Slim Claxton and his Trio

Jazz trio that played the Gaslight Club in the Village in "The Drum Major" episode of The Cosby Show. Xylophonist Claxton (Dub Taylor) is an old pal of Russell Huxtable (Earle Hyman), who once loaned Claxton $100 for a wedding ring. Former members of the group included the now-deceased Freddy Collins and Claude Powers. Cos sings a song of theirs early in the show that goes something like "Baby don'tcha step on my face cause you got nails in your shoes."