Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in her wedding dress with the groom Milt Abel and drummer Terry Basso on either side of her. All are holding small glasses for a toast. Miller and Basso are looking toward the camera...

Bettye Miller (piano), Milt Abel (double bass), and an unidentified drummer perform for a small audience during Miller's birthday party.

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 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...

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 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 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 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 in front of a wall of photographs at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is seated to the left of the photograph and the hand of a...

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 taking a photograph of an unknown subject. Unidentified white woman is in front of Abel and to the side looking at what Abel is photographing.

Milt Abel, center, holding a small model of a piano and double bass while looking toward Dianne Gregg standing next to him. At right is Carol Comer with hands applauding and eyes closed. All are...

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...

Milt Abel posing for a photo with an unidentified white woman and white man at Bettye Miller's birthday party. All are looking at the camera.

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 photo of Betttye Miller playing piano and Milt Abel behind her playing bass. The image has been tilted to the left.

Promotional photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel. Miller is standing in front of her piano and Abel is holding his bass beside her. Both looking at the camera.

Promotional photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel together. Miller is in a white dress and Abel is resting his arm on his double bass.

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.