Description
TitleBuck Clayton oral history interview
Date Created1982
NoteWilbur Dorsey (Buck) Clayton (1911-1991) was an American trumpeter and arranger active in California, Kansas City, and New York. His style lent itself to accompaniment, notably for Billie Holiday. He toured internationally throughout his career, making annual tours of Europe in the 1960s. In addition to a 1977 tour of Africa under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, he taught at Hunter College, CUNY, from 1978 to 1982.
NotePortions of the publicly available digital files for this transcript have been altered to restore them to their original state.
Genreoral histories, interviews
Languageeng
CollectionJazz Oral History Project
Organization NameRutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
RightsThe Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) promotes the use of its collections, and strives to protect the integrity of its materials. We offer digital reproductions of IJS materials subject to U.S. copyright law and other legal obligations.
NOTICE OF WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, US Code) governs the reproduction of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not “to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Materials viewed by patrons online or supplied to patrons online are reference copies. Our supply of copies does not constitute copyright permission for further uses and is not an authorization for any further uses involving reproduction, distribution, display, performance, or creation of derivative works, including their use in publications and web sites. It’s the patron’s responsibility to obtain permissions that may be required to use works for purposes other than private study, scholarship, or research, or in excess of fair use.