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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

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 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

Buck Clayton with Mike White's Imperial Jazz Band

Image

Buck Clayton with members of the Mike White Imperial Jazz Band at the Basin Street Club; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Members are: Mike White (cornet)...

Date Published
January-1959
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Zoot Sims and others

Image

Al Cohn, Buck Clayton, Zoot Sims, Budd Johnson and Buddy Tate performing together.

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

Buck Clayton, Mezz Mezzrow and Big Chief Russell Moore performing

Image

Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, clarinet and probably Big Chief Russell Moore (Pima, or Akimel O'odham, tribe member) on...

Date Published
1953
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Pee Wee Russell and Vic Dickenson

Image

Pee Wee Russell playing clarinet with Buck Clayton and Vic Dickenson talking nearby with their instruments in hand.

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

Buck Clayton, Raymond Ré, and Sir Charles Thompson on the streets in Geneva, Switzerland

Image

Buck Clayton standing with Raymond Ré and Sir Charles Thompson in front of a record store; Geneva, Switzerland.

Date Published
1966
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Eddie Barefield with his clarinet

Image

Eddie Barefield on stage holding his clarinet with Mae Barnes and a partial view of a pianist to Barefield's right while on the Art Ford Show.

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

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

Image

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone...

Date Published
February-11-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Filming the Benny Goodman Story

Image

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

Frank Wess

Image

Frank Wess playing clarinet as guest artist with the Sweet Baby Blues Band; wearing a tan jacket and reddish orange shirt; facing the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann on stage with Priscilla Bowman and unidentified clarinetist

Image

Jay McShann seen from behind playing piano on stage with Priscilla Bowman and an unidentified white male clarinetist is seated watching her...

Date Published
December-1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann performing on stage with ensemble

Image

Jay McShann (left) playing piano on stage with unidentified ensemble (African American and white men); seen are a clarinetist, trumpet player...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann performing with Woody Herman

Image

Jay McShann playing piano with Woody Herman playing clarinet during an unidentified event; a saxophonist and trombonist can be partly seen next to...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano behind a unidentified clarinetist

Image

Jay McShann playing piano with unidentified white male clarinetist in front of him; double bassist is blocked in the photo but the bass is seen along...

Date Published
April-1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano while unidentified clarinetist and bassist look on

Image

Jay McShann playing piano while seated unidentified white male clarinetist and standing unidentified white male double bassist with long hair watch...

Date Published
December-1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with other musicians

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View of the stage during a Harbor Island Jam Session; Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Jimmy Noone, Jr., and other musicians with their instruments are...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (27)
  • Jay McShann Collection (5)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Betty Crow Collection (1)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (39)

Genres

  • Group portraits (37)
  • Snapshots (26)
  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (25)
  • Color photographs (14)
  • Publicity photographs (6)
  • Portrait photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (38)
  • Jazz musicians (38)
  • Men, White (35)
  • Jazz musicians, White (34)
  • Trumpet players (29)
  • Trombonists (18)
  • Pianists (13)
  • Saxophonists (11)
  • Double bassists (9)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (9)
  • Clarinet (8)
  • Piano (7)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Big bands (5)
  • Microphone (5)
  • Actors (4)
  • African American women (4)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz ensembles (2)
  • Akimel O'odham (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cornet players (1)
  • Cruise ships (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Jazz audiences (1)
  • Long hair (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Music stores (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Pima Indians (1)
  • Plastic kitchen utensils (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) African American men (39)
  • (-) Clarinetists (39)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Vail (Colo.) (2)
  • Geneva (Switzerland) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (22)
  • Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 (6)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (5)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Green, Urbie (4)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (3)
  • Butler, Jack, 1909- (3)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (3)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (3)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (2)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (2)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (2)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Maxwell, Jim, 1917-2002 (2)
  • Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (2)
  • Morton, Benny (2)
  • Wettling, George, 1907-1968 (2)
  • Arnett, Ian (1)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Barnes, Mae (1)
  • Bartram, Peter (Double bassist) (1)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (1)
  • Bouchet, Alain (Trumpeter) (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Buckner, Milt (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Cohn, Al (1)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
  • Cutshall, Cutty (1)
  • Davern, Kenny (1)
  • De Paris, Wilbur (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Durrett, Warren (1)
  • Duvivier, George (1)
  • Foster, Pops, 1892-1969 (1)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (1)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Getz, Stan, 1927-1991 (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Glenn, Tyree (1)
  • Hall, Herb, 1907-1996 (1)
  • Halliday, Ian (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hill, Bud (1)
  • Jackson, Cliff, 1902-1970 (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Marsala, Joe, 1907-1978 (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Rè, Raymond (1)
  • Reuss, Allan (1)
  • Richards, Red (1)
  • Saury, Maxim (1)
  • Schroeder, Gene (1)
  • Sedric, Gene, 1907-1963 (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Snow, Mike (Pianist) (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)
  • White, Mike (Cornet player) (1)
  • Wiber, Bob (1)
  • Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (1)
  • Woodard, Rickey (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (6)
  • 1955 (5)
  • 1990 (5)
  • 1951 (4)
  • 1960 (4)
  • 1946 (3)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1968-09 (2)
  • 1980-12 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1959-01 (1)
  • 1959-08-29 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1968-05 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1980-04 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1989-06 (1)
  • 1992-10 (1)

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