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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

Gus Johnson playing drums

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Gus Johnson playing drums and wearing a light blue suit; red curtain background.

Date Published
1981
1990

Gus Johnson playing drums

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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.

Date Published
1940-11-30
1940-12-02

Jay McShann and Gus Johnson on stage

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Jay McShann playing piano and Gus Johnson playing drums on stage at unidentified concert; photo taken from below the stage looking up and there is a row of flowers along the edge of the stage.

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 Ironman Harris on stage

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Jay McShann, and Ironman Harris performing on stage at an unidentified venue with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham albums displayed in the foreground.

Date Published
1981
1990

Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard, saxophone; Lucky Wesley, bass; Rusty Tucker, drums).

Date Published
1985-08-16

Jay McShann and Paul Gunther on stage

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Jay McShann playing piano with a microphone in front of him with drummer Paul Gunther behind him; and unidentified third man can be partially seen; unidentified venue.

Date Published
1971-01

Jay McShann performing on stage with four others

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage with drummer Paul Gunther, unidentified white male double bassist with long hair, and two unidentified white male trumpet players; only the trumpet player in the...

Date Published
1980-12

Jay McShann performing on stage with four others

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Jay McShann playing piano with Paul Gunther, drums, and unidentified white male trumpet player, unidentified white male bassist, and unidentified African American saxophonist; a sign above them reads...

Date Published
1980-04

Jay McShann playing at an outdoor concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage with an unidentified African American male bassist, and Paul Gunther, drummer, during an outdoor event; tree at the edge of the stage and tent awnings and more trees...

Date Published
1982-06

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 as part of a quartet

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Jay McShann playing piano as part of a quartet with Clark Terry (likely), trumpet player, and unidentified white male bassist, and unidentified white male drummer; part of the audience can be seen in...

Date Published
2003-05-21

Jay McShann playing piano on a river boat

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Jay McShann playing piano and singing on an unidentified river boat; behind are an unidentified African American male drummer and an unidentified white male saxophonist and an unidentified white man...

Date Published
1991
2000

Jay McShann playing piano on a river boat

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Jay McShann playing piano on an unidentified river boat; behind are an unidentified African American male drummer and white male saxophonist and an unidentified white man in a vest and hat applauding...

Date Published
1991
2000

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