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Arch Martin and Ed Dix playing

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A photo taken from the side of Arch Martin (possibly) playing trombone with Ed Dix on tenor sax visible in the background.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Tommy Ruskin at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Tommy Ruskin at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Moore is sitting on the edge of the stage...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet

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Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band...

Date Published
1991
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blazing Redheads

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The Blazing Redheads are a jazz band comprised of four white women. They are holding their heads very close together for a head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1988
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blazing Redheads

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The Blazing Redheads are a jazz band comprised of four white women, two of whom sit on stools and two who stand. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1988
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Brookmeyer delivering a graduation address

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Possibly Bob Brookmeyer at a podium on stage addressing a graduating class in front of him. Others are on stage behind him and all are dressed in...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob Brookmeyer leading a jazz band

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Bob Brookmeyer faces the band on stage at the International Association of Jazz Educators. Members of the audience can be seen from behind.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob Brookmeyer leading a jazz band

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Bob Brookmeyer faces the band on stage at the International Association of Jazz Educators. Members of the audience can be seen from behind.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and the guitarist smile at each other as the trio performs

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands sideways on stage smiling at a seated white male guitarist who looks up at Claude with a big grin as he plays his...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays next to a smiling drummer

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he stands on the left side of the photograph and draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle. An...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he stands on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, snapping his...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins and pumps his fist at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams has a big grin on his face as he takes a little side step on stage, pumps the fist of his right hand, and holds his bow and...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends his knees and smiles as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee with Larry Holloway

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands tall as he plays the fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway on...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee with Larry Holloway

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands tall as he plays the fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway on...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs by playing jazz on his fiddle at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams listen to an unidentified white female...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with an unidentified white...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with another, white female...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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  • Jazz musicians, White

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (37)
  • Ed Dix Collection (25)
  • Jay McShann Collection (20)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (12)
  • Betty Crow Collection (3)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (100)

Genres

  • Color photographs (82)
  • Group portraits (76)
  • Snapshots (48)
  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Publicity photographs (12)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Photocopies (5)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (62)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (100)
  • Men, White (92)
  • African American jazz musicians (66)
  • African American men (64)
  • Fiddlers (36)
  • Double bassists (32)
  • Women, White (27)
  • Saxophonists (24)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (21)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (19)
  • Guitarists (19)
  • Pianists (19)
  • Piano (15)
  • Audiences (11)
  • Drum set (9)
  • Bands (Music) (8)
  • Jazz singers (8)
  • Saxophone (8)
  • Trombonists (6)
  • African American high school students (5)
  • Music audiences (5)
  • River boats (5)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Microphone (4)
  • Buildings (3)
  • Clarinetists (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Trees (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Beer neon signs (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Funk musicians (2)
  • Grandfathers (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Soul musicians (2)
  • Academic costume (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Avant-garde (Music) (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Cake (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Carnival decorations (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Class reunions (1)
  • College graduates (1)
  • Commencement ceremonies (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fathers and daughters (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Gifts (1)
  • Golf clubs (Sporting goods) (1)
  • Golfers (1)
  • Granddaughters (1)
  • Grandsons (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Interviewing on radio (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Jazz-rock (Music) (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Mothers and daughters (1)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Older men (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Political campaigns (1)
  • Radio broadcasting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Television personalities (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Waitresses (1)
  • World beat (Music) (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians, White (100)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (23)
  • Anchorage (Alaska) (1)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (36)
  • McShann, Jay (20)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (19)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (18)
  • Abshire, Steve (5)
  • Miles, Butch, 1944- (5)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (4)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (4)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (3)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (3)
  • Noland, Neil (3)
  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (3)
  • Alexander, Monty (2)
  • Galloway, Jim (2)
  • Rosengarden, Bobby (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Caldwell, Bill (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Caplan, Marc (1)
  • Davis, Katherine, 1953- (1)
  • DeMasters, Tom (1)
  • DiBenedetto, Tony (1)
  • Dix, Mary (1)
  • Dr. John, 1941-2019 (1)
  • Elliot, John F., 1926-2013 (1)
  • Glaser, Matt (1)
  • Hamilton, Jeff (1)
  • Handy, Charles L. (1)
  • Harris, Gene, 1933-2000 (1)
  • Helfer, Erwin (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (1)
  • Izzard, Jim (1)
  • Kellaway, Roger (1)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • Meyers, Mary (1)
  • Moore, Billie G. (1)
  • Newhall, Jeanne (1)
  • Peplowski, Ken (1)
  • Ramsdell, Susan Dix (1)
  • Ray, Diane (1)
  • Rocio, Ron (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Saunders, Merl (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Simon, Jeff (1)
  • Taylor, Will, 1968- (1)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (1)
  • Van Sant, Richard (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Fest (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Topeka Jazz Festival (Topeka, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (91)
  • 1995 (4)
  • 1988 (2)
  • 1999 (1)
  • (-) 1991 (100)

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