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A visit with Angela Lascelles, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Freeman, Buck Clayton and Gerald Lascelles

Image

Dizzy Gillespie seated with Bud Freeman, Buck Clayton, Gérard Lascelles and the back of Angela Lascelles; Paris, France.

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

André Persiany

Image

André Persiany seated in a recording studio with a cigarette in his mouth and facing the left.

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

Angela Lascelles, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Freeman, Buck Clayton, and Gerald Lascelles smiling for the photograph

Image

Angela Lascelles, sitting on the arm of a couch, smiling, with Dizzy Gillespie, in sunglasses, waving at the photographer, seated with Bud Freeman...

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

Babs Gonzales

Image

Babs Gonzales with a cigarette looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham 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

Barbara Carroll

Image

Angled headshot of Barbara Carroll leaning forward and looking ahead. Carroll is wearing a black dress and hooped earrings.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bass player

Image

An unidentified double bass player, possibly Larry Gales, performing.

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

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling at the camera while playing piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt shaker on the piano in front of...

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

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling while playing piano and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

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 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 and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

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

Bettye Miller in a hotel room

Image

Bettye Miller standing next to a large television set in a hotel room. She's wearing a black dress with pearls and facing the camera, smiling.

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

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

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

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

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

Bettye Miller with Milt Abel

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel standing together in a carpeted room between two curtained windows. Miller is wearing a stole with corsage. Abel is...

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

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller in a light colored dress with long gloves and smoking a cigarette seated at a table in an unidentified club with an unidentified woman...

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

Bettye Miller with twelve others around a table

Image

Bettye Miller (standing, center) with twelve unidentified others (African American and white men and women) around a table in a club or restaurant...

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

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  • Jazz musicians

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (98)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (48)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (24)
  • Ed Dix Collection (24)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (213)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (210)
  • Gelatin silver prints (210)
  • Snapshots (128)
  • Group portraits (101)
  • Portrait photographs (95)
  • Publicity photographs (31)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Promotional photographs (2)
  • Glamour photographs (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (115)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (131)
  • Jazz musicians, White (99)
  • Men, White (93)
  • Trumpet players (79)
  • African American men (68)
  • Pianists (45)
  • Women, White (37)
  • Jazz singers (34)
  • Saxophonists (30)
  • Double bassists (29)
  • African American women (28)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (27)
  • Sound studios (25)
  • Piano (23)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (19)
  • Double bass (18)
  • Band directors (17)
  • Musical instruments (17)
  • Drum set (15)
  • Trombonists (15)
  • Microphone (14)
  • Porches (9)
  • Clarinetists (7)
  • Lakes (5)
  • African American women jazz singers (4)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (4)
  • Marriages of royalty and nobility (4)
  • Nobility (4)
  • African American children (3)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Music journalists (3)
  • Trumpet (3)
  • Bathing suits (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Boats and boating (2)
  • Boxing (2)
  • Cigarettes (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • Docks (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Fathers and sons (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Hotels (2)
  • Music critics (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Pipe smokers (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Tobacco pipes (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American rock musicians (1)
  • Alcoholic drinks (1)
  • Arrangers (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beachgoers (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Cage birds (1)
  • Canoes and canoeing (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fathers and daughters (1)
  • Fruit (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Homes (1)
  • Married people (1)
  • Mothers and sons (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Photographs (1)
  • Popeye (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Publishers and publishing (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Shades and shadows (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Stoves (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Tangerine (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Tennis courts (1)
  • Tennis players (1)
  • Tennis rackets (1)
  • Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Weight lifting (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (213)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (3)
  • Basel (Switzerland) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)
  • Muskoka, Lake (Ont.) (1)
  • Paris (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (77)
  • Durrett, Warren (22)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (22)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (19)
  • Maye, Marilyn (16)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Tucker, Patty (Singer) (9)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (7)
  • Dickenson, Vic (7)
  • Johnston, Carol (Singer) (6)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (5)
  • Dix, Mary (5)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (5)
  • Lascelles, Gerald, 1924-1998 (5)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (4)
  • Lascelles, Angela, 1919-2007 (4)
  • Bushkin, Joe (3)
  • Clayton, Steven (3)
  • Green, Bill (Double bassist) (3)
  • Richards, Red (3)
  • Tate, Buddy (3)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (3)
  • Adderley, Cannonball (2)
  • Allen, Rose Marie (Musician) (2)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (2)
  • Barker, Danny (2)
  • Butts, Jimmy, 1917- (2)
  • Clayton, Candice (2)
  • Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990 (2)
  • Hackett, Bobby (2)
  • Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 (2)
  • Masse, Jean-Marie (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Page, Walter (2)
  • Panassié, Hugues (2)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (2)
  • Ramey, Gene (2)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (2)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (2)
  • Warren, Earle (2)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Barnes, Mae (1)
  • Bartholomew, Dave (1)
  • Bateman, Charlie (1)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928- (1)
  • Berry, Emmett (1)
  • Caceres, Ernie (1)
  • Carroll, Barbara (1)
  • Carroll, John (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Clayton, Patricia (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Darville, John (1)
  • Domino, Fats, 1928- (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Fields, Kansas (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Flemming, Herb, 1900-1976 (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Gales, Lary (1)
  • Gonzales, Babs (1)
  • Hall, Herb, 1907-1996 (1)
  • Herbert, Arthur, 1907- (1)
  • Higginbotham, Jay, 1906-1973 (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Jerome, Jerry, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Kersey, Kenny, 1916-1983 (1)
  • Liston, Melba (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Luter, Claude (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • McRae, Carmen (1)
  • Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 (1)
  • Middleton, Velma (1)
  • Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (1)
  • Nichols, Red (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • O'Dell, Janice (1)
  • Persiany, André (1)
  • Persip, Charlie (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Price, Sammy (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (1)
  • Sedric, Gene, 1907-1963 (1)
  • Shavers, Charlie, 1917-1971 (1)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (1)
  • Sheppard, Harry (Vibraphonist) (1)
  • Skeete, Franklin (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1897-1973 (1)
  • Stringer, Dean (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 (1)
  • Traill, Sinclair (1)
  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Tucker, Jimmy (Musician) (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Woodyard, Sam, 1925-1988 (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (200)
  • 1955 (6)
  • 1969 (2)
  • (-) 1960 (213)

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