Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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 - 5 of 5 items

Buck Clayton seated at a restaurant table with Buddy Tate and Pierre Boyer.

Date Published

1981

1990

Buck Clayton dining with Don Byas and Gerard Pochonet (likely) at a restaurant in Paris, France.

Date Published

1953

Buck Clayton seated outside of a restaurant, possibly in France, Quebec or Switzerland, with Nat Pierce, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Jean-Pierre Vignola; everyone looking forward at the camera.

Date Published

1981

1990

Buddy Tate in a plaid jacket at an outdoor restaurant's counter with his bag between straw dispensers; unidentified white man in a tank-top with a bottle of something undoubtedly alcoholic behind him.

Date Published

1971

1980

Shelly Manne at an outdoor restaurant or cafeteria eating a grapefruit and looking up at the camera; other people can be seen around him.

Date Published

1971

1980

Digital Collections

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton at the table with Pierre Boyer and Buddy Tate

Buck Clayton with Don Byas and Gerard Pochonet at a restaurant in France

Buck Clayton, Nat Pierce, Harry Edison, and Jean-Pierre Vignola

Buddy Tate and bag

Shelly Manne at breakfast

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