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Advertisement for Chic's 14 Pla-Mors

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Photographic print of shamrock-shaped advertisement for "Chic's 14 Pla-Mors" (also known as Chic Scoggin and his Pla-Mor Orchestra) with framed...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with the Count Basie Orchestra

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A close up photograph of Ahmad Alaadeen standing and performing a saxophone solo with the Count Basie Orchestra during the Cancer Institute of Kansas...

Date Published
May-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with the Count Basie Orchestra

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Ahmad Alaadeen stands while performing a saxophone solo with the Count Basie Orchestra during the Cancer Institute of Kansas City dinner event.

Date Published
May-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen rehearsing in the Richard Smith Orchestra

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Richard Smith Orchestra [Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White), seated second from right] rehearsing for an Easter concert to be held at Municipal Auditorium...

Date Published
April-1950
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and two others

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An unidentified white man, Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and an unidentified African American woman standing in a group together with a big band playing...

Date Published
May-1967
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage

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Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage, November 6th, No date; likely 1934

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Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima...

Date Published
November-06-1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933

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Buck Clayton, trumpet, bandleader, and his Harlem Gentlemen (Jack Bratton, trumpet; Happy Lewis, trombone; Herbert Myers, Couchy Roberts, Arcemia...

Date Published
November-14-1933
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933 - autographed

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Buck Clayton, trumpet, bandleader, and his Harlem Gentlemen (Jack Bratton, trumpet; Happy Lewis, trombone; Herbert Myers, Couchy Roberts, Arcemia...

Date Published
November-14-1933
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton directing the Reno Club Band at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival

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Buck Clayton on stage with a group of musicians and two unidentified men (likely: Hank Jones, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Philly Jo Jones, drums...

Date Published
June-30-1984
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton listening to the band at the 1984 Kool Jazz Festival

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Buck Clayton on stage with a group of musicians (likely: Hank Jones, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Philly Jo Jones, drums; Eddie Jones, bass; Curtis...

Date Published
June-30-1984
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton solo during filming

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Publicity photo of Buck Clayton performing a trumpet solo during filming for The Benny Goodman Story; Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) is standing at...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with his band

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Buck Clayton standing with members of his band at the Cotton Club in Culver City, California (left to right): (Kid Lips Hackett, Teddy Buckner, Arcima...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Canidrome Ballroom with Mort Ruby pointed out

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Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen performing as people dance at the Canidrome Ballroom. Mort Ruby with an arrow is written on the picture...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Charlie Echols Rhythm Kings with Kid Ory

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The Charlie Echols Rhythm Kings on a stage featuring (Charlie Echols, Milton Ellsworth, trumpets, Parker Berry, Kid Ory, trombones, Grover Diggs...

Date Published
March-21-1932
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Chic Scoggin and ten unidentified members of his band

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Chic Scoggin (middle, right, leaning over phonograph) and ten unidentified members of his band; listening to a record in an unidentified room.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection

Christmas card of Warren Durrett and his orchestra

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Photo of Warren Durrett in a black suit and tie, surrounded by the members of his orchestra (all white) in light colored suits. They are standing on...

Date Published
1945
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett 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

Count Basie's band

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Buck Clayton performing with the Basie band, Basie on piano, on a stage with a large drawing of a show girl behind them.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Derb's dancing group

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The Broomfield and Greely Revue at Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club; Culver City, California. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dirty Dozen

