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

1 - 4 of 4 items

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 in a paisley shirt holding Alice Betty Rustin's hand with beer bottles and glasses on the table in front of them; Rustin is wearing a straw hat; both looking at the camera and smiling.

Date Published

1981

1990

Jay McShann (far right) posing for a photo with Gene Harris, Roger Kellaway, and Monty Alexander; Harris is holding a beer bottle; unidentified location or event.

Date Published

1991

2000

Jay McShann seated on a sofa with McShann's commercial cds on side table; McShann has his legs crossed and is looking over to the right of the photo; a partially seen white man with a beer bottle is...

Date Published

2002-01-09

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Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and others at the Off Beat Club in Chicago

Jay McShann having a few beers with Alice Betty Rustin

Jay McShann posing for a photo with Gene Harris, Roger Kellaway, and Monty Alexander

Jay McShann seated on a sofa

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