BUCK CLAYTON

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Born: November 12, 1911 | Died: 1991 Instrument: Trumpet

Buck Clayton first rose to national fame as the lead soloist with the first great Count Basie band that roared out of Kansas City in late fall, 1936. Ironically, while Clayton’s understated, bell-like sound is associated with the hard swinging Kansas City style, he actually spent little time in Kansas City. By the time he arrived at the famed Reno Club, a small dive on 12th Street, Clayton had already led a colorful career as a band leader, ranging from Los Angeles to Shanghai.

Born in Parsons, Kansas, Clayton grew up in a musical family. Clayton’s father, a minister, taught him the basics of music. Picking up the trumpet as a teenager, Clayton performed with the church band, featuring his mother on organ. He first heard the clarion call of jazz during a stopover by the George E. Lee band
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BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton Meets Ruby Braff album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton Meets Ruby Braff
Swing 1954
BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton Featuring Woody Herman ‎: How Hi The Fi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton Featuring Woody Herman ‎: How Hi The Fi
Swing 1954
BUCK CLAYTON The Huckle-Buck And Robbins' Nest (A Buck Clayton Jam Session) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Huckle-Buck And Robbins' Nest (A Buck Clayton Jam Session)
Swing 1954
BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman
Swing 1955
BUCK CLAYTON Jumpin' at the Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jumpin' at the Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session
Swing 1955
BUCK CLAYTON All The Cats Join In (A Buck Clayton Jam Session) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All The Cats Join In (A Buck Clayton Jam Session)
Swing 1956
BUCK CLAYTON Singing Trumpets (with Wild Bill Davison) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Singing Trumpets (with Wild Bill Davison)
Swing 1957
BUCK CLAYTON Buckin' The Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buckin' The Blues
Swing 1957
BUCK CLAYTON Songs For Swingers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Songs For Swingers
Swing 1959
BUCK CLAYTON The Classic Swing of Buck Clayton album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Classic Swing of Buck Clayton
Swing 1960
BUCK CLAYTON Goin' to Kansas City album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Goin' to Kansas City
Swing 1960
BUCK CLAYTON Buck and Buddy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck and Buddy
Hard Bop 1961
BUCK CLAYTON Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues
Hard Bop 1961
BUCK CLAYTON The Great Buck Clayton album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Great Buck Clayton
Swing 1964
BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton, Big Joe Turner ‎: Feel So Fine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton, Big Joe Turner ‎: Feel So Fine
Swing 1965
BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton Plays album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton Plays
Swing 1966
BUCK CLAYTON A Buck Clayton Jam Session album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Buck Clayton Jam Session
Swing 1974
BUCK CLAYTON Jazz Party Time – A Buck Clayton Jam Session Vol 3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Party Time – A Buck Clayton Jam Session Vol 3
Swing 1976
BUCK CLAYTON Jazztracks album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazztracks
Swing 1977
BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton Jam Sessions Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton Jam Sessions Vol. 2
Swing 1978
BUCK CLAYTON Passport To Paradise album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Passport To Paradise
Swing 1979
BUCK CLAYTON Jam Sessions From The Vault album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jam Sessions From The Vault
Swing 1988

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BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton meets Roy Eldridge ‎: Trumpet Summit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton meets Roy Eldridge ‎: Trumpet Summit
Swing 1977
BUCK CLAYTON Olympia Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Olympia Concert
Swing 1978
BUCK CLAYTON Copenhagen Concert (Featuring Jimmy Rushing) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Copenhagen Concert (Featuring Jimmy Rushing)
Swing 1979
BUCK CLAYTON Swings The Village album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swings The Village
Swing 1990
BUCK CLAYTON Encore Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Encore Live
Hard Bop 1996
BUCK CLAYTON Buck Clayton AllStars 1961 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buck Clayton AllStars 1961
Swing 1996
BUCK CLAYTON Basel 1961 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Basel 1961
Swing 1997
BUCK CLAYTON Live at the Embers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Embers
Swing 2006
BUCK CLAYTON Jazz At Five album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz At Five
Swing 2014

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BUCK CLAYTON Just A Groove album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just A Groove
Big Band 1973
BUCK CLAYTON The Chronological Classics: Buck Clayton 1945-1947 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Buck Clayton 1945-1947
Swing 1997
BUCK CLAYTON The Chronological Classics: Buck Clayton 1949-1953 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Buck Clayton 1949-1953
Swing 2004
BUCK CLAYTON The Chronological Classics: Buck Clayton 1953, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Buck Clayton 1953, Volume 2
Swing 2006
BUCK CLAYTON Jazz in Paris: Buck Clayton and Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz in Paris: Buck Clayton and Friends
Swing 2007
BUCK CLAYTON Complete Legendary Jam Sessions Master Takes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete Legendary Jam Sessions Master Takes
Swing 2011

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