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Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Sunday, October 11, 1942, featuring Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestral...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Thursday, February 2, 1942, sponsored by Paseo Men's Service Club, featuring "The...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Jay McShann

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Angled headshot of Jay McShann looking forward and smiling. McShann is wearing a pinstripe suit and dark colored tie.

Date Published
1942
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Lionel Hampton and his orchestra

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Publicity photo of Lionel Hampton and his orchestra featuring Hampton looking down and smiling while playing a drum.

Date Published
1942
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Thomas "Fats" Waller

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Thomas "Fats" Waller playing the piano and looking forward while smiling. Waller is wearing a dark colored suit and striped tie.

Date Published
1942
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • African American jazz musicians

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (3)
  • posters (2)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Concert posters (2)
  • Posters (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • Screen prints (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (5)

Subjects

  • Dance music (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (5)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 14th Street (2)
  • Central Street (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (1)

Date Published

  • (-) 1942 (5)

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