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André Persiany

Image

André Persiany seated in a recording studio with a cigarette in his mouth and facing the left.

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

Babs Gonzales

Image

Babs Gonzales with a cigarette looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bobby Bland

Image

Blues vocalist Bobby Bland sits and holds a cigarette between the index finger and thumb of his right hand. The thick smoke rises up the left side of...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buck Clayton laughing with Joe Turner

Image

Buck Clayton laughing with Joe Turner seated at a table; Turner with a cigarette and drink in front of him; both facing the camera.

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

Buddy Tate and Earle Warren

Image

Buddy Tate with a cigarette in his mouth standing outside with Earle Warren.

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

Claude Williams

Image

Claude Williams in a suit, leaning against a fence and holding a cigarette in his hand.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann with a cigarette

Image

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 and Nancy Elliott

Image

Count Basie seated with a cigarette in front a dressing room mirror in which Nancy Elliott can also be seen taking the photo.

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dr. Charles E. Shopfner speaking with journalist Al Leibert

Image

Dr. Charles E. Shopfner (left) speaking with WDAF journalist Al Liebert (right) on pediatric radiology. Leiber is turned to the side and holding notes...

Date Published
January-01-1965
December-31-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Eddie Greene

Image

Signed portrait of Eddie Greene in military uniform smoking a cigarette.

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

Jay McShann posing for a photo with three unidentified men

Image

Jay McShann outside posing for a photo with three other men (two African American, one white) and smoking a cigarette; trees and other buildings can...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann seated on a sofa with three others

Image

Jay McShann with a cigarette in his mouth seated on a sofa with two unidentified African American women and an unidentified African American man...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann smoking while playing piano

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Jay McShann playing piano with a cigarette in his mouth in an unidentified recording studio; facing the right of the photo.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with a cigarette

Image

Jay McShann holding a cigarette with a crowded background in Geneva, Switzerland; McShann is facing the camera and smiling slightly.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with unidentified woman

Image

Jay McShann posing for a photo with unidentified woman in glasses in the stairwell; McShann has one arm around her and his holding a paper cup and a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jo Jones with Big Mama Thornton on drums

Image

Big Mama Thornton seated and playing drums with Joe Jones standing next to her observing with a cigarette in one hand; Edmund Hall and two others can...

Date Published
1967
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Joe Turner with cigarette

Image

Portrait of Joe Turner with a cigarette in his fingers.

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

Kenny Drew on piano

Image

Kenny Drew playing piano with a cigarette in his mouth and dark background; oriented to the right but turning his head and eyes almost over his...

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

Man with drink and cigarette

Image

An unidentified elderly white man at an outdoor bar table with a drink and a cigarette; facing the camera.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Mel Powell at the piano

Image

Mel Powell playing piano while looking down at music. He is wearing a pinstripe suit and sweater vest. A packet of Lucky Strikes cigarettes is lying...

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

Mick Taylor

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Mick Taylor, blues-rock guitarist, holds a cigarette in his right hand as he looks intently at the camera. He wears a business suit jacket. Printed in...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Nappy Brown

Image

Blues musician Nappy Brown smiles at the photographer as he holds a cigarette up with his left hand. He wears a flat cap and a leather jacket. Printed...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Paul Black

Image

Paul Black, blues slide guitarist and singer, wearing a straw cowboy hat and smoking a cigarette. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "House...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Spencer Bohren

Image

Spencer Bohren, Americana roots guitarist, from his right side, smiles as he looks up wearing a fedora and holding a cigarette in his left hand...

Date Published
April-05-1978
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Three men talk in a living room

Image

Three unidentified African American men talking together in a living room. Two men sit on a couch looking up at a third man who is standing facing...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (9)
  • Jay McShann Collection (6)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (5)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (28)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (28)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Snapshots (10)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Promotional photographs (1)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (28)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (6)
  • 1921-1930 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • African American men (11)
  • Cigarette smokers (11)
  • Men, White (11)
  • Smoking (8)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Living rooms (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • African American comedians (1)
  • African American soldiers (1)
  • Americana (Music) (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Comedians (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Crowns (Dentistry) (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Drinking cups (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Interviewing on television (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lectures and lecturing (1)
  • Mirrors (1)
  • Pediatric radiology (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Radiologists (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Staircases (1)
  • Television journalists (1)
  • Television personalities (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • (-) Cigarettes (28)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (6)
  • Turner, Joe, 1907-1990 (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Black, Paul (Musician) (1)
  • Bland, Bobby (1)
  • Bohren, Spencer (1)
  • Brown, Nappy, 1929-2008 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Drew, Kenny (1)
  • Elliott, Nancy Miller (1)
  • Gonzales, Babs (1)
  • Greene, Eddie (1)
  • Hall, Edmond (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Leibert, Al (1)
  • Persiany, André (1)
  • Shopfner, Charles E. (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Mick (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (8)
  • 1981 (6)
  • 1961 (4)
  • 1970 (4)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1922 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1965-01-01 (1)
  • 1965-12-31 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • 1978-04-05 (1)
  • 1982 (1)

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