Buster Bailey 6.19.02-4.12.67 clarinet, saxophone: swing, big band

Buster was a classically trained clarinet player who performed in W.C. Handy's orchestra as a teenager. In 1919 he played with Erskine Tate and King Oliver. After a stint with John Kirby's combo, he worked with Red Allen, Big Chief Moore and Wilbur de Paris.