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'Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows

Image

Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alden-Barrett Quintet

Image

Members of the Alden-Barrett Quintet (from left to right): Jackie Williams, Frank Tate[?], Howard Alden, Dan Barrett and Chuck Wilson

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Anson Funderburgh and Sam Myers

Image

Guitarist Anson Funderburgh folds his hands on the right shoulder of blues vocalist Sam Myers who is wearing sunglasses. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1981
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Audience during a MANA de Kansas City event

Image

A photograph of a seated Mexican American audience at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event in an auditorium. One African American woman and one...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
MANA de Kansas City Collection

Audience during a MANA de Kansas City event

Image

A profile photograph of a mostly Mexican American seated audience at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event in an auditorium. Two African American...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
MANA de Kansas City Collection

Audience stands to sing during a MANA de Kansas City event

Image

An audience at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event of Mexican American women studying a sheet of music, a Mexican American man, and an African...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
MANA de Kansas City Collection

audience visits during a MANA de Kansas City event

Image

An audience of Mexican American women and men visit in an auditorium at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. Most wear name tags. Estella...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
MANA de Kansas City Collection

Bayou Rhythm

Image

Bayou Rhythm, a zydeco and blues band comprised of one African American man and four white men, stand holding their instruments.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bea Marie Mejia and a man holding a wrapped gift

Image

Bea Marie Mejia, a Mexican American woman, smiles at the camera as she stands by an African American man holding a wrapped gift at an unidentified...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
MANA de Kansas City Collection

Bob Bowman, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Rod Fleeman enjoying performing

Image

Bob Bowman, electric double bass, and Rod Fleeman, guitar, grin across the stage at Claude "Fiddler" Williams as they perform on either side of Claude...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bob Bowman, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Rod Fleeman enjoying performing

Image

Bob Bowman, electric double bass, grins across the stage at Rod Fleeman, guitar, whose right side is to the camera as he bends halfway over toward...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bon Ton St. Mary

Image

Accordionist Bon Ton St. Mary sits on the top rung of a wooden fence holding an accordion and smiling directly at the photographer. A wooden building...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bruce Ricker, Jay McShann and an unidentified bearded man posing for a photo

Image

Bruce Ricker, Jay McShann, and unidentified bearded white man holding a cigarette posing together for a photo at an unidentified location with...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Buck Clayton and Count Basie hugging

Image

Buck Clayton hugging Count Basie; New York.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Dan Barrett

Image

Full length photo of Buck Clayton in a suit, white shoes, and hat standing next to Dan Barrett in a dress shirt and tie.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Eddie Durham

Image

Eddie Durham hugging Buck Clayton, both in suits, in front of a door with a light switch on the wall.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Image

Buck Clayton and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Image

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buck Clayton.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Humphrey Lyttelton

Image

Humphrey Lyttelton with Buck Clayton outside by a low fence with both of them laughing and lifting one leg in the air.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Humphrey Lyttelton

Image

Humphrey Lyttelton with his arm around Buck Clayton; standing outside on the sidewalk.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Humphrey Lyttelton looking over material

Image

Humphrey Lyttelton with Buck Clayton at a table with microphones in front of them; together they're looking over some written material and photographs...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Jo Jones on the stairs

Image

Buck Clayton, wearing an overcoat, standing outside on some steps with Jo Jones holding a San Francisco book bag.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Joe Temperley

Image

Joe Temperley with his instrument case standing with Buck Clayton; both facing the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and John Hammond

Image

Buck Clayton standing with John Hammond with other people seen milling around them.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Nat Pierce

Image

Nat Pierce with his arm around Buck Clayton outside on the sidewalk in front of a stone building; both men in winter coats.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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  • Jay McShann Collection (126)
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  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (19)
  • MANA de Kansas City Collection (10)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (5)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (4)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (318)

Genres

  • Group portraits (211)
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  • Black & white photographs (159)
  • Gelatin silver prints (159)
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  • Publicity photographs (40)
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Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (202)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (264)
  • Jazz musicians (256)
  • Men, White (153)
  • Jazz musicians, White (85)
  • Pianists (71)
  • Trumpet players (53)
  • Piano (49)
  • African American women (44)
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  • Drummers (Musicians) (24)
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  • Blues musicians (20)
  • Fiddlers (19)
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  • Bands (Music) (15)
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  • Hats (13)
  • Jazz singers (13)
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  • Hispanic American women (10)
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  • Buildings (7)
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  • Signs and signboards (7)
  • Trumpet (7)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
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  • Smoking (6)
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  • Inflatable boats (4)
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  • Older men (4)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (4)
  • Automobiles (3)
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  • Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian (3)
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  • Women pianists (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American children (1)
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  • African American women authors (1)
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  • Asian Americans (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Awnings (1)
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  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
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  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
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  • Belts (Clothing) (1)
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  • (-) African American men (318)

