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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and two others

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An unidentified white man, Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and an unidentified African American woman standing in a group together with a big band playing...

Date Published
May-1967
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage

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Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage, November 6th, No date; likely 1934

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Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima...

Date Published
November-06-1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933

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Buck Clayton, trumpet, bandleader, and his Harlem Gentlemen (Jack Bratton, trumpet; Happy Lewis, trombone; Herbert Myers, Couchy Roberts, Arcemia...

Date Published
November-14-1933
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933 - autographed

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Buck Clayton, trumpet, bandleader, and his Harlem Gentlemen (Jack Bratton, trumpet; Happy Lewis, trombone; Herbert Myers, Couchy Roberts, Arcemia...

Date Published
November-14-1933
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton directing the Reno Club Band at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival

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Buck Clayton on stage with a group of musicians and two unidentified men (likely: Hank Jones, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Philly Jo Jones, drums...

Date Published
June-30-1984
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton solo during filming

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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 his band

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Buck Clayton standing with members of his band at the Cotton Club in Culver City, California (left to right): (Kid Lips Hackett, Teddy Buckner, Arcima...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Canidrome Ballroom with Mort Ruby pointed out

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Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen performing as people dance at the Canidrome Ballroom. Mort Ruby with an arrow is written on the picture...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits playing his fiddle in front of a big band of seated white men playing their instruments. Seated behind Claude are...

Date Published
November-17-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits in a wheelchair playing his fiddle in front of a big band of white men playing their instruments. Three large floor-to...

Date Published
November-17-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits playing his fiddle in front of a big band of seated white men playing their instruments and one unidentified white man...

Date Published
November-17-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Count Basie's band

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Buck Clayton performing with the Basie band, Basie on piano, on a stage with a large drawing of a show girl behind them.

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

Derb's dancing group

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The Broomfield and Greely Revue at Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club; Culver City, California. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dirty Dozen

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The Dirty Dozen, a big band comprised of eight African American men, sit in front of a window and piano, some holding their instruments. Printed in...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a big band comprised of eight African American men, gather with five men standing behind three seated men. A bass drum with...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a big band comprised of eight African American men standing and holding or playing their instruments in a paneled room with...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a big band of eight African American men, stand and sit in a group, some holding their instruments, and smile for the...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Filming the Benny Goodman Story

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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 Sebastians "New Cotton Club" Band

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Fats Waller, Frank Sebastian, and Les Hite with members of the Les Hite Band; Culver City, California. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Group photo of Thamon Hayes Rockets

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Thamon Hayes' Rockets posing for a photo on the bandstand at Fairyland Park, 75th Street and Prospect Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Hayes is standing...

Date Published
1932
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band

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Reprint of a newspaper or magazine group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band (L to R): Ben Kynard, Charles "Crook" Goodwin, Art Smith, "Sarge...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Harry James' reenactment

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Publicity photo of Harry James performing a trumpet solo in a reenactment of the Benny Goodman Orchestra's 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

In the spotlight

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Buck Clayton in the spotlight about to perform with an unnamed big band behind him.

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

Jay McShann performing with Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra

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Jay McShann performing on stage with members of Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra including Joe Thomas, saxophonist, Greg Eicher, bassist, and...

Date Published
August-16-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (19)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (10)
  • Jay McShann Collection (6)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (4)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (3)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom (1)

Types

  • photographs (44)

Genres

  • Group portraits (43)
  • Black & white photographs (33)
  • Gelatin silver prints (33)
  • Publicity photographs (25)
  • Color photographs (11)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Menus (1)
  • Pamphlets (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Theater programs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (8)
  • 1981-1990 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (39)
  • Jazz musicians (39)
  • Men, White (28)
  • Jazz musicians, White (26)
  • Band directors (11)
  • Trumpet players (11)
  • Jazz singers (9)
  • Women, White (9)
  • Musical instruments (6)
  • Actors (5)
  • Clarinetists (5)
  • Double bassists (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Musicians (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Brass instrument players (3)
  • Brass instruments (3)
  • Fiddlers (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Older people (3)
  • Older women (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Ballrooms (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Ballroom dancing (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Menus (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Musical films (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Woodwind instrument players (1)
  • (-) African American men (45)
  • (-) Big bands (45)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (6)
  • Shanghai (China) (4)
  • Culver City (Calif.) (3)
  • Portland (Or.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (16)
  • Durrett, Warren (10)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (5)
  • Beal, Eddie, 1910-1984 (5)
  • Roberts, Caughey (5)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (4)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (3)
  • Anderson, Keith (Sousaphone player) (2)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Andrews, Revert (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Batiste, Lionel, 1932-2012 (2)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Davis, Gregory (Trumpeter) (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Harris, Kevin (Tenor saxophonist) (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Johnson, Happy (2)
  • Lewis, Happy (2)
  • Lewis, Roger (Roger H.), 1941- (2)
  • Marshall, Jenell (2)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (2)
  • Towns, Efrem (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Averback, Hy (1)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (1)
  • Bucker, Teddy, 1909-1994 (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Clayton, Derb (1)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Eicher, Greg (1)
  • Evans, Herschel (1)
  • Fuller, Curtis, 1934- (1)
  • Goodwin, Charles (Vocalist) (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Green, Urbie (1)
  • Hayes, Thamon (1)
  • Hite, Les, 1903-1962 (1)
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 (1)
  • Jones, Eddie (1)
  • Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (1)
  • Jones, Philly Joe (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Meyers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Meyers, Richard (Guitarist) (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Plinger, Elmer (1)
  • Ruby, Mort (1)
  • Sebastian, Frank (1)
  • Smith, Art (Arthur T.), 1918-2011 (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (1)
  • Washington, Booker T., 1909-1992 (1)
  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (1)
  • Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (1)

Events

  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Kool Jazz Festival (1984 : New York, N.Y.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1955 (6)
  • 1950 (5)
  • 1978-12-01 (4)
  • 1938 (3)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1982-12-04 (3)
  • 2000-11-17 (3)
  • 1933-11-14 (2)
  • 1934 (2)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1985-08-16 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1934-07-08 (1)
  • 1934-11-06 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1967-05 (1)
  • 1972 (1)
  • 1972-12 (1)
  • 1984-06-30 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1999 (1)

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