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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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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Kenny Kersey and Buck Clayton hanging out with the combo

Buck Clayton lighting a cigarette and smiling; Kenny Kersey on piano with an unidentified group of musicians (African American and white).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1448.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Panama Francis, Leopold Tyrmand, Sinclair Traill, Bull Moose Jackson, and Buck Clayton

Panama Francis, Leopold Tyrmand (?), David Burns, Bull Moose Jackson seated with Buck Clayton seated in an office.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1449.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Humphrey Lyttelton, Bud Freeman, Sinclair Traill, Buck Clayton, Gérald Lascelles

Humphrey Lyttelton, Bud Freeman, Sinclair Traill, Buck Clayton, Gérald Lascelles and two unidentified men stand in front of a doorway with two dogs looking on; Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1450.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Louis Armstrong performing with the band

Louis Armstrong performing on stage with a band. The band members in white double-breasted suits. Louis Armstrong standing, playing the trumpet next to a trombonist (Jack Teagarden?), clarinetist (Artie Shaw?), bassist, and a pianist in the midst of playing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1451.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Louis Armstrong fronting the band

Louis Armstrong standing on stage in front of the microphone with Velma Middleton arm around him as they smile and way to the crowd. A band is behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1452.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Velma Middleton and Louis Armstrong entertaining

Louis Armstrong performing with Velma Middleton and a big band on stage. Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet behind Velma as she sings into the microphone with arms spread. A trombonists and pianist playing to her right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1453.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Announcing the show

An unidentified white male emcee at the microphone on stage with a big band behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1454.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Singer on stage

An unidentified African American woman singing in front of a microphone on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1455.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Taft Jordan performing

Taft Jordan performing by playing the trumpet on stage in front of a piano and piano player and behind a microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1456.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Joe Newman performing

Joe Newman performing by playing trumpet on stage in front of a drummer and behind a microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1457.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Roller skating dancer

A man, likely "Rhythm" Brown, performing by dancing on a table while wearing roller skates and clapping his hands on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1458.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Dancers with piano accompaniment on stage

An unidentified group of people, two of which are dancers, one pianist, and likely a singer, performing on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1459.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Bass player

An unidentified double bass player, possibly Larry Gales, performing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1460.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Jazz ensemble

An unidentified jazz ensemble, comprised of five white men, performing. Bass player, clarinetist, trumpeter, and trombonists performing around a microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1461.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015