Clayton replaced Hot Lips Page as the principal trumpeter of the Count Basie orchestra and stayed with them for many years, while also playing and recording with small groups under his own name. This DVD contains two performances filmed in Europe during the early sixties.
Brussels 1961
Personnel: Buck Clayton - trumpet; Emmett Berry - trumpet; Earle Warren - saxes, clarinet;
Buddy Tate - tenor sax; Dickie Wells - trombone; Sir Charles Thompson - piano;
Gene Ramey - bass; Oliver Jackson - drums; Jimmy Witherspoon - vocals
London 1965
Personnel: Buck Clayton - trumpet; Vic Dickenson - trombone; Big Joe Turner - vocals;
with Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band
93 minutes