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Buddy Rich And His Orchestra

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Publicity photo of Buddy Rich sitting at a drum set while looking forward and smiling. Rich is holding drum sticks in both hands and wearing a black...

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

Crying Rhinos

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The Crying Rhinos, a local Kansas City punk rock band comprised of four white men, in a collage of four photographs of each band member playing an...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Gene Krupa publicity photo

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Publicity photo of Gene Krupa seated behind a drum set with drumsticks in his hand; one hand held above his head. Text on the photo reads: Gene Krupa...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Hudson of Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats

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Hudson, of Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats and rockabilly drummer, sits behind a drum set and smiles at the camera. He wears a light colored cowboy hat.

Date Published
1997
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

James Harmon Band

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James Harmon Band, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand on stage wearing business suits as they perform. Printed on the drum, "James Harman...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jay McShann laughing at something Joe Williams just said

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Joe Williams and Jay McShann seated side by side and both holding a microphone with a drum set seen behind them; Williams has his arms spread and...

Date Published
October-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Publicity photo for the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" (filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach) featuring a performance shot of...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jo Jones playing drums

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PaPa Jo Jones playing drums in a multiple exposure photo; he's wearing a suit and tie and is playing against a black background.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Kansas City Red

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Blues drummer and vocalist Kansas City Red cocks his head to the right as he closes his eyes to sing into a microphone and play a drum set possibly...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Matt Angus Thing

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Matt Angus Thing, a rock band comprised of one white woman and two white men, is on a stage with a pressed tin ceiling and a flag of the United States...

Date Published
2002
2006
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mike Buck

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Blues drummer Mike Buck sits at a drum set and looks to his right as he wears a polka-dot, long-sleeved shirt.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Peppy Prince

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Signed portrait of Peppy Prince (i.e. Preston Prince) with his drum set.

Date Published
1978
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Postcard with Matti Oiling playing drums

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Postcard sent to Buck Clayton by Matti Oiling from Finland featuring Oiling playing Remo Drums and smiling.

Date Published
April-22-1988
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Publicity photo of Ray Bauduc and Nappy Lamare

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Ray Bauduc and Nappy Lamare smiling while standing over a drum set. Bauduc is holding a stick and wearing a checkered jacket. Lamare is wearing a dark...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ray McKinley

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Publicity photo of Ray McKinley sitting on a stool and surrounded by musician band shells. McKinley is leaning to the side and holding two drumsticks...

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

Ray McKinley and his orchestra

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Publicity photo of Ray McKinley sitting at a drum set with sticks in his hands, looking up and smiling. McKinley is wearing a white tuxedo jacket.

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

Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters

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Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, a zydeco band comprised of five African American men, stand on stage under a tent and play their instruments...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Roy Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Roy Carrier bends at the waist as he plays an accordion and smiles up at the photographer from the stage. A woman in profile looks...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sam Lay

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Blues drummer Sam Lay glares at the drum set he sits behind. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sam Lay. Blues Management Group, Thomas J...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sipho Kunene drumming

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Sipho Dunene playing drums; turned to the left.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Unidentified drummer

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A publicity photo for an unidentified white male drummer. The drummer is looking up and smiling while holding both drum sticks in the air.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Willie "The Touch" Hayes

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Blues drummer and vocalist Willie "The Touch" Hayes purses his lips and looks over his left shoulder as he plays a drum set while wearing a dark...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Publicity photographs
  • Drum set

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (10)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (20)
  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Reproductions (1)
  • Snapshots (1)
  • (-) Publicity photographs (22)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (8)
  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Drummers (Musicians) (18)
  • Men, White (12)
  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • African American men (8)
  • Jazz musicians, White (7)
  • Bands (Music) (6)
  • Blues musicians (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Guitar (4)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Accordion (2)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Zydeco musicians (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Postcards (1)
  • Punk rock musicians (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Rockabilly musicians (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • South Africans (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Drum set (22)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McKinley, Ray (2)
  • Angus, Matt (1)
  • Bauduc, Ray (1)
  • Buck, Mike (1)
  • Carrier, Roy (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Hayes, Willie (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Kansas City Red (1)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Kunene, Sipho (1)
  • Lamare, Nappy (1)
  • Lay, Sam (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Oiling, Matti (1)
  • Prince, Preston (1)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (1)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (6)
  • 1945 (5)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1988-04-22 (1)
  • 1989-10 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2006 (1)

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