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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right at the photographer as she sits with her hands on the piano keys. To the right is the unidentified bass player. In the center front is Myra Taylor with her arms spread as she smiles and sings into a microphone on the stand in front of her. She wears a full-length evening gown. To her left behind her on the stage is Curtyse Foster wearing a tuxedo and blowing into a saxophone. To Curtyse's left and behind him on stage is Bill Nolan smiling and playing the drums. To Bill's left and in front of Bill on the stage, Elmer Price blows into a trumpet. There is a derby hat hanging on a stand in front of Elmer Price. The front corners of the stage are decorated with organ pipes.
Date Published
1951
1960
Publisher
Cornelius Strickland
Subjects
African American men
African American women
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Double bassists
Jazz singers
Saxophonists
Drummers (Musicians)
Trumpet players
African American jazz musicians
Time Periods
1951-1960
Subjects, Geographic
Kansas City (Kan.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1950s

Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Stamped on back, "PHOTOGRAPHS BY Cornelius Strickland, 845 Everett Ave., ATwater 2403." Handwritten on back, "Myra Taylor - vocals. Curtyse Foster - sax. "Bumps" Bunnie Love - piano. Bill Nolan - drums. Elmer Price - trumpet. - bass."

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-010.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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