Head shot of Jay McShann smiling while smoking a cigarette; wearing a white shirt and his gold tooth crown is seen; looking to the left of the photo.
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...
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...
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson seated and singing into a microphone with his saxophone in his lap; an unidentified white male bassist is behind him; also seen is a drum set and piano; unidentified bar.
Saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson on stage with his saxophone resting beside him with a partially seen, unidentified white male bassist behind him along with a drum set and piano; Vinson has his legs...
Saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified white male bassist performing on stage at an unidentified bar; a drum set and piano can be seen behind them.
Ginny Coleman (left), unidentified African American woman (center), and D.J. Harris, posing together for a photo wearing pastel colored evening dresses; the woman in the center is holding a drink in...
Gloria McShann, Jay McShann, unidentified white man and white woman, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing around a podium at an unknown event; Gloria is wearing a bright red coat with black...
Claude Williams standing behind Gloria McShann and two other, unidentified, women (one African American, the other white) seated at a table with drinks in front of them; all looking at the camera and...
Grave marker for Peter Chatman (Memphis Slim) at the Galilee Memorial Garden in Memphis, Tennessee.
Jay McShann (center) posing for a photo with four fans backstage during an unidentified event; fans are all men and all standing with arms across each others' shoulders, facing the camera and smiling...
Group photo with (L-R) Paul Gunther, Little Brother Montgomery, unidentified, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann, Claude Williams (holding sheet of paper), Fats Dennis, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker (holding a...
Group photo of Jay McShann with a black hat (center) with James Harman (far left), Floyd Dixon (2nd from left), Alvin Youngblood Hart (tallest in the back), and two unidentified men and Dave Honeyboy...
Thamon Hayes' Rockets posing for a photo on the bandstand at Fairyland Park, 75th Street and Prospect Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Hayes is standing (far left) in a line with Ed Lewis, Samuel "Baby"...
Reprint of a newspaper or magazine group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band (L to R): Ben Kynard, Charles "Crook" Goodwin, Art Smith, "Sarge" Meyers, Booker T. Washington, "Coots" Dye.
Group shot with Jay McShann (bottom left) and Gene Ramey (top right) and five others (two African American men, three African American women); unidentified location or event.
Jay McShann (far right), Porter, and two unidentified men and two unidentified women all posing together for a photo by a car parked in front of an unidentified home.
Group shot outside (L to R): Nobel Samuels, Terry Hughes, Mr. Whitekeys (club owner), and Jay McShann in Anchorage, Alaska; large hill with a red building in the background.
Group shot (L to R): Aaron "T-Bone" Walker, Paul Gunther, Jay McShann, Hal Singer, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson; Paris, France.
Gus Johnson playing drums and wearing a light blue suit; red curtain background.
Gus Johnson playing drums during a recording date for radio station KFBI in Wichita, Kansas; fireplace screen is seen behind him and a bottle of soda or beer is at his feet.
Gus Johnson whispers something to Jay McShann who is leaning over to hear him and smiling; both seated together at a table during and unknown event; others are seen around them.
Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) and Jay McShann seated side by side at an outdoor event; Jay is wearing a white hat and holding a cane; both looking at the camera and smiling; people can be seen in...
Jay McShann, Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) seated on a couch talking with an unidentified African American woman; Jay is holding a metal cane in one hand while holding hands with Marianne with his...
Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), and Jay McShann posing for a photo together outside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City, Missouri.
