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9's

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The 9's, a funk band comprised of five white men and one white woman, stand together wearing dark suits against a white background except for the band...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Automatics

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The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of four white men and two African American men, sit on a deck railing with trees behind them...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boko Maru

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BokoMaru, a Kansas City jazz and funk band comprised of five white men, stand outside all wearing dark colors. The photo is shot from the ground up...

Date Published
1994
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brian Stoltz

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Brian Stoltz, singer, funk and soul guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana, looks down with concentration as he plays an electric guitar; light coming...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra

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Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Global Funk Council

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Global Funk Council, a funk band comprised of Anthony Smith, Eric Bolivar, Dan Lebowitz, and Steve Adams, stand looking up at the camera. All wear a...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Grupo Fantasma

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Grupo Fantasma, a Latin funk group comprised of ten mostly Mexican American men and a few white men, stand and sit in front of Leal's Tire Shop which...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hector Bonet

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Funk vocalist Hector Bonet looks directly at the photographer as he wears a light-colored suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Hector...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lágbájá

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Yoruban percussionist and saxophonist Lágbájá plays Afrobeat, jazz, funk and soul music. He looks directly at the camera through a hooded and masked...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Porterhouse

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Porterhouse, a funk and soul band comprised of one African American man and three white men, lean against a clapboard wall and look directly at the...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

ReBirth Brass Band

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ReBirth Brass Band, a bayou funk band from New Orleans comprised of eight African American men who stand in a group together with their arms crossed...

Date Published
2001
2005
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Robert Randolph

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Robert Randolph, funk and soul pedal steel guitarist, laughs off to the right as he sits on a stage and plays a pedal steel guitar with a drum set...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Robert Randolph & The Family Band

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Robert Randolph and The Family Band, a funk and soul band comprised of John Ginty, Danyel Morgan, Marcus Randolph, and Robert Randolph, crouch in...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rudy Love and the Love Family Band

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Rudy Love and the Love Family Band, a funk band from Wichita, Kansas comprised of eight African American men and one African American woman, sit on...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Vinx

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Vinx, percussionist and singer, leans with his ankles crossed against a rough wall and looks down to the left toward the light on the left side...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Vinx

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Vinx, percussionist and singer, rests his hands on the back of a light colored top hat he is wearing and looks seriously at the camera in a close-up...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Zapp

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Zapp, a funk band comprised of one African American woman and seven African American men, stand in a group in their performance costumes and smile at...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 2001
  • Funk musicians

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (17)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (17)
  • Black & white photographs (14)
  • Gelatin silver prints (14)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Photocopies (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (15)
  • 1991-2000 (3)

Subjects

  • African American men (11)
  • Bands (Music) (11)
  • Men, White (9)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Soul musicians (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Hispanic American men (2)
  • Men (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Black people (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hawaiian guitar (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Mexican Americans (1)
  • Music--African influences (1)
  • Music--Latin American influences (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Rap musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Yoruba (African people) (1)
  • (-) Funk musicians (17)

Subjects, People

  • Randolph, Robert (Guitarist) (2)
  • Vinx (Musician) (2)
  • Adams, Steve (Bassist) (1)
  • Alicknavitch, Mike (1)
  • Bolivar, Eric (1)
  • Bonet, Hector (1)
  • Carlito (1)
  • Chi, Kai (1)
  • Ginty, John (1)
  • Gooden, Lauretta (1)
  • jee eye zee (1)
  • J Truth (1)
  • Knowledge, Cee (1)
  • Lagbaja (1)
  • Lebowitz, Dan (1)
  • Love, Rudy (1)
  • May, Frank E. (1)
  • Meeks, Jay (1)
  • Morgan, Danyel (1)
  • Randolph, Marcus (1)
  • Smith, Anthony (Keyboard player) (1)
  • Stoltz, Brian (1)
  • Sun, Jah (1)
  • Z-Boy (1)

Date Published

  • 2004 (12)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 2005 (1)
  • 2010 (1)
  • (-) 2001 (17)

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