{"product_id":"buck-clayton-s-jazz-world-book-buck-clayton-9781871478556","title":"Buck Clayton's Jazz World","description":"Spanning nearly seventy years, Buck Clayton's autobiography offers  fascinating insights into not only the life of one of the most  significant trumpeters and bandleaders in jazz, but also American social  history in general.       This engaging volume depicts Clayton's  childhood in Parson, Kansas, where he learned how to play the trumpet  and first came into contact with church and gospel music.  It then  details his move to the West Coast in the 1930s when he began to play  jazz professionally.  Clayton recounts the many important events that  followed, including a Hollywood-style wedding, his trip to Shanghai in  1934 with his band, his involvement with the Count Basie Orchestra in  New York, his enlistment in the U.S. Army in the 1940s, his work as a  soloist and leader in both the U.S. and Europe, and his later career as  an arranger and composer, as well as his days spent lecturing in jazz  studies at Hunter College, City University of New York.  Chronicling his  encounters with many of the most influential jazz figures, such as  Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Jimmy  Rushing, Clayton presents a fascinating record of jazz history, both in  the United States and abroad.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49595509408017,"sku":"GOR007166796","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49657766445329,"sku":"GOR007899303","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52538086981905,"sku":"NLS9781871478556","price":130.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52700872671505,"sku":"GOR011620587","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1871478553.jpg?v=1751444329","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/buck-clayton-s-jazz-world-book-buck-clayton-9781871478556","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}