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

Trummy Young[?], Sidney Bechet, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells[?], Benny Morton, George Wettling, Pops Foster, Joe Marsala, Max Kaminsky and an unidentified group of musicians performing on stage.

Date Published

1945

Sidney Bechet and Buck Clayton with Claude Luter and an unidentified man in Paris, France.

Date Published

1951

1960

Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, clarinets, Jack Butler, trumpet, and Wilbur DeParis, trombone.

Date Published

1946

Mezz Mezzrow performing with Sidney Bechet and Jack Butler.

Date Published

1946

Happy Caldwell, Mezz Mezzrow, Buck Clayton, Sidney Bechet and Cliff Jackson are welcoming French jazz critic Hugues Panassié and his wife Madeleine Gautier at New York City Airport in 1949.

Date Published

1949

Digital Collections

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with ensemble on stage

Buck Clayton with Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow and others

Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, Jack Butler

Welcoming Hugues Panassié and his wife

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