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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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Buck Clayton directing the Reno Club Band at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival

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Buck Clayton on stage with a group of musicians and two unidentified men (likely: Hank Jones, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Philly Jo Jones, drums; Eddie Jones, bass; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Frank...

Date Published

1984-06-30

Buck Clayton listening to the band at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival

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Buck Clayton on stage with a group of musicians (likely: Hank Jones, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Philly Jo Jones, drums; Eddie Jones, bass; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Illinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone...

Date Published

1984-06-30

Jimmy Johnson and his band

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Jimmy Johnson and His Band against a wall mural; drum is also painted with a nature scene.

Date Published

1931

1940

Clear selected
Big bands
Pianists

Types (Collection)

photographs (3)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (3)
Gelatin silver prints (3)
Group portraits (3)
Portrait photographs (2)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (3)
Drummers (Musicians) (3)
Jazz musicians (3)
Trombonists (3)
Trumpet players (3)
Double bassists (2)
Guitarists (2)
Saxophonists (2)
African American men (1)
Banjoists (1)
Woodwind instrument players (1)
(-) Big bands (3)
(-) Pianists (3)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
Fuller, Curtis, 1934- (2)
Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (2)
Jones, Eddie (2)
Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (2)
Jones, Philly Joe (2)
Jacquet, Illinois (1)
Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (1)
Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (1)

Events (Collection)

Kool Jazz Festival (1984 : New York, N.Y.) (2)