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  • African American gay men (2)
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  • Gay political activists (2)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (2)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White gay men (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (1)
  • Pink triangles (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (6)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)
  • Nice (France) (1)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (116)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (67)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (20)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (20)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (19)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (9)
  • Tate, Buddy (7)
  • Mackrel, Dennis (5)
  • Morris, Dinky (5)
  • Pierce, Nat (5)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (4)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (4)
  • Gunther, Paul (4)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (4)
  • Lawrence, Doug (4)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (3)
  • Chirillo, James (3)
  • Cray, Robert (3)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (3)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (3)
  • Fleeman, Rod (3)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (3)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (3)
  • Mejia, Bea Marie (3)
  • Mullins, Reverdy, 1921-2007 (3)
  • Muro, Barbara (Of Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Sandke, Randy (3)
  • Temperley, Joe (3)
  • Agwada, Vince (2)
  • Alden, Howard (2)
  • Arterton, Jon (2)
  • Barrett, Dan (2)
  • Bindner, Lou (2)
  • Callen, Michael, 1955-1993 (2)
  • Coles, Honi, 1911-1992 (2)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (2)
  • Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987 (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Font, Aurelio (2)
  • Hammond, John, 1942- (2)
  • Hinton, Milt (2)
  • Holloway, Red (2)
  • Johnson, Luther (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Kessler, Stan (2)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (2)
  • Maxwell, Jim, 1917-2002 (2)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ricker, Bruce, 1942-2011 (2)
  • Rustin, Alice Betty (2)
  • Rutland, Jimmy (2)
  • Shaw, Arvell (2)
  • Sims, Zoot (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Stripling, Byron (2)
  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (2)
  • Tate, Frank (2)
  • Townsend, Cliff (2)
  • Voce, Steve (2)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Bell, Aaron, 1922-2003 (1)
  • Bell, Jim (1)
  • Bert, Eddie (1)
  • Boyer, Pierre, 1942-1997 (1)
  • Braff, Ruby, 1927-2003 (1)
  • Brubeck, Dave (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Capp, Frank (1)
  • Cheatham, Doc (1)
  • Chenier, C. J. (Clayton Joseph), 1957- (1)
  • Davis, Larry, 1936-1994 (1)
  • Davis, Spanky (1)
  • Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (1)
  • Doder, Keith (1)
  • Dunbar, Ted, 1937-1998 (1)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Eddy, Jane (1)
  • Ellis, E. Frank, 1918-2007 (1)
  • Elswick, Molly (1)
  • Engleking, Lee (1)
  • Evans, Charlotte (Sister of Jeannie Cheatham) (1)
  • Evans, Jo Anne (1)
  • Folds, Chuck (1)
  • Frost, Frank, 1936-1999 (1)
  • Fuller, Curtis, 1934- (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • Galaviz, DaLinda (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Green, Urbie (1)
  • Hall, Al, 1915-1988 (1)
  • Hamilton, Scott, 1954- (1)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (1)
  • Heath, Percy, 1923-2005 (1)
  • Henderson, Gloria (Jazz fan) (1)
  • Henderson, John (Jazz fan) (1)
  • Henry, Haywood (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hicks, John, 1941-2006 (1)
  • Hill, Z. Z. (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Johnson, Floyd, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Johnson, Plas (1)
  • Jones, Betty (1)
  • Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 (1)
  • Jones, Max, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Jones, Oliver, 1934- (1)
  • Kansas City Red (1)
  • Koch, Ed, 1924-2013 (1)
  • Landreth, Sonny (1)
  • Lay, Sam (1)
  • Lazy Lester (1)
  • Locke, Eddie (1)
  • Lovett, Baby (1)
  • Majors, Scott (1)
  • Masse, Jean-Marie (1)
  • McPherson, Charles (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Melton, Mel (1)
  • Miles, Buddy (1)
  • Milton, Warren (1)
  • Morales, Estella (1)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (1)
  • Ning, Mike (1)
  • O'Neill, William A. (William Atchison), 1930-2007 (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Ramos, Sally (1)
  • Ranson, David (1)
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  • Robinson, Scott (1)
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  • Simmen, Johnny, 1918-2004 (1)
  • Smith, Bill (Photographic subject) (1)
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  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • St. Mary, Mark, 1957- (1)
  • Steiner, Ernst (1)
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  • Stitt, Sonny (1)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Van Buren, James (1)
  • Van Eps, George (1)
  • Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 (1)
  • Vignola, Jean-Pierre (1)
  • Wade, Jack (Jazz fan) (1)
  • Wanzo, Mel (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Weber, Vince, 1953- (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (1)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (1)
  • Williams, Pinky (1)
  • Williams, Sandy, 1906-1991 (1)
  • Wilson, Charles, 1957- (1)
  • Wilson, Chuck (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Witherspoon, Leonard (1)
  • Wood, Elise (1)

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