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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

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

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 Vic Dickenson and Earle Warren

Image

Earle Warren, Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson and unidentified African American male pianist performing on stage.

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

Buck Clayton with Joe Bushkin

Image

Buck Clayton on stage playing trumpet with Joe Bushkin, piano with the face of an unidentified white man seen behind them.

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

Buck Clayton, Fats Domino, and Dave Bartholomew clowning around with a bird cage

Image

Buck Clayton, Fats Domino, and Dave Bartholomew lifting their hands to a hanging birdcage containing a finch.

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

Duke Ellington wearing an overcoat

Image

Duke Ellington facing forward and looking to the side while pointing. Ellington is wearing an overcoat. A crowd of people are seated in chairs in the...

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

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  • Pianists

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (23)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (14)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (5)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (4)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (52)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (52)
  • Gelatin silver prints (52)
  • Snapshots (39)
  • Group portraits (32)
  • Portrait photographs (20)
  • Publicity photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (38)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (45)
  • African American jazz musicians (42)
  • African American men (30)
  • African American women (27)
  • Piano (24)
  • Men, White (21)
  • Double bassists (19)
  • Jazz musicians, White (16)
  • Double bass (15)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (14)
  • Microphone (14)
  • Musical instruments (14)
  • Drum set (12)
  • Porches (9)
  • Trumpet players (9)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Sound studios (5)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Nurses (2)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • African American rock musicians (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Birdcages (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Cage birds (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Christmas trees (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Pianists (52)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (22)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (6)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (6)
  • Bushkin, Joe (3)
  • Austin, Gene, 1900-1972 (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (2)
  • Richards, Red (2)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Barnes, Mae (1)
  • Bartholomew, Dave (1)
  • Carroll, Barbara (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Domino, Fats, 1928- (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Garner, Erroll (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Price, Sammy (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (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)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (1)
  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (48)
  • 1955 (3)
  • (-) 1960 (52)

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