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Portraits of Unidentified African American People

Series of portraits featuring unidentified African American people from the 1920's.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0047_a.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton on the streets of Paris

Buck Clayton; wearing a beret, standing on the street, Avenue du Roule, Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1114.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton in Paris, 1988

Buck Clayton dressed in an overcoat and fedora, standing in a Metro station: Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1115.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton ready to eat

Buck Clayton holding a pot of food (just what is anyone's guess).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1116.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse

Buck Clayton, holding his trumpet, seated between the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse at Central Park's Alice in Wonderland statue by Jose de Creeft in New York City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1117.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton seated on a bench

Buck Clayton seated on a park bench likely in New York City with an envelope on his lap, kissing his thumb and index finger on his left hand, wearing a fedora.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1118.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton smiling

Buck Clayton seated outdoors leaning forward with his elbows on his knees and his hands outlining his smiling face.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1119.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with his trumpet beside him

Buck Clayton looking at his trumpet lying on the rock beside him as he's seated outdoors on a rock, likely Central Park in New York, wearing an overcoat.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1120.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton on Avenue C in New York City

Buck Clayton standing on Avenue C (the title of a swing chart composed by Buck Clayton) in New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1121.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton during down time

Buck Clayton standing on a street, suit jacket thrown over his left shoulder, wearing a straw fedora with a feather hatband, pointing at a advertising sign of erotic movies, likely New York City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1122.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton's hands

Buck Clayton's hands.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1123.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton's hands

Buck Clayton's hands beside a music manuscript and a bottle of 1982 bottle of Chateau Cantenac Brown wine, likely Margeaux, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1124.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton seasoned performer

Buck Clayton, looking tired, seated with a trumpet, likely in Cleveland, Ohio.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1125.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton speaking into a microphone at a podium

Buck Clayton speaking into a microphone from a podium with a flyer stating, "Extra, Jazz Spotlite News, Jazz is alive and well." with a camera man holding a large motion picture camera focused on Buck's face.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1176.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

John Chilton and Buck Clayton speaking to each other in a crowd

John Chilton, wearing a plaid suit jacket and glasses, directly facing and speaking to Buck Clayton, wearing a plaid fedora and necklace, in front of a crowd looking away from them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1177.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton on the street with John Chilton and an unidentified man

Buck Clayton (center), wearing a plaid fedora, necklace, turtle neck, and checked suit jacket; standing outside in a city with British trumpeter and researcher, John Chilton (far left), wearing a plaid suit jacket and glasses; and an unidentified man (far right), wearing a vertical striped suit jacket and polka dotted neck tie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1178.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton listens to Frank Driggs explain

Buck Clayton listens to Frank Driggs as an unidentified man also listens with tall buildings behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1179.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Frank Driggs and Buck Clayton thinking it through

Frank Driggs looking down as Buck Clayton looks over his left shoulder in front of speakers. Buck where a plaid fedora and a checked suit jacket with a turtle neck.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1180.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Jo Jones, Buck Clayton, Frank Driggs, and a friend in front of the stage

An unidentified white man with his arm around the shoulder of Jo Jones standing next to Buck Clayton, wearing a plaid fedora, a necklace, a sweater and checked suit jacket, standing with his arm around the shoulder of Frank Diggs.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1181.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and Jo Jones

Buck Clayton, wearing a plaid fedora, a necklace, a sweater and a checked suit jacket, standing with his left arm around the shoulders of Jo Jones in front of a stage with chairs. Other unidentified individuals behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1182.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and an unidentified man smiling at the photographer at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton and an unidentified man smiling at the photographer likely at the Swing Street Dedication.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1183.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck with an unidentified man at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton smiling at the photographer with an unidentified man looking at him likely at the Swing Street Dedication.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1184.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Rev Gensel speaking with Buck Clayton at the Swing Street Dedication

Reverend John Gensel, outdoors, speaking with Buck Clayton, behind the stage with a group of people sitting on it likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1185.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton smiling at Rev Gensel at the Swing Street Dedication

