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John Packer and Jay McShann

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John Packer with Jay McShann at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri; Packer is leaning on his bass watching McShann play piano; a microphone...

Date Published
April-17-1999
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Tootie Heath, Percy Heath, and Tony Purrone backstage at the Gem Theater

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An unidentified man sits with Albert "Tootie" Heath, and Tony Purrone, while Percy Heath and an unidentified woman stand backstage at the Gem Theater...

Date Published
April-17-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection
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  • 1999-04-17
  • Group portraits

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (2)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (1)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Gelatin silver prints (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hearing aids (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (1)

Subjects, People

  • Heath, Albert (1)
  • Heath, Percy, 1923-2005 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Packer, John (Bassist) (1)
  • Purrone, Tony (1)

Events

  • "The Heath Brothers: Jammin' at the Gem" (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • (-) 1999-04-17 (2)

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