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Charlie Parker and his half-brother John (Ikey) sitting in a field

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Charlie Parker as a toddler with his half-brother John, known as Ikey, sitting side by side in a grassy field; Ikey is wearing a tie; Parker is...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Charlie Parker playing saxophone

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Charlie Parker playing saxophone; facing the left of the photo and wearing a plaid shirt and corduroy pants.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Claude Williams playing violin

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Claude Williams playing violin; poster of a 19th century man in a hat behind him; unknown location.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann

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Head shot of Jay McShann smiling; wearing a white shirt and his gold tooth crown is seen.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann

Image

Up close photo of Jay McShann's face as he looks to the right of the camera; paper cup and carafe seen below with a blurred background; wearing a...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann with a cigarette

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Head shot of Jay McShann smiling while smoking a cigarette; wearing a white shirt and his gold tooth crown is seen; looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Count Basie, Jo Jones and Walter Page performing

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Count Basie seated playing piano with Jo Jones playing drums and Walter Page playing bass; all are looking over the left side of the photo; sheets of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Duke Ellington at an honor event

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Duke Ellington (left) with unidentified white men and women (one African American man); members of the press around seen around them with cameras, and...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Group photo at the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Awards

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Group shot taken at the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards in Los Angeles: 3rd row (l-r) unidentified, Bonnie Raitt, Isley Brothers, Johnny...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Group photo of Jay McShann with seven others

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Group photo with (L-R) Paul Gunther, Little Brother Montgomery, unidentified, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann, Claude Williams (holding sheet of paper)...

Date Published
1971
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Group photo of Thamon Hayes Rockets

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Thamon Hayes' Rockets posing for a photo on the bandstand at Fairyland Park, 75th Street and Prospect Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Hayes is standing...

Date Published
1932
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band

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Reprint of a newspaper or magazine group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band (L to R): Ben Kynard, Charles "Crook" Goodwin, Art Smith, "Sarge...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Group photo with Jay McShann, Gene Ramey, and five others

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Group shot with Jay McShann (bottom left) and Gene Ramey (top right) and five others (two African American men, three African American women)...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gus Johnson playing drums

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Gus Johnson playing drums during a recording date for radio station KFBI in Wichita, Kansas; fireplace screen is seen behind him and a bottle of soda...

Date Published
November-30-1940
December-02-1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and band members

Image

Jay McShann seated at the piano with his band standing around it; McShann (at piano) with Bill Nolan, Walter Brown, Charlie Parker, Bob Mabane...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams, Jay McShann having a conversation at a small table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation building; Kansas City, Missouri; a carafe of...

Date Published
1971
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and Gene Ramey

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Jay McShann posing for a photo with Gene Ramey; McShann and Ramey are grasping hands and facing the camera, smiling.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and his band on stage at the Century Room

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Jay McShann on stage at the piano with his band (McShann (piano), Gene Ramey (bass), Walter Brown (vocals), Gus Johnson (drums), Bud Gould (trombone)...

Date Published
February-1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and others at the Off Beat Club in Chicago

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Jay McShann, Honey Boy Williams, unidentified African American man, Jonah Jones, and Gene Ramey seated around a table at the Off Beat Club, 222 North...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and others performing while people dance

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Jay McShann and his orchestra (African American and white men) performing at an unidentified social event or dance; various couples (white)can be seen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann at his piano with unidentified man holding a tambourine

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Unidentified African American man with half-moon tambourine seated next to Jay McShann who is leaning back to joke with him from his piano at Jazz...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann at the Jackson County 175th Anniversary Awards event

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Jay McShann seated during the Jackson County 175th Anniversary Awards event; Kansas City, Missouri; he's wearing a name tag and ribbon and looking...

Date Published
December-15-2001
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann at the Jackson County 175th Anniversary Awards event

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Jay McShann during the Jackson County 175th Anniversary Awards event; Kansas City, Missouri; he's seated and looking to the right of the photo; he's...

Date Published
December-15-2001
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann at the Oslo Jazz Festival

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Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway; a sign with the...

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann at the Oslo Jazz Festival

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Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway; a sign with the...

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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  • (-) Jay McShann Collection (116)

Types

  • photographs (116)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (116)
  • Portrait photographs (60)
  • Group portraits (56)
  • Snapshots (42)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (116)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (48)
  • 1991-2000 (18)
  • 1971-1980 (17)
  • 1931-1940 (11)
  • 1961-1970 (10)
  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • 1921-1930 (2)
  • 2001-2010 (2)