Reverend John Gensel outdoors with his hand on wall of a building and smiling at Buck Clayton likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1186.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and Rev Gensel at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton, wearing glasses and leaning against the wall of a building, listening to Reverend John Gensel likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1187.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with fans at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton, wearing glasses, looking surprised, with smiling unidentified fans likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1188.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton, Kenny Clarke, and John Lewis at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton with his arm around the shoulder of Kenny Clarke beside John Lewis, outdoors, likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York. A group of unidentified people behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1189.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

John Lewis and Buck Clayton at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton with John Lewis outdoors, greeting a fan, likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York, with an unidentified group of people behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1190.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and Billy Taylor at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton with Billy Taylor likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1191.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Billie Holiday commemorative plaque at the Swing Street Dedication

Buck Clayton holding an plaque commemorating Billie Holiday, with Billy Taylor standing beside him behind the microphone on the stage at the Swing Street Dedication, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1192.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Dedication of Swing Street

Billy Taylor, Buck Clayton standing on a stage and an unidentified group of people standing behind microphones at the dedication of the block between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan as "Swing Street".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1193.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Coleman Hawkins and Buck Clayton performing at the Newport Jazz Festival

Coleman Hawkins, playing his saxophone with smiling eyes toward the trombonist next to him (only the trombone is visible) and Buck Clayton playing his trumpet with his eyes closed at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1194.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton listening to the band at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival

Buck Clayton on stage with a group of musicians (likely: Hank Jones, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Philly Jo Jones, drums; Eddie Jones, bass; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Illinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone; Buck Clayton, conductor) and an unidentified man, at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, N.Y.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1195.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

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

Buck Clayton on stage with a group of musicians and two unidentified men (likely: Hank Jones, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Philly Jo Jones, drums; Eddie Jones, bass; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Frank Wess, reeds; Buck Clayton, conductor; unidentified trumpeter) at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, N.Y.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1196.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival performers

Musicians at the 1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival, Pennsylvania. Back row, top left: Bob Haggart, Johnny Varro, Marty Grosz, Ray Sherman, Johnny Mince, George Van Eps, Michael Moore, Buck Clayton, Joe Boughton, Joe Wilder, unidentified, Gene Estes, Bob Havens, Bud Freeman, Ray McKinley. Front row (left to right): Jackie Williams, Eddie Miller, Ross Tompkins, Scott Hamilton, Randy Reinhart, Don Lamond, Mahlon Clark, Ed Polcer, John von Ohlen, Dan Barrett, Howard Alden, Chuck Wilson.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1197.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Mayor Charles Wheeler and Buck Clayton talk about the new album release

Buck Clayton presenting Kansas City, MO Mayor Charles B. Wheeler with an autographed copy of a Clayton album, "Jazz Party Time: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, Vol. 3", Plaza Hotel, New York City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1198.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton receiving a hug and an award from the New Jersey Jazz Society

Buck Clayton receiving a hug and an award from New Jersey Jazz Society.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1199.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton receiving New Jersey Jazz Society award

Buck Clayton and three unidentified men holding New Jersey Jazz Society awards.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1200.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton receiving applause

Buck Clayton receiving applause in St. Peter's Church during a Duke Ellington stamp ceremony; New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1201.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Exhibition at St. Peters

A group of people seated during an exhibition of photographs, likely Nancy Miller Elliott's, at St. Peter's Church; New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1202.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Reverend John Gensel

Reverend John Gensel, in his robes, clapping as he stands beside a microphone; New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1203.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Woody Herman speaking

Woody Herman speaking from behind a podium on a stage lined with portrait photographs on music stands of Buck Clayton, James P. Johnson, Pee Wee Russell, and Billy Holiday, with an unidentified man standing behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1204.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton, George Avakian, Sammy Kaye and others judge a performance

Buck Clayton seated on a judging panel with George Avakian, Sammy Kaye and an unidentified man with a crowd behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1205.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton contemplating the day

Buck Clayton, seated with his back to the camera, contemplating the day and looking over his left shoulder. In the background, there are people and what appears to be a swimming pool or fountain.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1206.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Willie "the Lion" Smith and Buck Clayton wait for the crowd at Newport Jazz Festival

Willie "Lion" Smith seated with Buck Clayton and an unidentified man in the seats at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1207.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Humphrey Lyttelton, Earl Hines, and Buck Clayton

