Awards & Winners

Buck Clayton

Date of Birth 12-November-1911
Place of Birth Parsons
(Labette County, Kansas, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Clayton, Buck, Wilbur Dorsey Clayton, Cat Eye
Profession Trumpeter, Actor, Music Arranger
Buck Clayton was an American jazz trumpet player who was a leading member of Count Basie’s "Old Testament" orchestra and a leader of mainstream-oriented jam session recordings in the 1950s. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong. The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that he “synthesi[zed] much of the history of jazz trumpet up to his own time, with a bright brassy tone and an apparently limitless facility for melodic improvisation”. Clayton worked closely with Li Jinhui, father of Chinese popular music in Shanghai. His contributions helped change musical history in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Awards by Buck Clayton

Check all the awards nominated and won by Buck Clayton.

1993


Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
Honored for : The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959
(album notes writers)

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959