Grand Emporium Collection

This collection features publicity photos of live performances by the many performers who played at this iconic Kansas City venue. Led by Roger Naber, George Myers and Herb Palmer, the reputed nightclub hosted some 7,400 shows and consistently earned top honors nationally, including "Best Blues Club In America" in 1989 and 1991 from the Blues Foundation in Memphis. The Grand Emporium was sold in 2004 amid much fanfare, culminating with a Memorial Day blowout.

Items in Collection: 2,341

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Advertising & Media

Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Latinx History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band member holds a baritone sax and lets it rest on...

Date Published

1991

1999

Yoruban percussionist and saxophonist Lágbájá plays Afrobeat, jazz, funk and soul music. He looks directly at the camera through a hooded and masked striped covering. Printed at the bottom of the...

Date Published

2001

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Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet

Lágbájá

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives

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