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Ahmad Alaadeen playing flute with a violin student

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, from his right, plays a flute while teaching an seated unidentified female violin student at the Charlie Parker Academy in Kansas City...

Date Published
1975
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Barney Kessel having a conversation with Joe Venuti

Image

Barney Kessel facing Joe Venuti, wearing a fedora with a feather hatband, having a conversation outdoors during Dick Gibson's Jazz Party in Vail...

Date Published
September-1968
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

Image

Joe Turner singing on stage with Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith on violin and Jimmy Woode on bass in Paris, France.

Date Published
1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Capitol Records microphone

Image

Close-up photograph of a Capitol Records microphone showing the label name. An unidentified white male violinist is standing behind the microphone...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Carl Bergner, Paul Creston, and Martin Katahn

Image

Carl Bergner, Paul Creston, and Martin Katahn talking and looking at music on a stand at the Hartt School, Hartford, Connecticut.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing in front of a wooden barn. Williams is wearing a dark jacket and looking forward.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing against a wall with floral wallpaper, holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Williams is...

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in front of Musician's Mutual Association

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing in front of Musician's Mutual Association.

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Echoes of Erin with Ahmad Alaadeen at Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, jamming with Echoes of Erin, a group of musicians from Ireland, at Mutual Musicians Foundation in...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Entertaining the crowd at Phoenix Books

Image

Two unidentified white women providing entertainment at Phoenix Books' grand opening; one woman is playing a guitar and the other a violin.

Date Published
March-07-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

Image

Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard...

Date Published
August-16-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann performing on stage with Claude Williams and Eddie Davis

Image

Jay McShann (piano), Claude Williams (violin), and Eddie Davis (saxophone) performing together on stage at an unidentified outdoor event; large trees...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and others performing on an outdoor stage

Image

Jay McShann performing on stage with Gerald Spait, bass, and other musicians at an unidentified outdoor concert; banners for Miller Genuine Draft are...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with Eddie Vinson and Papa John Creach

Image

Jeannie Cheatham standing with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Papa John Creach outside an unidentified building; both men are wearing sunglasses and...

Date Published
1987
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Joe Venuti

Image

Low angle photograph of Joe Venuti playing violin into a microphone on stage. Venuti is looking down with a surprised expression and is wearing a...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Joe Venuti grinning for the camera

Image

Possibly Joe Venuti standing and grinning at the photographer with a group of unidentified people sitting behind him. Possibly Billy Butterfield...

Date Published
September-1975
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Joe Venuti sits at a table with a friend

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Joe Venuti, left, sitting at a table with an unidentified white male friend.

Date Published
September-1975
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Leon Jordan with several people in a restaurant

Image

Leon Jordan sitting with several unidentified people in a restaurant, possibly in Italy. A violinist is playing in the back of the restaurant. Jordan...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Leon Jordan with several people in a restaurant

Image

Leon Jordan sitting with several unidentified people in a restaurant, possibly in Italy. A violinist is playing in the back of the restaurant and...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Little girls playing violin

Image

Two little girls playing violin in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.

Date Published
1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Mildred Bailey and Joe Venuti

Image

Mildred Bailey and Joe Venuti seated at a dining table with water glasses and an ashtray.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Neville Marriner conducting

Image

Neville Marriner conducting on stage with an audience in the background. Marriner is extending both arms out, holding a conducting baton in his right...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Papa John Creach and his violin

Image

"Papa" John Creach seated in front of a microphone and about to play his violin during a recording session; facing to the right of the photo.

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Shahid (Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, and Fiddler Williams)

Image

The original members of The Shahid, a Nation of Islam music group first formed in the 1960s (Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, and Claude...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Stéphane Grappelli on an outdoor stage

Image

Stéphane Grappelli playing violin on an outdoor stage in front of a microphone; wearing a floral print shirt and eyes looking to the left.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (10)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (8)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Betty Crow Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (2)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (2)
  • Paul Creston Collection (2)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (41)

Genres

  • Group portraits (28)
  • Color photographs (22)
  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Portrait photographs (17)
  • (-) Snapshots (41)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (12)
  • 1941-1950 (7)
  • 1951-1960 (5)
  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (4)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (18)
  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • Violin (9)
  • Musicians (8)
  • Saxophonists (8)
  • Musical instruments (7)
  • Pianists (7)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Microphone (4)
  • Piano (4)
  • String ensembles (4)
  • Conductors (Music) (3)
  • Cruise ships (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Cellists (2)
  • Composers (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Flute players (2)
  • Radio talk show hosts (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • African American Muslims (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Black Muslims (1)
  • Cello (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Independent bookstores (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Name tags (1)
  • Native American women (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Violists (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women musicians (1)
  • (-) Violinists (41)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • Women's bookshops (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)
  • Italy (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (1)
  • Hartford (Conn.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (6)
  • Venuti, Joe (5)
  • Gregg, Joseph Boon, 1913-1995 (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990 (3)
  • Dexter, Dave (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Creach, Papa John (2)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (2)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (2)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (2)
  • Bailey, Mildred (1)
  • Bergner, Carl, 1930-2000 (1)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • Falah, Tayammum (1)
  • Grappelli, Stéphane (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Kessel, Barney (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lert, Richard, 1885-1980 (1)
  • Marriner, Neville (1)
  • Smith, Stuff (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Woode, Jimmy (1)
  • Young, Victor, 1900-1956 (1)

Events

  • Central Avenue Jazz Festival (1)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (7)
  • 1945 (7)
  • 1971 (5)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 2000 (4)
  • 1975 (3)
  • 1992-10 (3)
  • 1997-05-11 (3)
  • 1952 (2)
  • 1955 (2)
  • 1965 (2)
  • 1975-09 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1959-09 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1968-09 (1)
  • 1976 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1992-03-07 (1)
  • 1998 (1)

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