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Buck Clayton
real name Wilbur Dorsey Clayton
United States · 1911-11-12 – 1991-12-08
Buck Clayton is credited on 2,637 releases across 664 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,637
Credits
664
Albums
8
Decades active
115
In collections
Biography
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American jazz trumpeter
Born 12 November 1911 in Parsons, Kansas, USA, died 8 December 1991 in New York City, New York, USA
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Credited work
2,637 releases · 664 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 4,432
- Other credits · 125
Studios: Carnegie Hall · Mediasound · The Hit Factory · Savoy Ballroom
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Live
1977
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
The Great Blues Men
1972
Odetta And The Blues
1962
Lady Day
1954
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
1950
Bird And Pres: The '46 Concerts
1977
The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973
Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 1
1980
At Fargo 1940 Live
1978
Barry Manilow II
1974
"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Volume I
1950
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Volume II
Okeh Rhythm & Blues
1982
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
The Original Recordings
1973
Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits
1967
The Best Of Count Basie
1963
The Essential Billie Holiday (Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live)
1961
Columbia Jazz Festival
1959
Little Jimmy Rushing And The Big Brass
1958
Jazz Sampler
1955
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
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