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Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

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Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured), an unidentified fiddler, and...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

Image

An unidentified guitarist, Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured)...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Anson Funderburgh and Lee McBee at the Grand Emporium

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Anson Funderburgh and Lee McBee, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, perform together. Anson looks to his left towards Lee...

Date Published
July-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Anson Funderburgh, Sam Myers, and Lee Oskar the Grand Emporium

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Sam Myers, wearing a harmonica belt filled with harmonicas and clutching a harmonica he is blowing into, stands in the middle of the stage between...

Date Published
July-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

At the Cheatham Jam Session

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Jim Zollar, Dinky Morris (saxophone), Jimmy Noone Jr. (clarinet), unidentified, Billy (harmonica), in a row at a Cheatham...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bel Airs with Mark Wenner

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Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of three white men, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
May-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium

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Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the...

Date Published
December-28-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men

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Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, grin as they sit, stand or crouch in a corner. One...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blind Mississippi Morris

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Blind Mississippi Morris, blues harmonica player and singer, sits on a tall stool with one foot resting on an amplifier and the other touching the...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue City Band performing

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Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Margolin and Charlie Musselwhite at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bob Margolin sits and sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, while he plays a microphoned slide dobro guitar. Charlie Musselwhite is seated to Bob...

Date Published
July-19-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Bland and Lee Oskar at the Grand Emporium

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Bobby Bland, Lee Oskar, and others perform as one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium. Bobby Bland looks to his left shoulder towards Lee Oskar...

Date Published
July-03-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Brody Buster and Rico McFarland at the Grand Emporium

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Brody Buster and Rico McFarland, members of the James Cotton Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sit together as they...

Date Published
August-27-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Brody Buster Band

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The Brody Buster Band, a blues band, pose in front of a brick wall.

Date Published
1995
2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Chris Duarte and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium

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Chris Duarte, smiling as he holds an electric guitar, faces Little Hatch to his left while Little Hatch faces Chris and talks into the microphone at...

Date Published
June-30-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with the band in a festival tent

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Eddie Saunders is mostly out of the photograph on the left side with his saxophone lying across his lap. He sits next to Claude "Fiddler" Williams who...

Date Published
September-15-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Coffeehouse entertainers

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Group of unidentified people at the Supreme Bean coffeehouse listening to two unidentified entertainers between two large speakers (a white man and an...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Coffeehouse entertainers

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Group of unidentified people at the Supreme Bean coffeehouse listening to two unidentified entertainers between two large speakers (a white man and an...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

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Some of the crowd dances while others sit with drinks in front of the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. A guitarist and a harmonica player...

Date Published
April-08-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Darrell Nulisch and the Crawl

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Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward...

Date Published
June-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eric Sardinas and Brody Buster at the Grand Emporium

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Eric Sardinas with Brody Buster are one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium. Eric, wearing a cowboy hat and a neck scarf, closes his...

Date Published
August-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles and Carey Bell

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Evie Quarles and Carey Bell during the All Stars Blues Jam at Blue Heaven Studio in Salina, KS. Evie, glasses resting on her upper forehead, smiles at...

Date Published
December-15-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Fiddler takes the solo as Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

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Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, and Tyrone Clark (bass) listen to the fiddler take the solo during...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley at the Grand Emporium

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Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley are smiling at the photographer from their seats during the Kansas City Blues Society's 20th...

Date Published
December-14-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (29)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (16)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (5)
  • Betty Crow Collection (3)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (58)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (41)
  • Gelatin silver prints (41)
  • Color photographs (17)
  • Publicity photographs (8)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • (-) Group portraits (58)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (26)
  • 2001-2010 (25)
  • 1981-1990 (6)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (43)
  • Men, White (35)
  • Guitarists (31)
  • African American men (27)
  • Singers (19)
  • Double bassists (13)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (11)
  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • Women, White (11)
  • African American jazz musicians (9)
  • Bands (Music) (9)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Fiddlers (8)
  • Keyboard players (7)
  • Violinists (7)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
  • African American women (5)
  • Bass guitarists (5)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Blues festivals (4)
  • Harmonica (4)
  • Music festivals (4)
  • Banjoists (3)
  • Mandolinists (3)
  • Music fans (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Photographers (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Coffeehouses (2)
  • Entertainers (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Lesbians (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Harmonica music (Blues) (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Rockabilly musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Stands (Furniture) (1)
  • Teenage boys, White (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Harmonica players (58)

