Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
	Clayton photographed by William Gottlieb
Background information
Birth name	Wilbur Dorsey Clayton
Born	November 12, 1911; Parsons, Kansas
Died	December 8, 1991 (aged 80); New York City
Genres	Swing, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Trumpet
Labels	Columbia, Riverside

Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1991)^[1] was an American jazz trumpeter who was a member of Count Basie's orchestra. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong, first hearing the record "Confessin' That I Love You" as he passed by a shop window.^[2]

^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
^ Brothers, Thomas David (February 3, 2014). Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism (First ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.

[LarkinJazz-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.

[Brothers-2] Brothers, Thomas David (February 3, 2014). Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism (First ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.

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