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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 Big Chief Russell Moore in Zurich

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Big Chief Russell Moore (Pima Indian (Akimel O'odham) tribe member) and his trombone standing behind him in Zürich, Switzerland.

Date Published

1953

Buck Clayton seated at a table with, from left to right, Red Richards, Russell "Big Chief" Moore, an unidentified girl, Buster Bailey, Kansas Fields

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Buck Clayton seated at a table with, from left to right, Red Richards, Russell "Big Chief" Moore, an unidentified girl, Buster Bailey, Kansas Fields.

Date Published

1941

1950

Buck Clayton, Mezz Mezzrow and Big Chief Russell Moore performing

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, clarinet and probably Big Chief Russell Moore (Pima, or Akimel O'odham, tribe member) on trombone behind Buck and not clearly seen, in Zürich...

Date Published

1953

Mezz Mezzrow playing clarinet

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Mezz Mezzrow, Buck Clayton, Gene Sedric, Red Richards and Big Chief Moore performing on stage.

Date Published

1951

1960

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Moore, Russell, 1912-1983

Types (Collection)

photographs (4)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (4)
Gelatin silver prints (4)
Group portraits (4)
Snapshots (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (4)
Jazz musicians (4)
Trombonists (4)
Trumpet players (4)
African American men (3)
Akimel O'odham (2)
Clarinetists (2)
Jazz musicians, White (2)
Men, White (2)
Native American men (2)
Pima Indians (2)
Saxophonists (2)
Drummers (Musicians) (1)
Pianists (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 (2)
Richards, Red (2)
Bailey, Buster (1)
Fields, Kansas (1)
Sedric, Gene, 1907-1963 (1)
(-) Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (4)