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* 1902 Jasper
County, MS
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As a brass band musician he played with:
Eureka,
Happy Pals Brass Band
Jimmy "Kid" Clayton worked
as a trumpet player at the Hummingbird Cabaret
from 1925 until the Depression. In 1941 he played in
Oscar Celestin's band.
Kid Clayton played in 1950s under the name "Kid
Clayton's Happy Pals".
In 1951 he played in the
band led by Harold Dejan at Mama Lou's.
Alden Ashford and David Wyckoff recorded him in 1952 under the name "Kid
Clayton's Happy Pals". An other session, from 1962, was recorded by Ken
Mills and released on his Icon label. Clarinetist Albert
Burbank's contributed to this
sessions.
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