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Ahmad Alaadeen appreciating Jay McShann's piano talents

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Jay McShann from his left side, watching his hands as he plays piano. A microphone is visible at the top of the photograph. A cloth lies across the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen intensely plays the saxophone

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Ahmad Alaadeen, from his left side, stands and scrunches his face while playing a saxophone.

Date Published
1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen plays a tenor saxophone during a performance

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Close-up of Ahmad Alaadeen performing by playing a tenor saxophone with an unidentified school jazz band who are not in the photograph.

Date Published
1999
1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen plays a tenor saxophone during a performance

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Close-up of Ahmad Alaadeen performing by playing a tenor saxophone with an unidentified school jazz band who are not in the photograph.

Date Published
1999
1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen smiles as the students perform

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Ahmad Alaadeen turns to his left and smiles at a student saxophone players performing on stage with an unidentified school jazz band.

Date Published
1999
1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Astral Project

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Astral Project, a jazz band comprised of five white men, stand in front of a marble wall. Printed on the margin below the photograph, "John Vidacovich...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baron Shul

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Baron Shul, saxophonist for the jazz swing band Indigo Swing, stands by a beam and looks tiredly off to his right. He holds a tenor saxophone with...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his left side, closes his eyes as he draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, slanted photograph.

Date Published
1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams furrows his brow as he performs with his fiddle

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In a close-up photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and furrows his brow as he draws his bow across his fiddle during a performance. A...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams gives a slight smile as he performs

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles slightly as he plays his fiddle in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.

Date Published
1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams gives a slight smile as he performs

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles slightly as he plays his fiddle in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.

Date Published
1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at his fiddle as he performs

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the strings of his fiddle as he draws his bow across them in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Delegates

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The Delegates, a jazz band comprised of five white men, sit in a wood paneled room wearing dark jackets over shirts with open collars. Printed in the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Everette DeVan, Linda McShann, and Betty Crow with five unidentified people

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Everette DeVan, Linda McShann, and Betty Crow standing with five unidentified people outdoors. DeVan is fourth from left, wearing a tan shirt and cap...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Grover Washington, Jr.

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Grover Washington, Jr., jazz saxophonist, leans back, closes his eyes, and blows into a saxophone.

Date Published
1991
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Indigo Swing

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Indigo Swing, a jazz swing band, here with a photograph of three of its members. The three white men stand in a doorway all wearing business suits and...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Bryan...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums while...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin looking up and to the...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bryan Hicks looking to the side while...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Rusking (partially off camera)...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin looking down while...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, an...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin looking down while...

Date Published
1992
1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (16)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (11)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (11)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (5)

Types

  • photographs (43)

Genres

  • Color photographs (30)
  • Portrait photographs (30)
  • Group portraits (29)
  • Snapshots (16)
  • Black & white photographs (13)
  • Gelatin silver prints (13)
  • Publicity photographs (11)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (38)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (26)
  • Saxophonists (25)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (15)
  • Double bassists (15)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (14)
  • African American men (9)
  • Fiddlers (8)
  • Jazz musicians, White (7)
  • Men, White (7)
  • Bands (Music) (6)
  • Keyboard players (6)
  • Women singers (6)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Violinists (3)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz-rock (Music) (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (43)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (15)

Subjects, People

  • Hicks, Bryan (15)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (12)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (10)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (8)
  • Barry, Ken (7)
  • Saunders, Eddie (7)
  • Bell, Sylvia (4)
  • Godbey, Russ (4)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (4)
  • Ning, Mike (3)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (3)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (2)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Briggs, Karen (Violinist) (1)
  • Clarke, Stanley (1)
  • Cooling, Joyce (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Dagradi, Tony (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Kotzen, Richie (1)
  • Masakowski, Steve, 1954- (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Linda (1)
  • Shul, Baron (1)
  • Singleton, James, 1955- (1)
  • Torkanowsky, David, 1956- (1)
  • Vidacovich, Johnny, 1949- (1)
  • Washington, Grover, Jr., 1943-1999 (1)
  • White, Lenny (1)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (1)
  • Z., Rachel (1)

Events

  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (6)

Date Published

  • 1992 (16)
  • 1991 (8)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1997 (1)
  • (-) 1999 (43)

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