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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

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Steve Allen as Benny Goodman

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Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performing with the band in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert; Buck Clayton is standing and playing trumpet.

Date Published

1955

Trombonist tells an amusing secret for Buck Clayton

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Buck Clayton smiles as he listens to an unidentified white male trombonist, possibly Urbie Green, shield his mouth with his hand to whisper in Buck's ear. George Duvivier, bass player, and a pianist...

Date Published

1968-09

Trummy Young, Illinois Jacquet and others

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Shot from behind of Trummy Young, trombone, Kenny Kersey, Buck Clayton, Illinois Jacquet and others on stage in New York.

Date Published

1946

Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton

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Buck Clayton warmly greeting Vic Dickenson.

Date Published

1971

1980

Waiting to perform

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Jackie Williams, Dicky Wells, Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, and an unidentified white male pianist wait on stage. At the Concert Party at the Irving Center, New York.

Date Published

1974-11-24

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Types (Collection)

photographs (55)

Genres (Collection)

Group portraits (54)
Black & white photographs (46)
Gelatin silver prints (46)
Snapshots (36)
Color photographs (9)
Publicity photographs (5)
Portrait photographs (2)

Time Periods (Collection)

1971-1980 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (55)
Jazz musicians (54)
Trumpet players (49)
Men, White (45)
Jazz musicians, White (43)
Saxophonists (26)
Drummers (Musicians) (23)
Clarinetists (15)
Double bassists (14)
Pianists (9)
Guitarists (6)
Big bands (4)
Jazz ensembles (3)
Sound studios (3)
Actors (2)
Akimel O'odham (2)
Audiences (2)
Diplomats (2)
Horn players (2)
Jazz singers (2)
Native American men (2)
Pima Indians (2)
Trombone (2)
Airports (1)
Camera operators (1)
Cornet players (1)
Drum set (1)
Japanese American women (1)
Jazz audiences (1)
Microphone (1)
Motion picture cameras (1)
Musical films (1)
Music festivals (1)
Musicians' spouses (1)
Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
Women, White (1)
Woodwind instrument players (1)
(-) African American men (55)
(-) Trombonists (55)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

New York (N.Y.) (3)
Vail (Colo.) (3)
Edinburgh (Scotland) (1)
Nice (France) (1)
Paris (France) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (43)
Dickenson, Vic (10)
Green, Urbie (7)
Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (5)
Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (5)
Young, Trummy (5)
Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (4)
Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 (4)
Warren, Earle (4)
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (3)
Cutshall, Cutty (3)
Duvivier, George (3)
Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (3)
Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (3)
Morton, Benny (3)
Williams, Jackie, 1933- (3)
Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (2)
Burns, David M. (David Mitchell), -2013 (2)
Butler, Jack, 1909- (2)
Cary, Dick, 1916-1994 (2)
Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (2)
Darville, John (2)
Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
Francis, Panama (2)
Getz, Stan, 1927-1991 (2)
Haggart, Bob (2)
Hawkins, Coleman (2)
Jackson, Bull Moose, 1919-1989 (2)
Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (2)
Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (2)
Leeman, Cliff (2)
Russell, Pee Wee (2)
Sims, Zoot (2)
Tate, Buddy (2)
Terry, Clark (2)
Wettling, George, 1907-1968 (2)
Winding, Kai (2)
Alden, Howard (1)
Arnett, Ian (1)
Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
Barrett, Dan (1)
Bartram, Peter (Double bassist) (1)
Berry, Emmett (1)
Bert, Eddie (1)
Boyer, Pierre, 1942-1997 (1)
Buckner, Milt (1)
Davis, Spanky (1)
De Paris, Wilbur (1)
Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987 (1)
Fontana, Carl (1)
Foster, Pops, 1892-1969 (1)
Fuller, Curtis, 1934- (1)
Gaskin, Leonard (1)
Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
Hall, Herb, 1907-1996 (1)
Halliday, Ian (1)
Hill, Bud (1)
Hinton, Milt (1)
Jackson, Cliff, 1902-1970 (1)
Jacquet, Illinois (1)
James, Harry, 1916-1983 (1)
Johnson, Budd (1)
Jones, Eddie (1)
Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (1)
Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 (1)
Jones, Philly Joe (1)
Jones, Wayne (Drummer) (1)
Kersey, Kenny, 1916-1983 (1)
Knepper, Jimmy, 1927-2003 (1)
LaPlante, Bob, 1924- (1)
Marsala, Joe, 1907-1978 (1)
Masse, Jean-Marie (1)
Maxwell, Jim, 1917-2002 (1)
McKenna, Dave (1)
Meyer, Arnvid (1)
Newman, Joe (1)
Peterson, Marvin Hannibal (1)
Reuss, Allan (1)
Richards, Red (1)
Sandke, Randy (1)
Schroeder, Gene (1)
Sedric, Gene, 1907-1963 (1)
Snow, Mike (Pianist) (1)
Stewart, Rex, 1907-1967 (1)
Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (1)
Tamper, Bill (1)
Tate, Frank (1)
Thilo, Jesper (1)
Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (1)
White, Mike (Cornet player) (1)
Williams, Sandy, 1906-1991 (1)
Wilson, Chuck (Saxophonist) (1)
Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (1)
Young, Sally Tokashiki (1)

Events (Collection)

Edinburgh International Festival (1985) (1)
Kool Jazz Festival (1984 : New York, N.Y.) (1)

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Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Steve Allen as Benny Goodman

Trombonist tells an amusing secret for Buck Clayton

Trummy Young, Illinois Jacquet and others

Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton

Waiting to perform

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