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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Actor Conrad Janis speaking during an event for USAir at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel; an unidentified white man is on the left and an unidentified African American man is the second from the...

Date Published

1983-01

Jay McShann playing piano under an outdoor tent; unidentified man and woman standing next to a camera are seen in background along with a microphone.

Date Published

1985

Jay McShann leaning in and sharing a laugh with Myra Taylor during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival Media Day; both seated with people seen behind them, including one man taking a photograph.

Date Published

2000-07-20

Terry Hughes, an unidentified white woman in a plaid shirt, and Jay McShann posing for a photo together outside in Anchorage, Alaska with a red building and fencing behind them; Hughes is holding a...

Date Published

1991

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Jay McShann Collection

Actor Conrad Janis speaking

Jay McShann playing piano under a tent

Jay McShann with Myra Taylor

Jay McShann, Terry Hughes and unidentified woman outside in Alaska

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