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Ben Kynard and Marcellus Lee at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard and Marcellus Lee at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing in the center, wearing a blue...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz including Oliver Todd sitting at the piano on the far left of the photograph, then Ben Kynard blowing into a saxophone...

Date Published
October-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians sitting at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee; Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Al Bartee are...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Billie G. Moore, Jr., sitting...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marcellus Lee singing into a...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marcellus Lee looking down while...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Wayne Ruppenthal looking up while...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Henry Hoard playing saxophone, an...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Oliver Todd playing a keyboard, Henry Hoard...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee is playing drums in the far right (partially off...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee is playing drums in back. An unidentified man is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee is playing drums in back, wearing a white shirt...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting on the far left wearing a red shirt and...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Marcellus Lee and an unidentified man at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival

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Marcellus Lee and an unidentified man playing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Billie G. Moore, Jr., is standing in...

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Marcellus Lee and Bobby Branstetter performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Marcellus Lee and Bobby Branstetter performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is singing into a microphone...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Marcellus Lee and Henry Hoard at the Kansas City Spirit Festival

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Marcellus Lee and Henry Hoard performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is playing drums in back...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Marcellus Lee at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Marcellus Lee playing drums at a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is playing trumpet on the...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Marcellus Lee at The Phoenix

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Marcellus Lee at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is singing while playing the piano. A window with the bar name is behind...

Date Published
April-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Oliver Todd, Ben Kynard, Carl Fusaro, Henry Hoard, Marcellus Lee and Elmer Price perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Oliver Todd seated at and playing a white baby grand piano with his right side toward the photographer is looking intently at the wind players...

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

Rusty Tucker and Marcellus Lee at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Rusty Tucker and Marcellus Lee talking with an unidentified woman an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Tucker is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection
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  • Group portraits
  • Lee, Marcellus

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (18)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (20)

Genres

  • Color photographs (18)
  • Portrait photographs (18)
  • Snapshots (18)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • (-) Group portraits (20)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (20)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (20)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (15)
  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (10)
  • Saxophonists (10)
  • Double bassists (8)
  • Keyboard players (8)
  • Trumpet players (8)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
  • Guitar players (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Jazz festivals (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Men, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (20)
  • 18th and Vine District (13)
  • Central Street (1)

Subjects, People

  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (8)
  • Branstetter, Bob (4)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Ruppenthal, Wayne (3)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (3)
  • Moore, Billie G. (2)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (2)
  • Bartee, Al (1)
  • Fusaro, Carlo (1)
  • Jones, Carmell (1)
  • Knowles, Wes (1)
  • Ning, Mike (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • (-) Lee, Marcellus (20)

Events

  • 18 & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Spirit Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (12)
  • 1995 (12)
  • 1992-10 (4)
  • 1992-08 (1)
  • 1994-04 (1)
  • 1999-10-24 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)

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