Humphrey Lyttelton and Earl Hines coming down the stairs behind Buck Clayton walking in front of them. An unidentified crowd of young people clapping in the distance.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1208.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton receiving an award

Buck Clayton receiving a silver beverage set as an award from and unidentified man. Three people are standing behind them near a microphone on a table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1209.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1434.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing

Jimmy Rushing, waving, with Buck Clayton, smiling, seated at tables with an unidentified group of people.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1435.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton, Jimmy Rushing, and Nancy Wilson

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing seated by tables, turned away from the camera, with a group of unidentified people. Nancy Wilson is standing and approaching Buck Clayton. She appears to be exchanging business cards with Buck Clayton.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1436.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing

Jimmy Rushing seated with Buck Clayton.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1437.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with Ethel Waters

Buck Clayton seated, smiling, and holding his trumpet on his knee, speaking with Ethel Waters.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1438.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with Ethel Waters and an unidentified man

Buck Clayton, seated with Ethel Waters and an unidentified African American man.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1439.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with Nancy Wilson

Buck Clayton smiling with his arm around Nancy Wilson.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1440.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Philly Jo Jones, Buck Clayton, and Red Garland

"Philly" Joe Jones with Buck Clayton, Red Garland, laughing and with three unidentified people.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1441.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with members of the band

Buck Clayton and Sir Charles Thompson seated on bar stools in front of a refrigerator and under a stove hood with members of the band.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1442.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with members of the band

Buck Clayton and Sir Charles Thompson standing with members of the band smiling, ready for a bow.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1443.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck and Pat Clayton

Buck Clayton and likely Pat Clayton, hugging cheek to cheek with big smiles.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1444.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with a sax player

Buck Clayton standing on stage, smiling, hugging his trumpet with a microphone to his side, with an unidentified African American male sax player looking to his right at Buck Clayton.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1445.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Count Basie performing

Count Basie seated at a piano. Likely Jo Jones on drum set behind Count Basie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1446.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Emmet Berry and Ed Lewis performing with the Basie Band

Emmet Berry and Ed Lewis performing with Basie Band.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1447.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Kenny Kersey and Buck Clayton hanging out with the combo

Buck Clayton lighting a cigarette and smiling; Kenny Kersey on piano with an unidentified group of musicians (African American and white).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1448.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Panama Francis, Leopold Tyrmand, Sinclair Traill, Bull Moose Jackson, and Buck Clayton

Panama Francis, Leopold Tyrmand (?), David Burns, Bull Moose Jackson seated with Buck Clayton seated in an office.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1449.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Humphrey Lyttelton, Bud Freeman, Sinclair Traill, Buck Clayton, Gérald Lascelles

Humphrey Lyttelton, Bud Freeman, Sinclair Traill, Buck Clayton, Gérald Lascelles and two unidentified men stand in front of a doorway with two dogs looking on; Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1450.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Louis Armstrong performing with the band

Louis Armstrong performing on stage with a band. The band members in white double-breasted suits. Louis Armstrong standing, playing the trumpet next to a trombonist (Jack Teagarden?), clarinetist (Artie Shaw?), bassist, and a pianist in the midst of playing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1451.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Louis Armstrong fronting the band

Louis Armstrong standing on stage in front of the microphone with Velma Middleton arm around him as they smile and way to the crowd. A band is behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1452.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Velma Middleton and Louis Armstrong entertaining

Louis Armstrong performing with Velma Middleton and a big band on stage. Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet behind Velma as she sings into the microphone with arms spread. A trombonists and pianist playing to her right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1453.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Announcing the show

An unidentified white male emcee at the microphone on stage with a big band behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1454.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Singer on stage

An unidentified African American woman singing in front of a microphone on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1455.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Taft Jordan performing

Taft Jordan performing by playing the trumpet on stage in front of a piano and piano player and behind a microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1456.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Joe Newman performing

Joe Newman performing by playing trumpet on stage in front of a drummer and behind a microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1457.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Roller skating dancer

A man, likely "Rhythm" Brown, performing by dancing on a table while wearing roller skates and clapping his hands on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1458.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Dancers with piano accompaniment on stage

An unidentified group of people, two of which are dancers, one pianist, and likely a singer, performing on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1459.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Bass player

