Jay McShann Collection

The Jay McShann Collection was gifted to the LaBudde Special Collections Department by the McShann Family in July 2009. Inclusive dates are 1916-2006. This collection contains a lot of information relating to McShann's renewed popularity and recognition, starting in the 1970s when the blues music saw a resurgence.

Items in Collection: 756

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Advertising & Media

Black History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

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Buddy Tate, Kerby Martin, and Jay McShann seated and talking together at the 1990 Gibson Jazz Party in Denver, Colorado.

Date Published

1990-09

Jay McShann, an unidentified African American woman, and Clyde Lucas having a conversation at a table at the Innere Enge Hotel in Bern, Switzerland; drinks are on the table and a lamp is behind the...

Date Published

1993-03

Two unidentified white men speaking to each other in a bar; the man on the left has glasses; unidentified location.

Date Published

1971

1980

Unidentified woman in a red shirt seated in an unidentified bar; cigarette in one hand with empty wine glasses on the table; looking over at unseen person to the right; a piano is seen behind her.

Date Published

1971

1980

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Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann talking with Buddy Tate and Kerby Martin

Jay McShann, Clyde Lucas, and unidentified woman

Two unidentified men speaking together at a bar

Unidentified woman in a red shirt smoking a cigarette

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