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Alberta Hunter

Image

Promotional photo for NPR Jazz Alive! Radio show featuring Alberta Hunter singing into microphone. Hunter has one arm raised and is looking to the...

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

Apollo Theater show

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Apollo Theatre photomontage featuring several images of performances at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bettye Miller

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Publicity photo of Bettye Miller seated at piano.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Billie Holiday

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Signed portrait of Billie Holiday.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Billie Holiday and Mary Osborne on Art Ford's Jazz Party

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Billie Holiday with Mary Osborne, playing guitar, performing on the Art Ford's Jazz Party against a dark background; Newark, New Jersey.

Date Published
1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Billie Holiday at microphone

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Billie Holiday holding a Blue network microphone and smiling with unidentified musicians in the background. Holiday is wearing a shirt with BH...

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

Billie Holiday at microphone

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Billie Holiday holding a Blue network microphone and smiling with unidentified musician in the background. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder...

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

Billie Holiday commemorative plaque at the Swing Street Dedication

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Buck Clayton holding an plaque commemorating Billie Holiday, with Billy Taylor standing beside him behind the microphone on the stage at the Swing...

Date Published
June-24-1979
June-28-1979
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Billie Holiday performing

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Billie Holiday performing with an unidentified band. Holiday is singing with her eyes closed and head tilted back, wearing a floral print dress.

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

Billie Holiday singing

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Billie Holiday photographed from the side singing and looking forward. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder patch and a white hair wrap.

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

Brenda Lee Eager

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Headshot of Brenda Lee Eager leaning forward with her elbows on a table and holding her head in her hands. Eager is wearing a large flower in her hair...

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

Buck Clayton and Helen Humes

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Close up shot of Helen Humes with Buck Clayton.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton seated with Dicky Wells and possibly Nancy Wilson

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Buck Clayton seated with Dicky Wells and, possibly, Nancy Wilson.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cab Calloway and Jeannie Cheatham

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Publicity photograph featuring a gesticulating Cab Calloway in a white suit, a clarinet by his side, and Jeannie Cheatham, also in white, seated at a...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cab Calloway and Jeannie Cheatham on stage

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Cab Calloway on stage directing a band with Jeannie Cheatham playing piano; eleven other band members are shown wearing black and Calloway and...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Carmen McRae and an unidentified woman with Buck Clayton

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Buck Clayton seated at an outdoor table and speaking with Carmen McRae and an unidentified woman.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Carrie Smith

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Headshot of singer Carrie Smith looking forward and smiling. Smith is wearing a floral print blouse and hoop earrings.

Date Published
1979
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Cheathams and friends

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with unidentified group of standing on a stair landing outside a house or apartment; all looking at the camera and smiling.

Date Published
November-1961
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

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Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

City Light Jazz Ensemble in front of the Gem Theater

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City Light Jazz Ensemble sits in and stands by a 1946 De Soto convertible in front of the Gem Theater with Ida McBeth leaning on the right front hood...

Date Published
1988
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Contact sheet of the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing at Alameda Plaza

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Contact sheet with ten images, numbered: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (10 crossed out), 12 (11 crossed out), 12A. 3: Woman with fists clenched, singing...

Date Published
April-20-1974
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Dinah Washington

Image

Dinah Washington singing into a microphone on stage with unidentified musicians in the background. Washington is wearing a pinstripe suit jacket and...

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

Dionne Warwick

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Publicity photo of Dionne Warwick looking forward and smiling while holding her hands up to her cheeks. Warwick is wearing a white blouse.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Edwards Sisters

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The Edwards Sisters performing on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York with unidentified pianist behind them.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ella Fitzgerald smiling

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Ella Fitzgerald facing forward and smiling, wearing a black dress and a pearl necklace.

