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Big Joe Turner performing

Image

Big Joe Turner performing at a show. He is playing piano while looking up toward a microphone. He is wearing a suit and closing his eyes while smiling...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Charles "Crook" Goodwin smoking a cigar

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Charles "Crook" Goodwin smoking a cigar. He is wearing a suit and sitting while looking at the camera.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Richard Ross perform at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands and plucks his fiddle beside Richard Ross, who is singing into a microphone at the Levee Bar & Grill on...

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 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

Earl Robinson at Paul Gray's Jazz Place

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Earl Robinson performing at Paul Gray's Jazz Place in Lawrence, Kansas. He is wearing a tuxedo and standing on stage near a microphone on a stand.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jimmy Witherspoon singing

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Jimmy Witherspoon singing into a microphone on stage. He is wearing a suit and looking to the right. Unidentified musicians are playing behind him.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Katherine Davis and Erwin Helfer

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Katherine Davis sits on the floor in front of Erwin Helfer. Erwin sits on a piano bench and bends down to smile and hold the hands of Katherine. An...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

L.C. "Speedy" Huggins, Russ Long, and Julie Turner perform at the City Light Restaurant and Bar

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L.C. "Speedy" Huggins (drums), and unidentified African American male bass player, an unidentified white female sax player, Russ Long (piano), and...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Larry Holloway, on the bass, and Richard Ross, singing, perform at the Levee

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Richard Ross stands and smiles as he sings into a microphone he is holding in his left hand. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Richard...

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

Marilyn Maye on Talk Radio KCMO 710

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Marilyn Maye speaks into two microphones labeled as Talk Radio KCMO 710. The photograph is a close up of her face. Her glasses are markedly bifocals.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Richard Ross sings into a microphone at the Levee

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Richard Ross stands and speaks into a microphone from the edge of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The...

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

Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

Image

Richard Ross stands and smiles out at the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, as he performs with an...

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

Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

Image

Richard Ross, jazz singer, smiles at the audience as he stands behind a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • 2000
  • Jazz singers

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (8)
  • Betty Crow Collection (4)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Color photographs (13)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • African American men (8)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (8)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • Jazz musicians, White (7)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Fiddlers (4)
  • Keyboard players (4)
  • Photographs (4)
  • Portraits (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Interviewing on radio (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Radio broadcasting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Jazz singers (15)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (9)
  • Lawrence (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (8)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (4)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (4)
  • Davis, Katherine, 1953- (1)
  • Goodwin, Charles (Vocalist) (1)
  • Helfer, Erwin (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • Robinson, Earl (Musician) (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1907-1990 (1)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (11)
  • 1995 (4)
  • (-) 2000 (15)

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