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Art Blakey

Image

Headshot of Art Blakey turtleneck sweater and looking to the side.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Image

A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a trio

Image

Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Buck Clayton performing with Charles Thompson and others

Image

Sir Charles Thompson, Buck Clayton, Franklin Skeets [that is, Skeete], Jackie Williams and Buddy Tate performing on a carpeted stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton performing with Melba Liston and others at the Riverside Plaza Hotel

Image

Walter Page, double bass, (likely) Ernie Caceres, clarinet, Charlie Persip, drums, Melba Liston, trombone, Buck Clayton, trumpet performing on stage...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Gus Johnson in conversation

Image

Gus Johnson speaking with Buck Clayton at a party. An unidentified white man and woman are behind them.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Clayton on stage

Image

Buck Clayton playing a muted trumpet with an unidentified drummer on stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Double bassist and drummer

Image

Unidentified white male double bassist and drummer performing on stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

Image

Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Hugues Panassié seated with Buck Clayton and Jean-Marie Masse

Image

Hugues Panassié seated with Buck Clayton and Jean-Marie Masse somewhere in France.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jackie Williams

Image

Drummer Jackie Williams, smiling, facing right, upper body shot only. He is wearing a dark suit and tie and appears to be leaning on a counter.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jackie Williams and Buck Clayton having a drink

Image

Buck Clayton, drink in hand, seated with an unidentified white man below a dart board. Jackie Williams standing to Buck's right, drink in hand.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jazz band

Image

Unidentified jazz ensemble with singer performing; all African Americans and includes a double bassist, drummer, pianist and woman singer in front of...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jazz ensemble on stage

Image

Jazz ensemble performing on stage with clarinetist, djembe player, trombonist, and drummer. Audience members are seated at a table at the far right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Joe Bushkin and drummer on stage

Image

Joe Bushkin on piano with an unidentified white male drummer with the drum decorated with a drawing of a pianist; taken from the edge of the stage...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Kansas Fields

Image

Kansas Fields looking at a piece of paper he's holding in his hands.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

Image

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...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Playing with Harry Sheppard's band

Image

Buck Clayton performing with Harry Sheppard's band; Harry Sheppard, vibraphone, Joe Kane (?), piano and unidentified drummer and double bassist.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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  • Drummers (Musicians)

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (11)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (8)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (27)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (25)
  • Group portraits (22)
  • Snapshots (20)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (16)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (26)
  • African American jazz musicians (23)
  • African American men (19)
  • Men, White (17)
  • Double bassists (16)
  • Pianists (14)
  • Jazz musicians, White (13)
  • Drum set (12)
  • African American women (10)
  • Double bass (10)
  • Trumpet players (10)
  • Piano (9)
  • Musical instruments (8)
  • Microphone (7)
  • Porches (7)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Alcoholic drinks (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Music critics (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Shades and shadows (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Drummers (Musicians) (27)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (8)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (8)
  • Brown, Corky (7)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (3)
  • Page, Walter (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Blakey, Art, 1919-1990 (1)
  • Bushkin, Joe (1)
  • Caceres, Ernie (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Fields, Kansas (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Liston, Melba (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Masse, Jean-Marie (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Panassié, Hugues (1)
  • Persip, Charlie (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Sheppard, Harry (Vibraphonist) (1)
  • Skeete, Franklin (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (1)
  • Woodyard, Sam, 1925-1988 (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (26)
  • 1955 (1)
  • (-) 1951 (27)

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