Buck Clayton
An excellent bandleader and accompanist for many vocalists, including Billie Holiday, Buck Clayton was a valued soloist with Count Basie Orchestra during the '30s and '40s, and later was a celebrated studio and jam session player, writer, and arranger. His tart, striking tone and melodic dexterity were his trademark, and Clayton provided several charts for Basie's orchestra and many other groups. Clayton began his career in California, where he organized a big band that had a residency in China in 1934. When he returned, Clayton led a group and played with other local bands. During a 1936 visit to Kansas City, he was invited to join Basie's orchestra as a replacement for Hot Lips Page. Clayton was also featured on sessions with Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, and Holiday in the late '30s. He remained in the Basie band until 1943, when he left for army service. After leaving the army, Clayton did arrangements for Basie, Benny Goodman, and Harry James before forming a sextet in the late '40s. He toured Europe with this group in 1949 and 1950. Clayton continued heading a combo during the '50s, and worked with Joe Bushkin, Tony Parenti, and Jimmy Rushing, among others. He organized a series of outstanding recordings for Columbia in the mid-'50s under the title Jam Session (compiled and reissued by Mosaic in 1993). There were sessions with Rushing, Ruby Braff, and Nat Pierce. Clayton led a combo with Coleman Hawkins and J.J. Johnson at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, then reunited with Goodman in 1957 at the Waldorf Astoria. There was another European tour, this time with Mezz Mezzrow. He appeared in the 1956 film The Benny Goodman Story and played the 1958 Brussels World Fair with Sidney Bechet. Clayton later made another European visit with a Newport Jazz Festival tour. He joined Eddie Condon's band in 1959, a year after appearing in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day. Clayton toured Japan and Australia with Condon's group in 1964, and continued to revisit Europe throughout the '60s, often with Humphrey Lyttelton's band, while playing festivals across the country. But lip and health problems virtually ended his playing career in the late '60s. After a period outside of music, Clayton once again became active in music, this time as a non-playing arranger, touring Africa as part of a State Department series in 1977. He provided arrangements and compositions for a 1974 Lyttleton and Buddy Tate album, and did more jam session albums for Chiaroscuro in 1974 and 1975. He also became an educator, teaching at Hunter College in the early '80s. Clayton led a group of Basie sidemen on a European tour in 1983, then headed his own big band in 1987 that played almost exclusively his compositions and arrangements. That same year Clayton's extensive autobiography Buck Clayton's Jazz World, with Nancy Miller-Elliot, was published.
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Extended Jazz Sessions
Jazz - Editado por Master Classics Records el 1 feb. 2011
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A Buck Clayton Jam Session Vol. 3: Jazz Party Time
Jazz - Editado por Chiaroscuro Records el 13 sep. 1976
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Anthology: The Deluxe Colllection (Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por Master Tape Records el 18 jun. 2021
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The Huckle-Buck and Robbins' Nest (Expanded Edition)
Jazz - Editado por Columbia - Legacy el 15 mar. 1954
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Passport To Paradise
Jazz - Editado por Inner City Records el 1 ene. 2000
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Buck Clayton Jam Session: How Hi The Fi
Jazz - Editado por Blue Velvet el 28 nov. 2017
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Two Great Trumpets Of Swing Era 1956
Be Bop - Editado por Blue Pie Records USA el 1 ene. 1976
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The Very Best Of
Jazz - Editado por Master Classics Records el 1 jul. 2009
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Complete Jazz Series 1949 - 1953
Jazz - Editado por Complete Jazz Series el 1 dic. 2008
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Jazz Spectacular
Pop - Editado por Columbia - Legacy el 26 jul. 2021
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Jams Benny Goodman (Expanded Edition)
Jazz - Editado por Columbia - Legacy el 14 feb. 1955
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Jumpin' At The Woodside (Expanded Edition)
Jazz - Editado por Columbia - Legacy el 29 ago. 1955
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Jazz After Midnight
Jazz - Editado por Silver Classics Jazz el 25 sep. 2014
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Buck Clayton's Sugar Hips
Jazz - Editado por Charly Records el 21 mar. 2011
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Le vrai Buck Clayton
Jazz contemporáneo - Editado por Lake Records el 24 oct. 2006
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Complete Jazz Series 1953 Vol. 1
Jazz - Editado por Complete Jazz Series el 1 dic. 2008
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Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton (Remastered)
Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Jazz - Editado por Avid Entertainment el 4 ago. 2013
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Buck Meets Ruby (Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por Avid Entertainment el 24 ene. 2023
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