Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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...

Close up of Bettye Miller's hands as she plays piano.

Deborah Brown singing into a microphone held close to her mouth. She's facing the left of the photo.

Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking to a large crowd with a drawing of mountains and the words "I've Been to the Mountain Top" in the wide border under the photograph. The speech was given...

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.

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...

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...

Set of three photographs of Bettye Miller in a graduation cap and gown. She is looking forward (top), to the right (center), and to the left (bottom).

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller playing piano while facing the camera and Milt Abel playing bass behind her. A sign on the back of the piano reads "Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!"

Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel. Miller is wearing a white gown and holding a small piano on a tray in one outstretched hand. A spray of stars is behind her. Only a photograph...

Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel. Miller is wearing a white gown and holding a small piano on a tray in one outstretched hand. A spray of stars is behind her. Only a photograph...

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...

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"...

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 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 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 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...

Headshot of Milt Abel in a tuxedo. Facing the camera and smiling. He's not wearing glasses in this photo.

Milt Abel playing double bass. Photo taken from below and the side.

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 playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. He appears to be in a living room with floral patterned curtains behind him.

Milt Abel playing double bass with a microphone in front of him. There's a curtain behind him and he's facing to the right of the photo.