Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and unidentified drummer
Bettye Miller (piano), Milt Abel (double bass), and an unidentified drummer perform for a small audience during Miller's birthday party.
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Lois Robers, and George Nader
Bettye Miller, seated at a piano with Milt Abel holding his double bass. George Nader is leaning on the piano with Lois Roberts standing next to him. Miller and Abel are looking at the camera, Roberts...
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist
Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar. Photo taken from the side of the ensemble with...
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist
Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar. Photo taken from the side of the ensemble with...
Bettye Miller, Terry Basso, and Milt Abel with large group
Betty Miller with Terry Basso and Milt Abel posing for a picture with a large group of other performers. One group is wearing black and white striped outfits. On a table at the center of the group is...
Bettye Miller's birthday cake
Photo of Bettye Miller's birthday cake showing the side.
Bettye Miller's birthday cake
Unidentified man holding up Bettye Miller's birthday cake to the camera. Another man is partially seen at the side.
Close up of Bettye Miller's hands
Close up of Bettye Miller's hands as she plays piano.
Deborah Brown singing
Deborah Brown singing into a microphone held close to her mouth. She's facing the left of the photo.
Drummer and saxophonist for the play "Negroid Evolution"
Unidentified drummer and saxophonist playing music for the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A third person can partially be seen to the right of the photo.
Gondola at Tomorrowland
Two unidentified African American women, one pointing at the camera, inside a gondola at Tomorrowland at Disneyland Park. People can be seen below them and a building named the "Space Bar" is in the...
Gospel choir on stage
Unidentified Gospel choir members (all women) in white robes singing with unidentified man in dark robes and cap singing in front of them. Part of the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by...
Group of five men
A group of five unidentified African American men standing in a row along a wall at Bettye Miller's birthday party.
Marquee listing the Bettye Miller Trio
Snapshot from Phoenix of the marquee announcing the Bettye Miller Trio on the sign for the Stein and Sirloin steakhouse. Buildings and cars can be seen behind. The marquee is missing the first "T"...
Maryland Hotel at night
Night shot of the Maryland Hotel building showing related street-level businesses: an eponymous drug store, the Cloister Inn (nightclub), and The Curve (restaurant); Chicago, Illinois. Two automobiles...
Men and women at a bar
Unidentified men and women at the Stein & Sirloin bar. A white woman is standing next to a seated white man with a drink in front of him at the left and on the right a seated African American woman is...
Mike Ning and Milt Abel courtside
Mike Ning seated next to Milt Abel courtside at a basketball game that was a fundraiser for the "Women's Jazz Festival". The teams were the all male "Jazzers" versus the "Varsity Sports", an all...
Milt Abel and Bill Drybread with their Great Danes
Milt Abel with his dog, Yogi, in a living room with Bill Drybread and his dog. Both dogs are Great Danes. A young boy is crouched down beside Drybread's dog and the arm of another child is just seen...
Milt Abel and his double bass
Milt Abel playing double bass and wearing a bow tie and t-shirt for the event that reads "Women's Jazz Festival". Held in Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas.
Milt Abel and Marian McPartland
Milt Abel posing for a photo with Marian McPartland. Both are smiling widely an Abel is standing with his double bass in front of him. Taken during the "Women's Jazz Festival" held in Memorial Hall...
Milt Abel and Yogi
Milt Able seated on the living room floor with Yogi, a Great Dane. A bookshelf is behind Abel and they're in front of a cabinet with a framed photos and a lamp on top.
Milt Abel playing bass
Milt Abel playing double bass. Photo taken from below and the side.
Milt Abel playing bass
Milt Abel playing bass in front of a microphone. Photo taken from the side with members of the audience shown (white men and women). The woman at the far left is smoking a cigarette.
Milt Abel playing bass
Milt Abel playing bass during Bettye Miller's birthday party.
Milt Abel playing bass
Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. The photo is taken from the behind an audience, of which two members' heads are seen. They have drinks on a table in front of them.