Grand Emporium Collection

Sonia Dada, a rock, soul, and funk band comprised of one African American woman, two African American men, and five white men, sit and stand in a formal living room wearing dark clothing. Two men sit...

Blues guitarist and singer Sonny Rhodes plays an electric guitar while wearing a business suit and a turban. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sonny Rhodes. King Snake Records [logo]...

South Side Slim, blues guitarist, sits on a ladder-back chair wearing a business suit and a dark cowboy hat with a wide, printed headband, leans his elbows on his thighs and crosses his hands as he...

Jazz drummer and dancer Speedy Huggins sits at a bar and leans his head on his left hand that holds a cigarette. A glass with a drink in it sits on the bar in front of him. He wears a striped suit...

Jazz drummer and dancer Speedy Huggins sits and looks to his left at the photographer. He wears a graphic print short-sleeved shirt.

Tap dancer Speedy Huggins smiles as he stands next to Tiny Tim as they look at the camera with smiles at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Grand Emporium sign is behind Tiny Tim on the...

Accordionist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr., wearing a dark cowboy hat, smiles as he plays an accordion on a stage with a banner across the top reading, "Buckwheat Zydeco [logo] Down Home Live!"...

Jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan, looks directly at the photographer as he is on, possibly, a fire escape outside of a building, in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the...

Jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan barely smiles as he looks directly at the camera. He wears an embroidered vest over a button-down shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Stanley Jordan. apa...

Jazz guitarist Stanley Jordon sits with his arms hugging the neck of a guitar. He wears a heavy sweater. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Stanley Jordan. apa. Agency for the Performing...

Stir Fried, a pop rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota comprised of two African American men, two white women, and three white men, stand outside in a line front of a wooden privacy fence. The man in...

Strange Indeed, a band comprised of one African American man and four white men, sit on scaffolding and look at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Strange Indeed."

Sugar Blue, blues harmonica player, looks seriously at the camera as he crosses his arms and holds a harmonica up near his shoulder in a close-up photograph. He wears a dark leather cap and vest over...

Sugar Blue, blues harmonica player, looks at the camera as he crosses his arms and holds a harmonica up near his shoulder and a microphone on a table top in a close-up photograph. He wears a dark...

Jazz pianist Sun Ra looks directly at the camera and sits with this fingers interlaced on his lap as he wears a shiny robe, a chain mail cap with a glittered brim that dips down over this temples and...

Jazz pianist Sun Ra wears chain mail head cover with a cap over that, a large necklace and a robe in a close-up, head-shot photograph. There is a sunburst affect added over his face in the photograph.

Super ChiKan, blues guitarist and singer, stands outside laughing as he plays an electric guitar with a rooster sitting on the headstock. Behind him is a line with laundry hanging on it and a...

Swamp Dogg, soul musician, rests his cheek on his curled right hand in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Swamp Dogg. Photo c1991, Steve Maruta. Permission...

Rhythm and Blues musician Sweet Pea Atkinson, of the Boneshakers, looks out from under the brim of his dark fedora directly at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sweet Pea...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Syl Johnson sits in front of a partially demolished wall and smiles as he sits and leans his electric guitar back on his left shoulder. He wears a backwards flat cap and a...

TailDragger (James Yancy Jones), Chicago blues singer, tilts his head to the left and looks up at the camera in a close-up photograph, as he sings into a microphone. He wears a dark cowboy hat...

Taj Mahal, blues and rock singer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist, looks intently at the camera as he plays a resonator guitar. He wears a light colored fedora hat with a dark hat band and a dark...

Taj Mahal, a blues and jazz musician, looks at the camera as he plays a resonator guitar. He wears a straw hat with a contrasting hatband and two necklaces. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Taj Mahal, a blues and jazz musician, looks at the camera as he plays a resonator guitar. He wears a straw hat with a contrasting hatband and two necklaces. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Taj Mahal, blues and jazz musician, sits in a booth at a diner and smokes a cigar as he wears a straw hat and wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Private Music. Taj Mahal."...