Subjects, Community

  • African American LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (28)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (4)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • Salina (Kan.) (1)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (8)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (6)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (5)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (5)
  • Buster, Brody, 1984- (4)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (3)
  • Herbert, Jim (3)
  • Naber, Roger (3)
  • Oskar, Lee (3)
  • Peterie, Karla (3)
  • Roark, Mike (3)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (3)
  • Branstetter, Bob (2)
  • McFarland, Rico (2)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (2)
  • Quarles, Evie (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Adegbalola, Gaye (1)
  • Arnold, Billy Boy (1)
  • Bell, Carey, 1936-2007 (1)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (1)
  • Bland, Bobby (1)
  • Breihan, Jeff (1)
  • Buford, Mojo, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Costello, Sean, 1979-2008 (1)
  • Curfman, Shannon (1)
  • Daniel, Scott (Musician) (1)
  • Delay, Paul (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Doder, Keith (1)
  • Drum, John Paul (1)
  • Duarte, Chris (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Dye, Bill (1)
  • Earl, Ronnie (1)
  • Faircloth, Jan (1)
  • Faith, Mary (Club patron) (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Gant, L. C. (1)
  • Garoutte, Jacque (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Glazer, Howard, 1959- (1)
  • Griffin, Larry (Guitarist) (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Harmonica Shah, 1946- (1)
  • Hobbs, John (Drummer) (1)
  • Hudspeth, Brandon (1)
  • Janes, Roland (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Kessler, Stan (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Little Iron Jaw Oakley (1)
  • Margolin, Bob (1)
  • McBee, Lee (1)
  • Meade, Jimmie (1)
  • Mischo, R. J. (1)
  • Monque'D, J. (1)
  • Morgan, Teddy (1)
  • Morlan, Bill (1)
  • Morris, Blind Mississippi (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Muddy Waters, 1915-1983 (1)
  • Musselwhite, Charlie (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (1)
  • Pepper, Marvin (1)
  • Piazza, Honey, 1951- (1)
  • Piazza, Rod (1)
  • Rabson, Ann (1)
  • Riccardi, Jerry (1)
  • Riley, Billy Lee (1)
  • Rollings, Mark (1)
  • Salgado, Curtis (1)
  • Sardinas, Eric, 1970- (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Strother, Percy (1)
  • Tims, David (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Van Eaton, Jim (1)
  • Walters, Paul (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Wenner, Mark (1)
  • Williams, Arthur (Harmonica player) (1)
  • Williams, Rich, 1950- (1)
  • Wilson, James Spoon (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • Young, Lionel (1)
  • Zollar, James (1)

Events

  • "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" (2001) (5)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (2)
  • Acoustic Blues Showcase (10th : 2003 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (1)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (1)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (5)
  • 2001-08-11 (5)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1993-03 (3)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1998-08-27 (2)
  • 2001 (2)
  • 2002-06-29 (2)
  • 2002-07-06 (2)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1974-12-01 (1)
  • 1974-12-31 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1987-05 (1)
  • 1987-06 (1)
  • 1987-07 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998-06-30 (1)
  • 1998-07-19 (1)
  • 1999-03-19 (1)
  • 1999-07-18 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 1999-11-15 (1)
  • 1999-12-28 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2000-09-30 (1)
  • 2000-12-14 (1)
  • 2001-07-06 (1)
  • 2001-07-29 (1)
  • 2001-08-31 (1)
  • 2001-09-15 (1)
  • 2001-10-27 (1)
  • 2002-04-08 (1)
  • 2002-11-20 (1)
  • 2002-12-15 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2003-07-03 (1)
  • 2003-08-03 (1)
  • 2003-08-04 (1)
  • 2003-09-13 (1)
  • 2004-06-26 (1)
  • 2005 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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