Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton 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 Y
Clayton photographed by William Gottlieb
William Paul Gottlieb was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the Golden Age of American jazz in the 1930s and 1
Buck Clayton
…Buck Clayton Clayton photographed by William Gottlieb Background information Born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton November 12, 1911 Parsons, Kansas, U.S. Died December 8, 1991 (aged 80) New York City, U.S. Genres…
Gottlieb at WINX radio station, Washington, c. 1940
From left: Ahmet Ertegun, Duke Ellington, Gottlieb, Nesuhi Ertegun, Dave Stuart, and singer Ivie Anderson (seated) at Gottlieb's home in Maryland; photograph by Delia Potofsky Gottlieb
Sy Oliver, September 1946, by William P. Gottlieb