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

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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 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

Coleman Hawkins

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Headshot of Coleman Hawkins smiling and looking up and forward. Hawkins is wearing a suit and tie.

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

Coleman Hawkins

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Publicity photo for Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra featuring photograph of Hawkins from the side, facing forward and smiling. Hawkins is wearing a...

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

Coleman Hawkins and Buck Clayton performing at the Newport Jazz Festival

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Coleman Hawkins, playing his saxophone with smiling eyes toward the trombonist next to him (only the trombone is visible) and Buck Clayton playing his...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Coleman Hawkins and Gene Rodgers

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Coleman Hawkins speaking with Gene Rodgers during a studio session. Hawkins is wearing a checkered suit, looking down at music and holding a saxophone...

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

Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra

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Publicity photo for Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra, "The World's Greatest Tenor Saxophonist," featuring a headshot of Hawkins leaning forward and...

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

Coleman Hawkins and Meade "Lux" Lewis

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Coleman Hawkins looking up and to the side while playing saxophone. Meade "Lux" Lewis is playing piano, looking up and to the side at Hawkins.

Date Published
April-22-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Coleman Hawkins assembling his saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins sitting on wooden steps and assembling his saxophone while smoking a cigarette. Hawkins is looking up and to the side, wearing a...

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

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone; J.C Heard on drums with unidentified trumpet player.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins on stage playing saxophone with an unidentified bass player in New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins on stage playing saxophone with Roy Eldridge, trumpet and unidentified bassist and pianist in New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins sitting and playing saxophone while looking down. Hawkins is wearing a dark suit and fedora.

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

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins standing against a wall, playing saxophone, and looking to the side. Hawkins is wearing a pinstripe suit and fedora.

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

Coleman Hawkins seated with saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins sitting on a couch, looking up and to the side while smiling. Hawkins is holding a saxophone on his lap and wearing a pinstripe suit...

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

Coleman Hawkins seated with saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins sitting on wooden steps with one arm resting on his lap and his head resting on his hand. Hawkins is wearing a pinstripe suit and...

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

Jazz saxophonist, possibly Coleman Hawkins

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A close up photograph of possibly Coleman Hawkins, eyes closed, blowing into the saxophone, only reed and neck of saxophone shown.

Date Published
1944
1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins talking in the green room

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Roy Eldridge speaking with Coleman Hawkins in the green room; New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Saxophonists
  • Hawkins, Coleman

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (10)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (8)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Snapshots (13)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (10)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • African American men (7)
  • Trumpet players (6)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Jazz ensembles (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • (-) Saxophonists (18)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Vail (Colo.) (2)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (2)
  • Green, Urbie (2)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 (1)
  • Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964 (1)
  • Rodgers, Gene (1)
  • (-) Hawkins, Coleman (18)

Events

  • Newport Jazz Festival (1956) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (9)
  • 1950 (9)
  • 1946 (3)
  • 1968-09 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1946-04-22 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1958 (1)

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