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (43)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (33)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (17)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (5)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (102)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (102)
  • Portrait photographs (54)
  • Group portraits (50)
  • Publicity photographs (41)
  • Snapshots (25)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Film stills (1)
  • Promotional materials (1)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (102)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (24)
  • 1941-1950 (22)
  • 1971-1980 (22)
  • 1951-1960 (5)
  • 1991-2000 (5)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (62)
  • Women jazz musicians (44)
  • Women pianists (42)
  • Trombonists (24)
  • Jazz musicians (22)
  • Pianists (21)
  • Piano (20)
  • Trumpet players (17)
  • Microphone (13)
  • Hats (10)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Saxophonists (10)
  • Double bassists (9)
  • African American couples (7)
  • Saxophone (7)
  • Trombone (7)
  • African American band directors (6)
  • Double bass (6)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Musical instruments (5)
  • Trumpet (5)
  • Band directors (4)
  • Women jazz singers (4)
  • Award presentations (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Hairdressing of African Americans (3)
  • Signs and signboards (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Brick walls (2)
  • Caftans (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Drinking glasses (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Mutes (Music) (2)
  • Necklaces (2)
  • Academic libraries (1)
  • African American composers (1)
  • African American dancers (1)
  • African American mayors (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • African Americans (1)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Award winners (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Belts (Clothing) (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Corduroy (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musical notation (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Reference books (1)
  • School photography (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Shelving for books (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • Swing (Music) (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Vests (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Wood-carved figurines (1)
  • (-) African American women jazz singers (102)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (41)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (23)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (9)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (9)
  • Lee, Julia, 1902-1958 (6)
  • Humes, Helen (5)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (3)
  • Callender, Red (3)
  • Carpenter, Thelma (Vocalist) (3)
  • Peagler, Curtis (3)
  • Taylor, Myra (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Bailey, Pearl (2)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (2)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (2)
  • Horne, Lena (2)
  • Johnson, Lew (2)
  • Middleton, Velma (2)
  • Morris, Dinky (2)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (2)
  • Tate, Norene (2)
  • Wilson, Nancy, 1937- (2)
  • Young, Snooky (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Anderson, Ivie (1)
  • Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Calloway, Chris (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (1)
  • Crawford, Randy (1)
  • Crump, Bob (1)
  • De Rivel, Moune (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Durrett, Warren (1)
  • Eager, Brenda Lee (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Flack, Roberta (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hunter, Alberta (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Jefferson, Carl E. (1)
  • Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (1)
  • Jones, Thad (1)
  • Lee, Gene (1)
  • Legge, Jimmy (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • McRae, Carmen (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Mitchell, Grover, 1930-2003 (1)
  • Osborne, Mary, 1921-1992 (1)
  • René, Leon, 1902-1982 (1)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (1)
  • Robinson, Janice (1)
  • Rushen, Patrice (1)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (1)
  • Scott, Bud, 1890-1949 (1)
  • Shareef, Museyf (1)
  • Shepard, Elvin (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Smith, Carrie, 1925-2012 (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 (1)
  • Warwick, Dionne (1)
  • Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963 (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)
  • Williams, Esther (Vocalist) (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Wilson, Spanky (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Events

  • Jazz Lovers' Fall Crawl (1988 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Swing Street Dedication (1979 : New York, N.Y.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1971 (17)
  • 1945 (16)
  • 1981 (13)
  • 1980 (11)
  • 1941 (10)
  • 1990 (10)
  • 1950 (8)
  • 1951 (7)
  • 1960 (7)
  • 1975 (7)
  • 1940 (5)
  • 1984 (5)
  • 1985 (5)
  • 1961 (4)
  • 1931 (3)
  • 1946 (3)
  • 1965 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1982 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2006-09-18 (2)
  • 1924 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1961-11 (1)
  • 1974-04-20 (1)
  • 1977 (1)
  • 1979 (1)
  • 1979-06 (1)
  • 1979-06-24 (1)
  • 1979-06-28 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1989-02-20 (1)
  • 1992-03 (1)

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