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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

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

Bass player

Image

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

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

Bassist Jerry Evans

Image

Jerry Evans with hand on the neck of his bass as if playing; he's wearing a suit and leaning in toward the right.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham 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

Bill Green and Buck Clayton

Image

Buck Clayton with his trumpet posing with Bill Green and his double bass.

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

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  • African American jazz musicians

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (95)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (24)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (8)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (141)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (138)
  • Gelatin silver prints (138)
  • Snapshots (81)
  • Group portraits (70)
  • Portrait photographs (54)
  • Publicity photographs (10)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Promotional photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (46)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (131)
  • Trumpet players (79)
  • African American men (68)
  • Pianists (42)
  • Men, White (31)
  • Double bassists (29)
  • African American women (27)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (23)
  • Jazz musicians, White (23)
  • Piano (21)
  • Saxophonists (21)
  • Double bass (18)
  • Musical instruments (16)
  • Microphone (14)
  • Trombonists (13)
  • Drum set (12)
  • Porches (9)
  • Jazz singers (8)
  • African American women jazz singers (6)
  • Clarinetists (6)
  • Sound studios (5)
  • Marriages of royalty and nobility (4)
  • Nobility (4)
  • Trumpet (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • African American children (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Chairs (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Music journalists (3)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Boxing (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • Fathers and sons (2)
  • Music critics (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American actors (1)
  • African American rock musicians (1)
  • Alcoholic drinks (1)
  • Arrangers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beachgoers (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Cage birds (1)
  • Canoes and canoeing (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fathers and daughters (1)
  • Fruit (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Necklaces (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)
  • Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Weight lifting (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (141)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
  • Basel (Switzerland) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Muskoka, Lake (Ont.) (1)
  • Paris (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (78)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (22)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (7)
  • Dickenson, Vic (7)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (5)
  • Lascelles, Gerald, 1924-1998 (5)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (4)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (4)
  • Lascelles, Angela, 1919-2007 (4)
  • Clayton, Steven (3)
  • Green, Bill (Double bassist) (3)
  • Richards, Red (3)
  • Tate, Buddy (3)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (3)
  • Adderley, Cannonball (2)
  • Barker, Danny (2)
  • Butts, Jimmy, 1917- (2)
  • Clayton, Candice (2)
  • Darville, John (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (2)
  • Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990 (2)
  • Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Masse, Jean-Marie (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Middleton, Velma (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)
  • Berry, Emmett (1)
  • Bushkin, Joe (1)
  • Caceres, Ernie (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Clayton, Patricia (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Domino, Fats, 1928- (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Fields, Kansas (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Flemming, Herb, 1900-1976 (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Gales, Lary (1)
  • Garner, Erroll (1)
  • Gonzales, Babs (1)
  • Hackett, Bobby (1)
  • Hall, Herb, 1907-1996 (1)
  • Herbert, Arthur, 1907- (1)
  • Higginbotham, Jay, 1906-1973 (1)
  • Humes, Helen (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)
  • Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Persip, Charlie (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Price, Sammy (1)
  • Rogers, Timmie (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)
  • 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 (128)
  • 1955 (6)
  • 1969 (2)
  • (-) 1960 (141)

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