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Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated) and others during...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Carol Fran and Myra Taylor at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Carol Fran and Myra Taylor sit side by side and smile at the photographer at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Fran, Myra Taylor, and Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat with a peacock feather in the hat band, crouches down to the left of a seated Myra Taylor and Carol Fran and extends...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles and Myra Taylor at Washington Park in Kansas City, MO

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Evie Quarles sits to Myra Taylor's right as Myra puts her left arm around Evie's shoulders at Washington Park in Kansas City, MO. Both are smiling at...

Date Published
August-10-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Geneva Price, Myra Taylor, Lori Tucker, and Millie Edwards entertain

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A standing Geneva Price looks at Millie Edwards as she, Lori Tucker and Millie surround Myra Taylor seated in the middle holding a microphone. Known...

Date Published
February-02-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Getting ready for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Myra Taylor, Chuck Berg sit at the panel table with Bobby Watson and Ronnell Bright standing in background...

Date Published
August-19-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gig at Californo's

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Myra Taylor sits on a chair on the deck at Californo's while Millie Edwards, Geneva Price, and Lori Tucker sit on high top chairs. Bill Maness and...

Date Published
June-24-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Group playing at 18th and Vine

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Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a...

Date Published
September-16-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann with Myra Taylor

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Jay McShann leaning in and sharing a laugh with Myra Taylor during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival Media Day; both seated with people seen...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Lou Dare, Saint Charles, and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

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Lou Dare and Saint Charles, dressed in medieval clothing, stand behind Myra Taylor, also wearing medieval clothing and a crown, in a wheelchair during...

Date Published
June-28-2008
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Musicians at Chuck Haddix' book signing

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair smiling to her right at the photographer. Seated behind her is Jurgen Welge. Standing behind Jurgen with his hands on...

Date Published
June-08-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Bobby Watson at the Grand Emporium

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair to the right of Bobby Watson. She holds her purse. Bobby has his left arm around her shoulders, is wearing a straw...

Date Published
May-23-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Buck O'Neil at the Blue Room

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Myra Taylor is seated and laughing with her eyes closed while holding a microphone with her right hand and holding her left hand around the shoulder...

Date Published
June-21-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room

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Harry Hypolite leans forward grinning over a seated Myra Taylor at the Blue Room in front of the bar, 18th & Vine.

Date Published
February-28-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor at the dedication of a park gate in her name

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Myra Taylor; Jackson and Dawayne Gilley sit inside a stretch limousine with the back door opened at the Myra Taylor Park Gate Dedication, 18th &...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor laughing at the dedication of a park gate in her name

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Myra Taylor, looks down at the table where she's sitting, covers her eyes and laughs as Dawayne Gilley and Connie Humiston stand behind her and hold...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Myra Taylor wins the best female blues artist from Living Blues Magazine

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Dawayne Gilley stands and seriously hands keys to Jim O'Neal behind the head of a seated and laughing Myra Taylor. Myra is holding two Living Blues...

Date Published
July-21-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Ben Kynard and Lionel Hampton at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Myra Taylor wearing a fur lined cap and eyeglasses hanging from a necklace around her neck smiles with her hand around the shoulder of a seated Lionel...

Date Published
January-13-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Bill Maness, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards and Mary Moore sing

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Myra Taylor seated and Bill Maness, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards and Mary Moore standing beside Myra all singing into two microphones at the Myra...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, Sam Johnson, Mary Moore, Pearl Thuston, and Luqman Hamza gather together for a photograph

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Group shot of Sam Johnson, farthest left, Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Myra Taylor, Lydia, Chad and Jasmin Kassem at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

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Lydia Kassem stands behind as Chad Kassem kneels beside, holding Jasmin Kassem, Myra Taylor all dressed up and sitting in a wheelchair during the...

Date Published
June-28-2008
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Tim Whitmer, Kim Park, Carl Bender, James Albright and Jürgen Welge at Unity Temple on the Plaza

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair as Tim Whitmer sits behind her, Kim Park stands behind Tim Whitmer with his hands on Tim's shoulders, Carl Bender...

Date Published
June-08-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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  • Evie Quarles Collection (24)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (6)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (33)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (26)
  • Gelatin silver prints (26)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • (-) Group portraits (33)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (23)
  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American women (28)
  • Jazz singers (26)
  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Jazz musicians (17)
  • African American men (12)
  • Saxophonists (12)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Pianists (9)
  • Singers (7)
  • Blues musicians (6)
  • African American women jazz singers (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • Authors, American (3)
  • Blues festivals (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Music festivals (3)
  • Photographers (3)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Music critics (2)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Baseball players--United States (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Caricatures and cartoons (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (19)
  • 18th and Vine District (5)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (4)
  • Salina (Kan.) (2)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (7)
  • Edwards, Millie (6)
  • Price, Geneva (6)
  • Hamza, Luqman (4)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (4)
  • Tucker, Lori (4)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (3)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (3)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (3)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (3)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (2)
  • Bender, Carl (2)
  • Berg, Chuck (2)
  • Bright, Ronnell, 1930- (2)
  • Fran, Carol, 1933- (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Moore, Mary (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Terry, Clark (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Dare, Lou (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Humiston, Connie (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • Kassem, Chad (1)
  • Kassem, Lydia (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • O'Neal, Jim, 1948- (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Quarles, Evie (1)
  • Saint Charles (Musician) (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Stroger, Bob (1)
  • Tesser, Neil (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • (-) Taylor, Myra (33)

Events

  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Generations of Jazz at Science City (2000 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (5th : 2002 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2008) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation. Landmark Ceremony (2003) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000-08-19 (3)
  • 2001-06-29 (3)
  • 2010-05-02 (3)
  • 2002-10-18 (2)
  • 2005-06-08 (2)
  • 2008-06-28 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1999-09-16 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2002-01-11 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2002-06-21 (1)
  • 2002-07-21 (1)
  • 2003-05-23 (1)
  • 2003-08-10 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004-06-24 (1)
  • 2005-02-02 (1)
  • 2006-06-25 (1)
  • 2007-07-17 (1)

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