Found 2 collections related to Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991

Nancy Miller Elliott is a leading photographer in New York City. She assisted Buck Clayton in the publication, Buck Clayton's Jazz World, published by Oxford University Press in 1987. Two of her photographs were included in the photographic project Homeless in America, a portfolio from which was published in Newsweek, March 21, 1988. Collection includes 175 black and white photographs of jazz musicians primarily in New York City settings taken by Nancy Miller Elliott between the years 1983-1995. A number of the photographs include tenor saxophonist Buck Clayton, as well as other former members of the Count Basie Band. Collection also includes two photos of dancers Norma Miller and Frankie Manning in front of Smalls Paradise in Harlem. Three of the photos depict Nancy Miller Elliott and were taken by other photographers. less

A Great Day in Harlem is an Oscar-nominated 1994 documentary directed by Jean Bach (1918 - 2013), a press agent, radio producer, jazz aficionado, and fixture of New York's jazz scene. The collection consists of sixty-four video recordings, which are the interviews conducted for the documentary from 1989 to 1996. less