An unidentified double bass player, possibly Larry Gales, performing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1460.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Jazz ensemble

An unidentified jazz ensemble, comprised of five white men, performing. Bass player, clarinetist, trumpeter, and trombonists performing around a microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1461.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Jazz ensemble

Georges Duvivier performing with an unidentified jazz ensemble of an African American male trombone player, a white male saxophonist, and an African American male pianist.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1462.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Jo Jones and friends

Jo Jones and an unidentified group of musicians participating in a jam session; includes a trumpeter, a bassist, and a group of female vocalists.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1463.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Andy Kirk at the piano

Andy Kirk playing the piano.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1464.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Panama Francis, Dave Burns, Bull Moose Jackson, and Buck Clayton

Seated in an office, smiling, are Panama Francis, an unidentified white man (Leopold Tyrmand?), David Burns, Bull Moose Jackson, and Buck Clayton.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1465.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Panama Francis, Dave Burns, Bull Moose Jackson, and Buck Clayton

Seated in an office, smiling, are Panama Francis, an unidentified man Leopold Tyrmand (?), David Burns, Bull Moose Jackson, and Buck Clayton.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1466.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Bull Moose Jackson, Buck Clayton, and Panama Francis

Bull Moose Jackson with Buck Clayton and Panama Francis, standing in an office, wearing suits, smiling as they look over their left shoulders.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1467.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Bull Moose Jackson, Buck Clayton, and Panama Francis

Bull Moose Jackson with Buck Clayton and Panama Francis, standing in an office, laughing, wearing suits.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1468.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Bull Moose Jackson

Bull Moose Jackson dressed in a suit, standing with his arms crossed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1469.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

125th St in Harlem, New York

125th Street in Harlem; Harlem, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1470.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats off

Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A. Lanier, clarinets; Lt. Col. Hanson, C.W.O. J.J. Stanbrough, conductor; C. Bottoms, G. Mars, R. Williams, A. Blair, W. Clayton, trumpets; C. Atkinson, drum major; C. Fugua, drums; F. Williams, clarinet; I. Brown, H. Alieyne, F. Scott, B. Crawford, Lorenza Smith, saxophones; M. Ellington, C. Stokes, baritone; C. Albright, French horn, M. Oliver, W. Starks, drums; L. Carrington, tuba, A. Wallace, euphonium; B. Alston, M. Larkin, D. Minor, trombone; W. Ruffin, euphonium; E. Smith, tuba.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1471.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats on

Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A. Lanier, clarinets; Lt. Col. Hanson, C.W.O. J.J. Stanbrough, conductor; C. Bottoms, G. Mars, R. Williams, A. Blair, W. Clayton, trumpets; C. Atkinson, drum major; C. Fugua, drums; F. Williams, clarinet; I. Brown, H. Alieyne, F. Scott, B. Crawford, Lorenza Smith, saxophones; M. Ellington, C. Stokes, baritone; C. Albright, French horn, M. Oliver, W. Starks, drums; L. Carrington, tuba, A. Wallace, euphonium; B. Alston, M. Larkin, D. Minor, trombone; W. Ruffin, euphonium; E. Smith, tuba.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1472.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Henry Snodgrass and Roy Hancock

Henry Snodgrass in the backseat and Roy Hancock in the front seat of a car reading the newspaper.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1473.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in England

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in suits and trench coats, standing on a street; Buck holding his trumpet and a handkerchief looking mischievous. Jimmy Rushing smiling with his hand on his chin. London, England.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1474.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

"Great Day in Harlem"

"A Great Day in Harlem": Art Kane portrait of fifty-seven jazz musicians in Harlem; Harlem, New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1475.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton's first professional band

Portrait of the Red Mill Dance Hall Band (Buck Clayton's first professional band) Buck Clayton, trumpet; Theodore Cruz, alto saxophone; Pete Kinard, tenor saxophone; Ronald Wharton, guitar, banjo; La Vern Floyd, piano; Jack, drums. Two smaller photographs included 13 x 18 cm with personal notes on the back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1476.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton's wedding

Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton's being married at Paramount Studios; Hollywood, California; Surrounded by actors, musicians, and the Cotton Club Chorus Line.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1477.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Bon Voyage to Shanghai

Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton surrounded by a group of people including Duke Ellington, in front of a ship in California.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1478.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Wedding photo of Rev. Greggs, Duke Ellington, Derb, and Buck

Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton standing with Reverend Napoleon P. Greggs, in the lot of Paramount Pictures. Duke Ellington is standing behind them with a trumpet up to his mouth and arm extended on the bell.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1479.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Dave Burns, Buck Clayton and guests on the set of a TV program

David Burns and Buck Clayton with two unidentified people on a television program.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1390.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Pee Wee Russell being filmed for the WNTA-TV 13 TV Show "Art Ford Jazz Party"

Pee Wee Russell being filmed for the Art Ford Jazz Party Show on WNTA-TV 13 with WNTA-TV 13 employee, Nancy Elliott in the foreground; Newark, New Jersey.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1391.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with the WOV DJ, Fred Robbins

Buck Clayton seated with a WOV disc jockey, Fred Robbins with the WOV microphone between them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1392.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Kansas Fields

Kansas Fields looking at a piece of paper he's holding in his hands.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1393.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

African-American band members looking at sheet music

An unidentified band of African American Musicians, possibly the "Sensationals," gathered among their instruments, looking at the sheet music for "Are You Thinking Of Me To-night?".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1394.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Family photo of an unidentified family

An unidentified white family. Mother, father, and three teenaged girls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1395.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Marie Baker and Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton dining with possibly Marie Baker, Mickey Baker's wife; France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1396.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Mickey Baker, Sweets Edison, and Buck Clayton eating a meal with a group of people.

Buck Clayton dining with Mickey Baker, Hal Singer, possibly Marie Baker, and an unidentified group of people; Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1397.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton, Harry Sweets Edison, and Count Basie relaxing on the streets of Nice, France

Count Basie standing on the sidewalk with Harry "Sweets" Edison and Buck Clayton, laughing; Nice, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1398.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins talking in the green room

Roy Eldridge speaking with Coleman Hawkins in the green room; New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1399.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton and Rex Stewart in the green room

Buck Clayton and Rex Stewart; New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1400.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton playing with band

Likely John Darville with Buck Clayton playing with an unidentified group of white jazz musicians.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1401.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with a band

Likely John Darville, Buck Clayton standing with an unidentified group of white jazz musicians.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1402.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton in rehearsal

Vic Dickenson seated and practicing while Buck Clayton holds his trumpet with an unidentified musician.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1403.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton in rehearsal

Vic Dickenson seated and practicing trombone with Buck Clayton holding his trumpet and an unidentified musician.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1404.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton admiring an album cover

Buck Clayton seated in a butterfly chair, drink in hand, admiring an album cover. Coda magazine on table beside him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1405.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with a fan

Buck Clayton standing and smiling arm in arm with a fan.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1406.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton standing among a group of fans

Buck Clayton standing with a group of fans.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1407.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with fans at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

Buck Clayton with a group of fans (white men and women) at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1408.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with a fan at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

Buck Clayton with an unidentified white male fan at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1409.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Freddie Green, Sonny Cohn, and Sarah Vaughan with a fan

Freddie Green with Sonny Cohn, in performance costumes, standing behind Sarah Vaughn and an unidentified woman in white, cat-eyed, double-winged glasses.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1410.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Jazz fan sitting at Crawdaddy Room in New York City

A fan seated at the Crawdaddy Room; New York City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1411.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton with three others in front of the Connolly's Star Dust Room's marquee

Buck Clayton with three band members, one unidentified African American man, the others are possibly Buddy Tate and Sir Charles Thompson, standing in front of the marquee of Connolly's Star Dust Room which says "Buck Clayton"; Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1412.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Barney Moss and Buck Clayton in front of Connolly's Star Dust Room

Barney Moss wearing a camera and holding a flash with Buck Clayton holding his trumpet standing outside of Connolly's Star Dust Room with Buck Clayton on the marquee; Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1413.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton in front of Connolly's Star Dust Room

Buck Clayton standing in front of his marquee in front of Connolly's Star Dust Room; Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1414.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Connolly's Star Dust Room

Connolly's Star Dust Room with Buck Clayton on the marquee; Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1415.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Buck Clayton reading sheet music

Buck Clayton reading sheet music.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1416.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015