Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Description
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.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Count Basie performing

Count Basie seated at a piano. Likely Jo Jones on drum set behind Count Basie.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Emmet Berry and Ed Lewis performing with the Basie Band

Emmet Berry and Ed Lewis performing with Basie Band.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1447.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton holding his trumpet

Buck Clayton holding a trumpet.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1386.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck's French American Band performing

Members of Buck's French American Band performing on stage in Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0113.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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On stage in France

Members of Buck's "French American Band" (Dave Pochonet, drums ; Andre Persiany, piano ; M. DeVillers, saxophone ; Charlie Blareau, bass ; J.P. Sasson, guitar).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0429.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Welcoming Hugues Panassié and his wife

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.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0375.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Freddie Green

Close up photograph of Freddie Green with head stock of guitar covering part of his face.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1529.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Jazz saxophonist, possibly Coleman Hawkins

A close up photograph of possibly Coleman Hawkins, eyes closed, blowing into the saxophone, only reed and neck of saxophone shown.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1531.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton publicity photo

Publicity photo of Buck Clayton on trumpet in upper left vignette and with cigarette in his left hand in lower right vignette.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1534.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015