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DownBeat Magazine shoot at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano smiling down to his left. Karrin Allyson share...

Date Published
2000-06-09

Four Fried Chickens & a Coke at the Grand Emporium

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Four Fried Chickens and a Coke pose for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Back row: Holding a bass is Landon Murray. Wearing a fedora and a tie is Bill Whitehead. Kenny Richardson holds a saxophone and...

Date Published
2002-11-14

Grand Marquis at B.B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q

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Grand Marquis during the Big Joe Turner Birthday Bash at BB's Lawnside BBQ: Bryan Redmond, wearing a zoot suit and holding a tenor saxophone stands next to Ben Ruth who is smiling and holding his...

Date Published
2007-05-19

Group playing at 18th and Vine

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Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a microphone. Ben Kynard and an unidentified...

Date Published
2000-09-16

Jay McShann taking a bow at the KC Spirit Fest

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Jay McShann is standing between the piano bench and the piano, smiling and taking a bow outdoors at the Kansas City Spirit Festival. Gerald Spaits, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Will Matthews stand to Jay's...

Date Published
2003-07-05

Jay McShann's granddaughter plays at Jay's wake

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Amy, Jay McShann's granddaughter, plays the saxophone with another unidentified African American man at the Mutual Musicians Foundation during the Jay McShann Wake. An unidentified woman stands behind...

Date Published
2006-12-14

Kenny Glover and Tim Perryman at the Gem Theater

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Kenny Glover stands and looks down as he gets ready to blow into a saxophone as Tim Perryman stands and blows into a trombone as they play into their respective microphones during the Living Blues...

Date Published
2000-01-22

Myra Taylor and Bobby Watson at the Grand Emporium

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair to the right of Bobby Watson. She holds her purse. Bobby has his left arm around her shoulders, is wearing a straw hat and an earring, and has a saxophone lying on his...

Date Published
2003-05-23

Performing at Jay McShann's Jam

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Pearl Thuston Brown sits in the audience wearing a fur hat and clapping her hands at the Mutual Musicians Foundation building listening to Toni Oliver sing as a band back her up at the Jay McShann...

Date Published
2006-12-14

Scamps are ready to play

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Scamps on stage at Crown Center ready to play, a large decorative snowflake behind them: Lucky Wesley playing the upright bass; Henry Hoard sitting and holding an alto saxophone; Rusty Tucker seated...

Date Published
1998

Scamps at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest 2004

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The Scamps on stage at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Fest in 2004. Lucky Wesley is standing on the right side of a stage, smiling, wearing a French cap, and holding a plaque that reads, "Kansas...

Date Published
2004-06-04

Scamps playing at Unity on the Plaza

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Scamps at playing on a stage at Unity Temple on the Plaza: Art Jackson and Eddie Saunders, seated with their eyes closed playing their saxophones; Lucky Wesley looking to his right and smiling as he...

Date Published
2002-08-07