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9's

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The 9's, a funk band comprised of five white men and one white woman, stand together wearing dark suits against a white background except for the band...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ann Peebles

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Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Automatics

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The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of seven white men, stand in the corner of two brick walls. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baghdad Jones

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Baghdad Jones, a funk-rock band comprised of five white men, one Asian American man, and one white woman, sit and stand on fire escape steps outside a...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernie Worrell

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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

Billy Goat

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Billy Goat is a funk-rock band from Kansas City comprised of one African American man, four white men, and one white woman. The men stand and the...

Date Published
May-1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Goat

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A split photograph of Mike Dillon, funk and rock percussionist, vibraphonist and drummer, on the left side, and Kim Pruitt, funk and rock singer, on...

Date Published
1992
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet

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Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band...

Date Published
1991
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bluerunners

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The Bluerunners, a Cajun rock, blues, and funk band comprised of four white men, stand in front of a metal wall. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boko Maru

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BokoMaru, a Kansas City jazz and funk band comprised of five white men, stand outside all wearing dark colors. The photo is shot from the ground up...

Date Published
1994
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brian Stoltz

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Brian Stoltz, singer, funk and soul guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana, looks down with concentration as he plays an electric guitar; light coming...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra

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Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Deep Banana Blackout

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Deep Banana Blackout, a jazz-funk band comprised of one white woman and seven white men, sit and stand outside on rock boulders. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1995
2003
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Global Funk Council

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Global Funk Council, a funk band comprised of Anthony Smith, Eric Bolivar, Dan Lebowitz, and Steve Adams, stand looking up at the camera. All wear a...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Gran Torino

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Gran Torino, a funk band comprised of three African American men, four white men, and one Mexican American man (possibly), stand in front of a police...

Date Published
1997
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Groove Hogs

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The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul and blues band comprised of ten white men, lie on a floor of alternating black and white square tiles, with their...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Groove Hogs

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The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul, and blues band comprised of ten white men, stand on or in front of a porch of a slat wood building. Printed in...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Grupo Fantasma

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Grupo Fantasma, a Latin funk group comprised of ten mostly Mexican American men and a few white men, stand and sit in front of Leal's Tire Shop which...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hairy Apes BMX

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Hairy Apes BMX, a band comprised of one African American man and three white man, stand in a line in front of a wall. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor

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Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor, a reggae and funk band comprised of two African American men, and one white man. Henry Turner, Jr. sits in the middle. He...

Date Published
1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hot Buttered Rhythm

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Hot Buttered Rhythm, a jazz-funk fusion band comprised of six African American men, stand and sit in front of an open garage. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Ley

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Jimmy Ley, funk harmonica player and singer, in a close-up head-shot photograph looks up slightly with his chin down. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jumpin Gene Anderson A.K.A. Poo Poo Man

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Funk musician Jumpin Gene Anderson A.K.A. Poo Poo Man broadcasts on the radio in the broadcasting room of 102.3 KJLH Rhythm Radio. The right hand...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lágbájá

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Yoruban percussionist and saxophonist Lágbájá plays Afrobeat, jazz, funk and soul music. He looks directly at the camera through a hooded and masked...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Meshell Ndegéocello

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Meshell Ndegéocello, a funk and soul musician who sings and plays bass, sits on the floor in dark clothing and smiles to the right as she leans back...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (57)

Types

  • photographs (57)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (55)
  • Publicity photographs (55)
  • Group portraits (38)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Photocopies (2)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (57)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (38)
  • 2001-2010 (17)
  • 1981-1990 (7)

Subjects

  • Bands (Music) (39)
  • Men, White (35)
  • African American men (30)
  • Soul musicians (20)
  • Jazz musicians (14)
  • Singers (11)
  • African American women (8)
  • Blues musicians (8)
  • Rock musicians (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Jazz musicians, White (6)
  • Men (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Reggae musicians (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Ethnic costume (2)
  • Hispanic American men (2)
  • Mexican Americans (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • Cajun music (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hawaiian guitar (1)
  • Japanese American men (1)
  • Keyboardists (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Music--African influences (1)
  • Music--Latin American influences (1)
  • Radio stations--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Rap musicians (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Ska (Music) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Yoruba (African people) (1)
  • (-) Funk musicians (57)

Subjects, People

  • Randolph, Robert (Guitarist) (2)
  • Vinx (Musician) (2)
  • Washington, Walter (2)
  • Adams, Steve (Bassist) (1)
  • Alicknavitch, Mike (1)
  • Anderson, Gene (Vocalist) (1)
  • Bolivar, Eric (1)
  • Brown, Harold (Drummer) (1)
  • Burbridge, Oteil, 1964- (1)
  • Campbell, Kerry (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Carlito (1)
  • Chi, Kai (1)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (1)
  • Dillon, Mike (Drummer) (1)
  • Falaschi, Al (1)
  • Ginty, John (1)
  • Gooden, Lauretta (1)
  • Green, Charles (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Hammon, Ronnie (1)
  • Harvin, Earl (1)
  • jee eye zee (1)
  • Jesse, Vince (1)
  • Jordan, Lonnie (1)
  • J Truth (1)
  • Knowledge, Cee (1)
  • Lagbaja (1)
  • Larsen, Courtney (1)
  • Lebowitz, Dan (1)
  • Ley, Jimmy (1)
  • Love, Rudy (1)
  • Lucente, Richard (1)
  • Lynn, Trudy (1)
  • May, Frank E. (1)
  • Meeks, Jay (1)
  • Morgan, Danyel (1)
  • Nakamura, Tetsuya (Harmonica player) (1)
  • NdegéOcello, Me'Shell, 1969- (1)
  • Peebles, Ann (1)
  • Perry, Phil (1)
  • Pruitt, Kim (Singer) (1)
  • Randolph, Marcus (1)
  • Ray, Michael (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Rodriguez, Sal (Percussionist) (1)
  • Schipper, Jon (1)
  • Scott, Howard E. (1)
  • Sheldon, Allen (1)
  • Smith, Anthony (Keyboard player) (1)
  • Stoltz, Brian (1)
  • Sun, Jah (1)
  • Szudy, Rob (1)
  • Turner, Henry, Jr. (Guitarist) (1)
  • Valentine, Rae (1)
  • Wallach, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Whalen, Tim (Pianist) (1)
  • White, Lavelle (1)
  • Worrell, Bernie (1)
  • Z-Boy (1)

Date Published

  • 2001 (14)
  • 1991 (13)
  • 2004 (13)
  • 2000 (9)
  • 1999 (5)
  • 1994 (4)
  • 1995 (4)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1992 (3)
  • 1997 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1992-05 (1)
  • 1999-01-01 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2005 (1)

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