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Date of Birth
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12-November-1911
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Place of Birth
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Parsons
(Labette County, Kansas, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Clayton, Buck, Wilbur Dorsey Clayton, Cat Eye
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Profession
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Trumpeter, Actor, Music Arranger
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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 improvisationâ€. 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.
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