  • Hall, Herb, 1907-1996 (1)
  • Halliday, Ian (1)
  • Harris, Bill, 1916-1973 (1)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (1)
  • Hill, Bud (1)
  • Iturbi, José, 1895-1980 (1)
  • Jackson, Cliff, 1902-1970 (1)
  • Johnson, Plas (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Lesberg, Jack (1)
  • Liston, Melba (1)
  • Marsala, Joe, 1907-1978 (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • McHargue, Rosy, 1902-1999 (1)
  • McMahon, Mary (Musician) (1)
  • Médecin, Jacques (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Ousley, Bob (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Persip, Charlie (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (1)
  • Rè, Raymond (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Reuss, Allan (1)
  • Richards, Red (1)
  • Riley, Herman, 1933-2007 (1)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (1)
  • Schroeder, Gene (1)
  • Sedric, Gene, 1907-1963 (1)
  • Shew, Bobby (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Snow, Mike (Pianist) (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Stegmeyer, Bill, 1916-1968 (1)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (1)
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996 (1)
  • White, Mike (Cornet player) (1)
  • Wiber, Bob (1)
  • Wilber, Bob (1)
  • Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (1)
  • Young, Snooky (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)
  • Zollar, James (1)

Events

  • Topeka Jazz Festival (2000: Topeka, Kan.) (9)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (3)
  • Topeka Jazz Festival (Topeka, Kan.) (2)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (1)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (13)
  • 1941 (11)
  • 1971 (10)
  • 1981 (9)
  • 1989-06 (9)
  • 2000-05-29 (9)
  • 1990 (8)
  • 1991 (8)
  • 1950 (7)
  • 1980 (7)
  • 1951 (6)
  • 1955 (6)
  • 1960 (6)
  • 1995 (6)
  • 1946 (5)
  • 1992-10 (5)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1975 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 2009-09-26 (3)
  • 1911-04-22 (2)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1964 (2)
  • 1968-09 (2)
  • 1980-12 (2)
  • 1994-03 (2)
  • 1994-08-27 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1945-08-03 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1959-01 (1)
  • 1959-08-29 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1968-05 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1973-01-01 (1)
  • 1973-12-31 (1)
  • 1977 (1)
  • 1980-04 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1995-05 (1)
  • 1996-03-01 (1)
  • 1998-12-11 (1)

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