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375th Army Service Forces Band with hats off

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Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats on

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Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jerry Hoover are happy to see each other

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Band director Jerry Hoover puts his right arm around the shoulders of Ahmad Alaadeen at Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU) night of the Jazz...

Date Published
May-08-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen takes the solo at the SMSU benefit jazz concert

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Ahmad Alaadeen soloing, backed by band co-directed by Jerry Hoover (from SMSU, back to camera) and Charlie Menghini (Olathe North, right); performing...

Date Published
May-08-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

At the La Jolla Jazz Festival

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Jimmy Cheatham directing an unidentified jazz band (likely a UCSD band) on an outdoor stage at the La Jolla Jazz Festival; photo taken with Cheatham's...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Benny Goodman

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Portrait of Benny Goodman

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bob Brookmeyer leading a jazz band

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Bob Brookmeyer faces the band on stage at the International Association of Jazz Educators. Members of the audience can be seen from behind.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob Brookmeyer leading a jazz band

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Bob Brookmeyer faces the band on stage at the International Association of Jazz Educators. Members of the audience can be seen from behind.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Buck Clayton and company

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Count Basie standing with Dicky Wells, Buddy Tate, Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Freddie Green and Earle Warren in Harlem, New York.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Curtis Fuller

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Buck Clayton is conducting Curtis Fuller on trombone, and sax players from left to right are Buddy Tate, Preston Love, Earl Warren, Pinky Williams and...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton conducting

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Buck Clayton conducting an orchestra with Nat Pierce on piano, Frankie Capp on drums, Harry Edison and Al Aaron on trumpets, and from left to right...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton speaking at a performance

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Buck Clayton speaking into a microphone with the Swingin' Dream Band including James Chirillo, guitar, Dennis Mackrel, drums, Doug Lawrence, Jerry...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Count Basie

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Count Basie with Buck Clayton in white hat and sunglasses.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Sammy Kaye, Art Carney, and Tommy Dorsey at a union meeting

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Buck Clayton (2nd from left), Sammy Kaye (4th from left, looking down), Art Carney (6th from left, looking down), and Tommy Dorsey (7th from left)...

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

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Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Christmas card of Warren Durrett and his orchestra

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Photo of Warren Durrett in a black suit and tie, surrounded by the members of his orchestra (all white) in light colored suits. They are standing on...

Date Published
1945
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Cole Bros. Circus Band

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Coles Brother's Circus Band stands on and in front of a stage with a banner behind them of women dancing in costume. The men wear light, long-sleeved...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Count Basie

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Portrait of Count Basie.

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie

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Portrait of Count Basie from the shoulders up; looking upwards and to the right; wearing a suit and tie.

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

Count Basie and Nancy Elliott

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Count Basie seated with a cigarette in front a dressing room mirror in which Nancy Elliott can also be seen taking the photo.

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie with a cigar

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Portrait of Count Basie smoking a cigar.

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie with a white hat

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Count Basie wearing a white hat; head only and facing the camera.

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

Count Basie with Harry Sweets Edison

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Count Basie and Harry "Sweets" Edison performing on stage at the Apollo Theater.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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