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Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a jazz combo outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

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A guitar neck is visible as well as a drum set behind Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Tyrone Clark (bass), and an unidentified...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a quartet outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

Image

An unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, Tyrone Clark (bass), and an unidentified pianist perform at an outdoor...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a quartet outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

Image

An unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, Tyrone Clark (bass), and an unidentified pianist perform at an outdoor...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a quartet outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

Image

An unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, Tyrone Clark (bass), and an unidentified pianist perform at an outdoor...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a quartet outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

Image

An unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, Tyrone Clark (bass), and an unidentified pianist perform at an outdoor...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a quartet outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

Image

An unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, Tyrone Clark (bass), and an unidentified pianist perform at an outdoor...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ann Rabson at the W.C. Handy Awards

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Ann Rabson looks out over the keyboard she is playing and sings into a microphone on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. A drum set and...

Date Published
May-25-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bernie Worrell

Image

Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bryan Hicks and Mike Ning at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bryan Hicks and Mike Ning at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is looking down while playing bass. Ning is looking...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Danny Federici

Image

Jazz-rock keyboardist Danny Federici curls the fingers of his right hand around his chin. Printed on the bottom left hand corner of the photograph,...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dennis Binder at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

Image

Dennis Binder, wearing a fedora, looks to his right, as he sits on stage and plays a keyboard on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-25-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles and Miss Honey Piazza

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Miss Honey Piazza puts her left arm around the shoulders of Evie Quarles. They lean in towards each other so their heads touch. Both are seated and...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Finger Roll

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Jazz duo Finger Roll (Thomas Dawson Jr., and Dennis Nelson) stand together as Dennis Nelson holds an acoustic guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

George Handy and an unidentified man

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George Handy sitting at the piano next to an unidentified man. Both are holding music on the piano and looking down. An unidentified crowd is in the...

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

Hank Walther at the Grand Emporium

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Hank Walther, of the band Roomful of Blues, one to the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, leans over a keyboard he is...

Date Published
January-15-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Henry Townsend at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

Image

Henry Townsend, wearing a bowler hat, suit and striped shoes, sits and looks down at a keyboard he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street...

Date Published
June-25-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Herbie Hancock

Image

Publicity photo of Herbie Hancock walking on a street and holding bags. Hancock is facing forward with a bag over his shoulder, wearing a dark jacket...

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Herbie Hancock

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Headshot of Herbie Hancock leaning against a brick wall and looking to the side. Hancock is wearing a dark shirt with open collar and glasses.

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Herbie Hancock

Image

Publicity photo of Herbie Hancock sitting and looking forward while smiling. Hancock is wearing thick rimmed glasses, a pinstripe suit, dark shirt...

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

Herbie Hancock

Image

Publicity photo of Herbie Hancock playing a synthesizer and leaning toward a microphone while looking forward. Hancock is wearing thick rimmed glasses...

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

Honey Piazza at the Grand Emporium

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Honey Piazza, a member of the band, Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up over her right shoulder as she...

Date Published
April-24-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums while...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Bryan...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Ned White...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (34)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (18)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (8)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (7)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (1)
  • Mclean Family Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (75)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (76)
  • Portrait photographs (57)
  • Group portraits (53)
  • Snapshots (37)
  • Publicity photographs (13)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (76)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (54)
  • 2001-2010 (13)
  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (47)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (39)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (34)
  • Double bassists (34)
  • African American jazz musicians (32)
  • Saxophonists (26)
  • Blues musicians (19)
  • Men, White (11)
  • African American men (10)
  • Singers (9)
  • African American women (8)
  • Bass guitarists (8)
  • Trumpet players (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Guitarists (6)
  • Blues festivals (5)
  • Music festivals (5)
  • Women singers (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Reggae musicians (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Jazz-rock (Music) (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Women musicians (1)
  • (-) Keyboard players (76)

Subjects, Community

  • African-American lesbians (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (41)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (4)
  • Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) (1)
  • Olathe (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Ruskin, Tommy (31)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (20)
  • Hicks, Bryan (13)
  • Ning, Mike (12)
  • Smith, Paul (Paul E.) (11)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (11)
  • White, Mike (Musician) (10)
  • Meynier, Billy (9)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (7)
  • Barry, Ken (6)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (6)
  • Warner, Duck (5)
  • Hancock, Herbie, 1940- (4)
  • Edwards, Millie (3)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (3)
  • Piazza, Honey, 1951- (3)
  • Price, Geneva (3)
  • Roark, Mike (3)
  • Taylor, Myra (3)
  • Quarles, Evie (2)
  • Rabson, Ann (2)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (2)
  • Tucker, Lori (2)
  • Adegbalola, Gaye (1)
  • Amet, Tchiya (1)
  • Ball, Marcia (1)
  • Binder, Dennis, 1920- (1)
  • Blackman, Wes (1)
  • Blaze (1)
  • Carroll, Karen (1)
  • Dawson, Thomas (Keyboard player) (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Federici, Danny (1)
  • Finnigan, Mike (1)
  • Gilmore, Mark (1)
  • Go-Go Ray (1)
  • Handy, George (1)
  • Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (1)
  • Hanna, Roland (1)
  • Herbert, Jim (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hoffman, Stanton (1)
  • Holmes, Wendell, 1943-2015 (1)
  • Iturbi, José, 1895-1980 (1)
  • Johnson, Michael E. (1)
  • Jones, Jeff (Keytarist) (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Knox, Marquise (1)
  • Latimore (1)
  • Leslie, Tyson (1)
  • Lucas, Jeff (1)
  • Lusk, Professor Eddie, 1948-1992 (1)
  • McKinley, Zoe Elaine Burns, 1957-2013 (1)
  • McMahon, Mary (Musician) (1)
  • Moore, Mary (1)
  • Nelson, Dennis (Guitarist) (1)
  • Peterie, Karla (1)
  • Piazza, Rod (1)
  • Robinson, George (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (1)
  • Townsend, Henry (1)
  • Walther, Hank (1)
  • Wilart, Fidalis (1)
  • Wilart, Vincent (1)
  • Wilkerson, Dave (1)
  • Worrell, Bernie (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (3)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2005) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (45)
  • 1995 (34)
  • 2000 (10)
  • 1975 (4)
  • 2006-06-25 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 2001 (2)
  • 2010 (2)
  • 1979 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1998-04-24 (1)
  • 1998-10-24 (1)
  • 1999-02-11 (1)
  • 1999-11-18 (1)
  • 2000-01-15 (1)
  • 2001-05-25 (1)
  • 2001-06-29 (1)
  • 2001-07-06 (1)
  • 2001-07-22 (1)
  • 2001-07-29 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2004-06-10 (1)
  • 2005-06-25 (1)

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