| LC control no. | n 86035887 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML419.C6 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 |
| Variant(s) | Clayton, Wilbur Dorsey, 1911-1991 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1911-11-12 |
| Death date | 1991-12-08 |
| Place of birth | Parsons (Kan.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Count Basie Big Band United States. Army Hunter College Charlie Echols Big Band Earl Dancer Band |
| Profession or occupation | Trumpet players Jazz musicians Composers |
| Found in | His Buck Clayton's jazz world, 1987: t.p. (Buck Clayton) p. 11, etc. (Wilbur Clayton; b. 11/12/11) New Grove dict. of jazz (Clayton, Buck (Wilbur Dorsey); b. Nov. 12, 1911, Parsons, KS; trumpeter and arranger) Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Clayton, Buck; b. Wilbur Dorsey Clayton, Nov. 12, 1911, Parsons, Kan., d. Dec. 8, 1991) Laine, F. Jazz spectacular, p1999: cover and program notes p. 11 (Buck Clayton and his orchestra) program notes p. 3 (Buck Clayton and his orchestra) African American National Biography, accessed June 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Clayton, Buck; Wilbur Dorsey Clayton; trumpeter, jazz musician, composer / arranger; born 12 November, 1911 in Parsons, Kansas, United States; graduated from high school (1932); trumpeter at dime-a-dance hall the Red Mill, in Los Angeles; member of Charlie Echols's big band; began to learn to orchestrate for big bands; began performing on Hollywood movie soundtracks, local clubs with Earl Dancer's band (until 1934); bandleader in Shanghai, China (1934-1936); trumpeter for Count Basie's band, in Reno Club, Kansas City, Missouri (1936-1943), played, recorded and toured, appeared with the band, and filmed Reveille with Beverly (1943); drafted to U.S. Army, in New Jersey, playing in army bands (1943-1946); made several tours, Jazz at the Philharmonic (1946); established a sextet, CafeĢ Society, in New York (1947) and toured Europe (1949-1950); made long European tour with different artists (1953); headed a series of long-playing jam sessions with Columbia label (1953-1956); appeared in movie The Benny Goodman Story (1955), television series The Subject Is Jazz (1958), Newport Jazz Festival; performed in South America, Brussels World's Fair, and London (1959) made tours through Europe (1960s), Japan and Australia (1964), Africa (1977); made film Buck Clayton and His All Stars (1961), British television series Jazz 625 (1965) and Jazz Goes to College (1966,1967); performed at Grande Parade du Jazz (Nice, France) (1979); taught in Hunter College (1978-1982); established his own big band (1987); died 08 December, 1991 in New York, New York, United States) |
| Invalid LCCN | no2009026968 |
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