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The Dirty Dozen, a big band comprised of eight African American men, sit in front of a window and piano, some holding their instruments. Printed in...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a big band comprised of eight African American men, gather with five men standing behind three seated men. A bass drum with...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a big band comprised of eight African American men standing and holding or playing their instruments in a paneled room with...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (55)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (26)
  • Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection (18)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (5)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (123)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (122)
  • Group portraits (119)
  • Publicity photographs (48)
  • Snapshots (46)
  • Portrait photographs (25)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Postcards (2)
  • Christmas cards (1)
  • Greeting cards (1)
  • New Year cards (1)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (123)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (50)
  • 1921-1930 (18)
  • 1961-1970 (6)
  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (5)
  • 1991-2000 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 1911-1920 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (100)
  • Men, White (75)
  • Jazz musicians, White (73)
  • Women, White (43)
  • African American jazz musicians (42)
  • Jazz singers (41)
  • Band directors (39)
  • African American men (33)
  • Trumpet players (17)
  • Saxophonists (16)
  • Trombonists (13)
  • Musical instruments (11)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (7)
  • Double bassists (6)
  • Pianists (6)
  • Actors (5)
  • African American band directors (5)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Clarinetists (5)
  • Flight attendants (5)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Saxophone (5)
  • Airplanes (4)
  • Musicians (4)
  • Trombone (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Autographs (3)
  • Band leaders (3)
  • Brass instrument players (3)
  • Brass instruments (3)
  • College students (2)
  • Dance orchestras (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Jazz audiences (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Music students (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • African American men--Clothing (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Airplaines (1)
  • Ballroom dancing (1)
  • Ballrooms (1)
  • Banjoists (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • City halls (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Corncobs (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Masks (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Musical films (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • Woodwind instrument players (1)
  • (-) Big bands (123)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (20)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (5)
  • Culver City (Calif.) (3)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (3)
  • Shanghai (China) (3)
  • Portland (Or.) (2)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (2)
  • Davenport (Iowa) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (47)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (16)
  • Scoggin, Chic (9)
  • Beal, Eddie, 1910-1984 (6)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (5)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (5)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (5)
  • Roberts, Caughey (5)
  • Webb, Laura (5)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Anderson, Keith (Sousaphone player) (2)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Andrews, Revert (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Batiste, Lionel, 1932-2012 (2)
  • Baxter, Phil, 1896-1972 (2)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (2)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Davis, Gregory (Trumpeter) (2)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Fuller, Curtis, 1934- (2)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Harris, Kevin (Tenor saxophonist) (2)
  • Hite, Les, 1903-1962 (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Johnson, Happy (2)
  • Jones, Eddie (2)
  • Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (2)
  • Jones, Philly Joe (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Lewis, Happy (2)
  • Lewis, Roger (Roger H.), 1941- (2)
  • Marshall, Jenell (2)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Towns, Efrem (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Averback, Hy (1)
  • Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928- (1)
  • Berry, Parker (1)
  • Brentari, John (1)
  • Bucker, Teddy, 1909-1994 (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Calnan, E. F., Sr. (1)
  • Carter, Babe (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Coleman, Herschel (1)
  • Diggs, Grover (1)
  • Dozier, Carl Fats (1)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Echols, Charlie (1)
  • Ellsworth, Milton (1)
  • Erwing, Chester (1)
  • Erwing, Harris (1)
  • Erwing, James (1)
  • Evans, Herschel (1)
  • Goodwin, Charles (Vocalist) (1)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (1)
  • Green, Urbie (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Harman, Dave (1)
  • Hayes, Thamon (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 (1)
  • Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lewis, Joe (Guitarist) (1)
  • Lichter, Joie (1)
  • Manne, Shelly (1)
  • Massey, Curt (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • McDonough, Gordon Leo, 1895-1968 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Mendosa, Joe (1)
  • Meyers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Meyers, Richard (Guitarist) (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Moore, Horace (Drummer) (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (1)
  • Ory, Kid, 1886-1973 (1)
  • Plinger, Elmer (1)
  • Prince, Preston (1)
  • Prince, Wesley (1)
  • Redman, Don (1)
  • Ruby, Mort (1)
  • Sebastian, Frank (1)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (1)
  • Smith, Art (Arthur T.), 1918-2011 (1)
  • Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 (1)
  • Temple, Calvin (1)
  • Tucker, Jimmy (Musician) (1)
  • Van Asdell, Jimmy (1)
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (1)
  • Washington, Booker T., 1909-1992 (1)
  • Weems, Ted (1)
  • Wells, Bob (Musician) (1)
  • Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (1)
  • Winding, Kai (1)
  • Wright, Charles (Saxophonist) (1)

Events

  • Kool Jazz Festival (1984 : New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Kangaroo Hop (1947 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (17)
  • 1950 (17)
  • 1921 (16)
  • 1930 (15)
  • 1949 (10)
  • 1941 (7)
  • 1940 (6)
  • 1955 (6)
  • 1947-02-03 (5)
  • 1931 (4)
  • 1946-03-01 (4)
  • 1934 (3)
  • 1938 (3)
  • 1945-08-03 (3)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1932 (2)
  • 1933-11-14 (2)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1961-11-03 (2)
  • 1984-06-30 (2)
  • 1991-05 (2)
  • 1905-04-28 (1)
  • 1917 (1)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1930-12-19 (1)
  • 1932-03-21 (1)
  • 1934-11-06 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1945-10-19 (1)
  • 1945-11-01 (1)
  • 1945-11-30 (1)
  • 1946-06 (1)
  • 1946-09 (1)
  • 1947-04-25 (1)
  • 1947-10-24 (1)
  • 1949-05-16 (1)
  • 1950-04 (1)
  • 1955-09-26 (1)
  • 1961-11 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1967-05 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1972 (1)
  • 1972-12 (1)
  • 1974-04-20 (1)
  • 1978-12-01 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1982-12-04 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1999 (1)

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