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Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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The Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection was donated to LaBudde Special Collections by Clayton's wife, Patricia. The collection, which spans from 1928 to Clayton’s death in 1991, contains material related to the jazz composer/arranger/trumpeter’s personal and professional life.

Items in Collection: 1,747

Topics

Asian American History & Representation

Black History & Representation

Civil Rights

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

1 - 4 of 4 items

Buck Clayton and Pee Wee Russell

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Buck Clayton watching Pee Wee Russell play clarinet.

Date Published

1968-05

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, drums playing, most likely, during Dick Gibson's Jazz...

Date Published

1968-09

Buck Clayton with jazz ensemble during Dick Gibson's Jazz Party

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An unidentified African American male clarinetist and pianist with Coleman Hawkins, sax; Buck Clayton, trumpet; likely Urbie Green, trombone; Gus Johnson, drums; and George Duvivier, bass; most likely...

Date Published

1968-09

Performing before an audience

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Bud Freeman, Buck Clayton, Ralph Sutton and an unidentified group of musicians performing before an audience.

Date Published

1961

1970

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Clarinetists

Types (Collection)

photographs (4)

Genres (Collection)

Group portraits (4)
Snapshots (4)
(-) Color photographs (4)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (4)
African American men (4)
Jazz musicians (4)
Jazz musicians, White (4)
Men, White (4)
Trumpet players (4)
Trombonists (3)
Drummers (Musicians) (2)
Jazz ensembles (2)
Saxophonists (2)
Double bassists (1)
Jazz audiences (1)
Pianists (1)
(-) Clarinetists (4)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Vail (Colo.) (2)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
Green, Urbie (2)
Hawkins, Coleman (2)
Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (1)
Russell, Pee Wee (1)
Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (1)