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Count Basie, Jo Jones and Walter Page performing

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Count Basie seated playing piano with Jo Jones playing drums and Walter Page playing bass; all are looking over the left side of the photo; sheets of music are scattered along the top of Basie's piano...

Date Published
1941
1950

Duke Ellington at an honor event

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Duke Ellington (left) with unidentified white men and women (one African American man); members of the press around seen around them with cameras, and microphones; they are standing by a large stone...

Date Published
1961
1970

Jay McShann and band members

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Jay McShann seated at the piano with his band standing around it; McShann (at piano) with Bill Nolan, Walter Brown, Charlie Parker, Bob Mabane, Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson, Harold Bruce, John...

Date Published
1940

Jay McShann and Gene Ramey

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Jay McShann posing for a photo with Gene Ramey; McShann and Ramey are grasping hands and facing the camera, smiling.

Date Published
1981
1990

Jay McShann and his band on stage at the Century Room

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Jay McShann on stage at the piano with his band (McShann (piano), Gene Ramey (bass), Walter Brown (vocals), Gus Johnson (drums), Bud Gould (trombone), Bob Mabane (sax), Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson...

Date Published
1940-02

Jay McShann and others at the Off Beat Club in Chicago

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Jay McShann, Honey Boy Williams, unidentified African American man, Jonah Jones, and Gene Ramey seated around a table at the Off Beat Club, 222 North State in Chicago, Illinois; all looking at the...

Date Published
1938

Jay McShann masters class

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Unidentified white man with a microphone seated next to Jay McShann by a piano during a masters class for the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program, Mannes College of Music; New York.

Date Published
1996-10-16

Jay McShann playing piano

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Jay McShann and band performing: Gene Ramey (bass), McShann (piano), Gus Johnson (drums), Walter Brown (vocals), Bud Gould (trombone), unidentified, Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson (trumpet); McShann is...

Date Published
1940

Jay McShann playing piano and laughing

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Jay McShann playing piano and laughing during a performance in Ann Arbor, Michigan; McShann is looking over toward the right of the photo and the heads of two audience members can be seen as well.

Date Published
1990

Jay McShann playing piano on stage in Milan, Italy

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Jay McShann playing piano onstage with unidentified African American male bassist and drummer in Milan, Italy; the side of his piano reads "Ibach Mascheroni" and one of the speakers "Lampa".

Date Published
1981
1990

Jay McShann receiving an award

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Jay McShann standing up from his piano and reaching out to receive plaque award from an unidentified man at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
2000-07-22

Jay McShann receiving an honorary key

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Jay McShann receiving an honorary key and framed certificate from an unidentified white man in plaid pants; three other unidentified men (two white, one African American) are on either side of them...

Date Published
1971
1980

Jay McShann seated on a sofa with three others

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Jay McShann with a cigarette in his mouth seated on a sofa with two unidentified African American women and an unidentified African American man seated on the sofa arm; the woman next to McShann also...

Date Published
1961
1970