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

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.

Date Published

1971

1980

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

Group photo with: (L-R) Ben Kynard, unidentified woman, All Bartee, Ronnie McFadden, Betty Crow, Jay McShann in a white ball cap, Lonnie McFadden, Mary Ellen Farney, and unnamed toddler; at the Mutual...

Date Published

1991

2000

Digital Collections

Group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band

Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

Jay McShann posing for a group photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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