Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. Abel's back is to the camera.

Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage.

Bettye Abel standing with Milt Abel (left) and an unidentified African American man (right) and an unidentified white man seated in front of them. All looking at the camera and laughing.

An unidentified white man, Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and an unidentified African American woman standing in a group together with a big band playing behind them. The unidentified man's eyes are closed...

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 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 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...

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...

Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing bass behind her. The image has been tilted back to the left for effect. A banner reads "Merry Christmas". Includes inset...

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...

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 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.

Milt Abel with his bass posing for a photo to the right of a group of unidentified men (3 African American, one white). Three are standing and one man is seated in front of a drum set. All facing the...

Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing in front of a large crowd of white men and women standing in front of them. Photo taken from behind Miller's piano looking toward the crowd...

Promotional photograph of "The 3 Pros," Sonny, Bob, Rashi. They're posing with instruments and all are wearing suits.

Promotional photograph of Donald W. Stauffer, U.S. Navy Band Leader. He's wearing a dress uniform and seated with a score and conductors baton.

Harold Ensley, television and radio host, standing in front of a Ford station wagon. Lettering on the car reads "Harold Ensley Ford Show ; Ford dealers Kansas City area ; 'The Sportsman's friend'...

Promotional photograph of Jerry Willis holding his saxophone and looking over to the left of the photo.

Promotional photo of Jerry Willis. He's turned partly to the left of the camera and is partly in shadows.

Promotional photo of Ken and Bev Husted. Both facing the camera and Bev has her harms around Ken's neck.

Promotional photo of Michael Owen. He's looking up and to the left of the photo.

Promotional photograph of The Aristons. The woman is standing between the two men who are seated casually on pillars.

Promotional photo of two white men seated at a piano with both their hands on the keyboard and looking over to the side. One is named Harold.

Publicity photo for the Milt Abel Trio (L-R: Mike Ning (piano), Milt Abel (double bass), Scott Robinson (drums)). Abel is seated and the other two are standing on either side. All wearing tuxedos.

Promotional photo of an unidentified trio of white men in suits examining a score together.