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Al Pearson at Jardine's

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Al Pearson performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet on the right, next to an unidentified man playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Pearson at Plaza III

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Al Pearson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking up while playing trumpet into a microphone.

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Pearson rehearsing

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Al Pearson rehearsing at an unidentified venue. He is playing trumpet on the left with two unidentified musicians. They are all reading from music on...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Pearson rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Al Pearson rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Pearson is standing and playing trumpet while an unidentified...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Army band at an unidentified venue

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Army band performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right: Cal Gould playing trombone, Connie Newton playing trumpet, Ed Stafford playing...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is playing saxophone in the front row, far left. Unidentified...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Al Pearson is sitting in the back row, second from left, with a number of...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Eddie Saunders at Obsessions Night Club

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Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Eddie Saunders performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Anderson is playing trumpet while...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Elsa Hart

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Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Elsa Hart posing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They are both smiling...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band at the Drum Room

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Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band at the Drum Room

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Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band at the Drum Room

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Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob Branstetter and Wayne Ruppenthal at Jardine's

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Bob Branstetter and Wayne Ruppenthal performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is playing bass while looking...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Carmell Jones at Jardine's

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Carmell Jones performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet while facing left and closing his eyes. An...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Carmell Jones soloing on trumpet at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Carmell Jones soloing on trumpet at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other musicians on stage from left to right: Arch...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Carmell Jones with an unidentified big band at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Carmell Jones performing with an unidentified big band at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Chauncey Downs Orchestra at Fairyland Park

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Chauncey Downs Orchestra performing at Fairyland Park on Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The musicians are on stage in a band shell with a...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a moment to smile at the camera

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from behind a seated audience member, stands sideways to the stage to smile at the camera; his fiddle tucked under his...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Count Basie Orchestra at an unidentified venue

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Count Basie Orchestra performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right Count Basie playing piano, Rodney Richardson playing bass, Jimmy Rushing...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (194)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (194)

Genres

  • Snapshots (193)
  • Color photographs (188)
  • Portrait photographs (182)
  • Group portraits (177)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (184)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (195)
  • African American jazz musicians (166)
  • Saxophonists (108)
  • Double bassists (102)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (87)
  • Keyboard players (78)
  • Trombonists (71)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (52)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (50)
  • Guitar players (15)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Jazz festivals (9)
  • Women singers (7)
  • Flute players (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Photographs (2)
  • Portraits, Group (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • (-) Trumpet players (195)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (160)
  • 18th and Vine District (41)
  • Central Street (3)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (3)
  • 43rd Street (1)
  • Lawrence (Kan.) (1)
  • Oklahoma City (Okla.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Ruskin, Tommy (33)
  • Pearson, Al (25)
  • Hicks, Bryan (19)
  • McFadden, Lonnie (15)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (15)
  • McFadden, Ronnie (14)
  • Ning, Mike (13)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (12)
  • Jones, Carmell (12)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (11)
  • Warner, Duck (11)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (10)
  • Morrissey, Pat (Musician) (10)
  • May, Rod (9)
  • Perryman, Tim (9)
  • Spaits, Gerald (9)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (9)
  • Dunn, Gerald (8)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (8)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (8)
  • Saunders, Eddie (8)
  • Rowles, Stacy, 1955-2009 (7)
  • Branstetter, Bob (6)
  • Hyde, Dick (6)
  • Kessler, Stan (6)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (6)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (5)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (5)
  • Lee, Marcellus (5)
  • Mair, Jim, 1966- (5)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Morrissey, Charles Patrick (5)
  • Ruppenthal, Wayne (5)
  • Sivils, Gary (5)
  • Smith, Paul (Paul E.) (5)
  • Strozier, Mark (5)
  • Winslett, Dennis (5)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (4)
  • Campbell, Danny (Trumpet player) (4)
  • Embrey, Danny (4)
  • Hendricks, Rick (4)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (3)
  • Crain, Bill (Musician) (3)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (3)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (3)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (3)
  • Strait, Todd (3)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (3)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (3)
  • Allyson, Karrin (2)
  • Anderson, Ricky (2)
  • Auwarter, Doug (2)
  • Barry, Ken (2)
  • Battaglia, Chico (2)
  • Booth, John (Musician) (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Hawkins, Wayne (Pianist) (2)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (2)
  • Hill, Rich (Musician) (2)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (2)
  • Long, Russ (2)
  • Musa, Monte (2)
  • Parkinson, Michael, 1950- (2)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (2)
  • Reed, Ray (2)
  • Stewart, Forrest (Musician) (2)
  • Stringer, Dean (2)
  • Wesley, Lucky (2)
  • Zanders, Al (2)
  • Alexander, Monty (1)
  • Anderson, Frog (1)
  • Anderson, Jackie (Musician) (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Basse, David (1)
  • Beckett, Fred (1)
  • Caldwell, Bill (Saxophonist) (1)
  • De Marchi, Ray (1)
  • Eldar, 1987- (1)
  • Ferguson, Harry (1)
  • Fleeman, Rod (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Gray, Paul, 1947- (1)
  • Hart, Elsa (1)
  • Hibbler, Robert (1)
  • Hudson, Kenny (1)
  • Loon, Harry Van (1)
  • Lucas, Dennis (Musician) (1)
  • McMahon, Mary (Musician) (1)
  • Meynier, Billy (1)
  • Park, Kim (1)
  • Pharr, Andrea (1)
  • Ray, Diane (1)
  • Samuels, Duke (1)
  • Samuels, Nobel (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Smith, William (Musician) (1)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (1)
  • Washington, Horace, 1952-2014 (1)
  • Wellman, Angie (1)
  • White, Mike (Musician) (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)

Events

  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (12)
  • Spirit Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (7)
  • Topeka Jazz Festival (Topeka, Kan.) (3)
  • Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1991 (181)
  • 2000 (11)
  • (-) 1995 (195)

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