One of the most significant trumpeters in jazz, Buck Clayton is perhaps best known for his days with Count Basie and as one of Billie Holiday's favorite accompanists. The reminiscences contained in this book range over 75 fascinating years of jazz history, from Clayton's improbable adventures in Shanghai in 1934-36 as leader of a jazz band, to his extended visits to Europe as one of a large group of expatriate black American jazzmen. Clayton recounts in detail his work with Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Jimmy ...
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One of the most significant trumpeters in jazz, Buck Clayton is perhaps best known for his days with Count Basie and as one of Billie Holiday's favorite accompanists. The reminiscences contained in this book range over 75 fascinating years of jazz history, from Clayton's improbable adventures in Shanghai in 1934-36 as leader of a jazz band, to his extended visits to Europe as one of a large group of expatriate black American jazzmen. Clayton recounts in detail his work with Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Jimmy Rushing, and many others, and also discusses his most recent work as an arranger and composer.
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Very good in very good jacket. Publisher's black cloth in dust jacket, very good and clean. 255 pp. With discography by Bob Weir (probably not of the Grateful Dead--? ? ? ).
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. 255pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in.
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VG/VG. Black cloth with illustrated glossy dustjacket. 255 pp., illustrated with bw photographs. Autobiography of jazz great, trumpeter Buck Clayton. This copy is inscribed on the title page by Clayton (signed "Buck"), in French, to a New York friend. Very nice copy. Includes an extensive chronological discography by Bob Weir. Published 4 years before Clayton's death.