Subjects

  • African American men (111)
  • Jazz musicians (111)
  • African American jazz musicians (103)
  • Pianists (35)
  • Piano (33)
  • Men, White (27)
  • Microphone (22)
  • Musical instruments (21)
  • African American women (10)
  • Jazz musicians, White (9)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Double bassists (8)
  • Saxophone (7)
  • Trees (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Cigarettes (6)
  • Double bass (6)
  • Hats (6)
  • Laughter (6)
  • Signs and signboards (6)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Buildings (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Drum set (5)
  • Award presentations (4)
  • Bathing suits (4)
  • Big bands (4)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (4)
  • Inflatable boats (4)
  • Smoking (4)
  • Swimming pools (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Awards (3)
  • Cameras (3)
  • Chairs (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Tambourine (3)
  • Balls (Sporting goods) (2)
  • Banners (2)
  • Books (2)
  • Conversation (2)
  • Crowns (Dentistry) (2)
  • Drinking cups (2)
  • Eyeglasses (2)
  • Men's clothing (2)
  • Newspapers (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Shelving for books (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Tables (2)
  • Toys (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • Wine glasses (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Balconies (1)
  • Barbershops (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Billiard parlors (1)
  • Bolo ties (1)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Brothers (1)
  • Camp sites, facilities, etc. (1)
  • Classrooms (1)
  • Conference rooms (1)
  • Cousins (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fireplaces--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hearing aids (1)
  • Hearths (1)
  • Jackets (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Journalists (1)
  • Lawn chairs (1)
  • Lighting, Architectural and decorative (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Mustaches (1)
  • Neckties (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Painting, Modern (1)
  • Parks (1)
  • Pens (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Portraits, American (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Racially mixed children (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sisters (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Staircases (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • Tents (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • Wine bottles (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • Women motion picture producers and directors (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Jackson County (Mo.) (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (92)
  • Ramey, Gene (8)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (7)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (5)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (4)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (4)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (3)
  • Hinton, Milt (3)
  • Mabane, Bob (3)
  • Mullins, Reverdy, 1921-2007 (3)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (3)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Gould, Bud (2)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Minor, Orville (2)
  • Tate, Buddy (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Ashby, Harold (1)
  • Baird, Taswell (1)
  • Bartholomew, Dave (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bo Diddley, 1928-2008 (1)
  • Bruce, Harold (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Carroll, Eddie (Singer) (1)
  • Dennis, Fats (1)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Fergenson, Harold (1)
  • Fifield, Jim (1)
  • Goodwin, Charles (Vocalist) (1)
  • Hayes, Thamon (1)
  • Isley, Ronald (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Jackson, John (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Jenkins, Suzan (1)
  • Johnson, Floyd, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lewis, Gary K. (1)
  • McGriff, Jimmy (1)
  • McShann, Dutch (1)
  • Meyers, Richard (Guitarist) (1)
  • Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Overstreet, Dorothy (1)
  • Overstreet, Marrele (1)
  • Packer, John (Bassist) (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Parker, John Anthony (Ikey) (1)
  • Raitt, Bonnie (1)
  • Ricker, Bruce, 1942-2011 (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Smith, Arlene, 1941- (1)
  • Smith, Art (Arthur T.), 1918-2011 (1)
  • Smith, Richard (Musician) (1)
  • Stitt, Sonny (1)
  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (1)
  • Tarlow, Victoria (1)
  • Taylor, Johnnie (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Troy, Doris, 1937-2004 (1)
  • Tumino, John B., 1911-2001 (1)
  • Van Buren, James (1)
  • Venaas, Terje, 1947- (1)
  • Walder, Herman (1)
  • Washington, Booker T., 1909-1992 (1)
  • Watson, Johnny Guitar, 1935-1996 (1)
  • White, Renee Minus (1)
  • Williams, Honey Boy (1)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Womack, Bobby (1)

Events

  • Jazz City International Jazz Festival (1989 : Edmonton, Alta.) (3)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (3)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (2)
  • Monterey Jazz Festival (1980 : Monterey, Calif.) (1)
  • Pioneer Awards (1996 : Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Sarasota Jazz Festival (4th : 1983 : Sarasota, Fla.) (1)
  • Sarasota Jazz Festival (8th : 1987 : Sarasota, Fla.) (1)
  • Wichita Jazz Festival (1972 : Wichita, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (32)
  • 1990 (32)
  • 1971 (14)
  • 1980 (13)
  • 1970 (10)
  • 1961 (9)
  • 1991 (7)
  • 2000 (7)
  • 1950 (5)
  • 1940 (4)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1985 (4)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1983 (3)
  • 1989 (3)
  • 1992-08 (3)
  • 1921 (2)
  • 1930 (2)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1939 (2)
  • 1940-11-30 (2)
  • 1940-12-02 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 2001-12-15 (2)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1940-02 (1)
  • 1964-10 (1)
  • 1972-04-30 (1)
  • 1979 (1)
  • 1981-03-08 (1)
  • 1982-06 (1)
  • 1984-07 (1)
  • 1987-04-22 (1)
  • 1987-04-24 (1)
  • 1988-06-25 (1)
  • 1991-11 (1)
  • 1996-10-15 (1)
  • 1996-10-16 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)

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