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Al Hill

Image

Blues musician Al Hill leans his right elbow above the keys of a piano and rests his right cheek on his right hand to look up at the photographer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andy Kirk at the piano

Image

Andy Kirk playing the piano.

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

Bettye Miller playing piano in sunglasses

Image

Close up view of Bettye Miller playing piano while wearing sunglasses. The keyboard is seen as a reflection in her lenses.

Date Published
1973
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Billy Childs

Image

Pianist Billy Childs, in a split photograph, sits at a piano with a vase of tulips on top as he wears a dark fedora and a dark suit. Printed in the...

Date Published
1988
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buck Clayton playing trumpet

Image

Buck Clayton playing trumpet with a piano behind him, in Baden, Switzerland.

Date Published
February-06-1966
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton playing trumpet

Image

Buck Clayton playing trumpet at the edge of a stage with a piano on it.

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

Buck Clayton playing trumpet

Image

Buck Clayton playing trumpet with a piano in the foreground.

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

Calvin Jackson playing piano

Image

Calvin Jackson playing piano on stage during the Cheatham Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; he's wearing a suit and tie and facing the right of the...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera as he sits on a piano bench holding a beverage wrapped in a napkin. An African mask hangs on the wall...

Date Published
April-12-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera as he stands by a piano holding a beverage wrapped in a napkin. An African mask hangs on the wall behind...

Date Published
April-12-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing an electronic piano and singing

Image

Close up of Jay McShann singing and playing an electronic piano outdoors at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival.

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing piano

Image

Close of Jay McShann playing piano in an unidentified residence in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; behind him are bookshelves and a mother-in-law tongue...

Date Published
February-1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann's arm and hand playing piano

Image

Close-up of Jay McShann's arm hand while playing piano at an unidentified bar.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann's hands playing piano

Image

Close-up of Jay McShann's hands playing piano along with a set list at the edge of the keyboard; at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival.

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann's hands playing piano

Image

Close-up of Jay McShann's hands while playing an electronic piano at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival.

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and looking up, turning away from the piano...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at a white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and turning his head forward.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie smiling while seated at a piano

Image

Count Basie seated at the piano during a performance and smiling at the camera. An unidentified musician stands behind Basie.

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dana Suesse seated at a piano with George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman

Image

Dana Suesse seated at a piano flanked by George Gershwin (left) and Paul Whiteman (right) in New York.

Date Published
October-1932
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Dorothy Donegan playing piano

Image

Dorothy Donegan playing piano; only part of her hands and the piano are seen; she's facing to the right and wearing a green-striped dress.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Duke Ellington at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Duke Ellington sitting at the piano with hands on the keys. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Duke Ellington at the piano

Image

Duke Ellington sitting at the piano and looking up while smiling. Ellington is wearing a tweed jacket and tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Genevieve admiring roses Jay McShann sent her

Image

Genevieve seated at her piano, admiring roses from Jay McShann on her birthday; a chair, sofa, and coffee table can be seen behind her.

Date Published
January-15-1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Genevieve playing piano

Image

Genevieve playing piano while showing a bit of leg; wearing a black hat; roses sent to her from Jay McShann are on top of the piano.

Date Published
January-15-1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (100)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (23)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (13)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (8)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (8)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (7)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (3)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (3)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (2)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (169)

Genres

  • Snapshots (117)
  • Color photographs (101)
  • Black & white photographs (83)
  • Gelatin silver prints (82)
  • Publicity photographs (30)
  • Slides (3)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (184)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (60)
  • 1991-2000 (30)
  • 2001-2010 (29)
  • 1971-1980 (21)
  • 1941-1950 (20)
  • 1951-1960 (12)
  • 1961-1970 (7)
  • 1921-1930 (4)
  • 1931-1940 (2)

Subjects

  • Pianists (152)
  • Jazz musicians (149)
  • African American jazz musicians (137)
  • African American men (114)
  • Microphone (74)
  • Men, White (27)
  • Jazz musicians, White (21)
  • African American women (14)
  • Women pianists (14)
  • African American women jazz singers (13)
  • Hats (13)
  • Electronic piano (12)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (12)
  • Audiences (11)
  • Women jazz musicians (11)
  • Band directors (8)
  • Shelving for books (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Signs and signboards (7)
  • Composers (6)
  • Sansevieria trifasciata (6)
  • Cigarettes (5)
  • Double bass (5)
  • Musical instruments (5)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Drum set (4)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • Musicians (4)
  • African American women musicians (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (3)
  • Drag queens (3)
  • Drag shows (3)
  • Draperies (3)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (3)
  • Entertainers (3)
  • Eyeglasses (3)
  • Fans (Machinery) (3)
  • Gay bars (3)
  • Gay men (3)
  • Smoking (3)
  • Tents (3)
  • Trees (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Awnings (2)
  • Balconies (2)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Caftans (2)
  • Chairs (2)
  • Conversation (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Flowers (2)
  • Hairdressing of African Americans (2)
  • Hand (2)
  • Lesbians (2)
  • Lighting, Architectural and decorative (2)
  • Lists (2)
  • Living rooms (2)
  • Music-halls (2)
  • Recreational vehicles (2)
  • Roses (2)
  • Sheet music (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Women musicians (2)
  • Women singers (2)
  • Academic libraries (1)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • African American college teachers (1)
  • African American music teachers (1)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Carpets (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Coffee tables (1)
  • College teachers (1)
  • Drinking glasses (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Furniture (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Hospital administrators (1)
  • Jackets (1)
  • Jewelry (1)
  • Lamps (1)
  • Letters (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Pens (1)
  • Petunias (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Radio (1)
  • Reference books (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scores (1)
  • Slides (Photography) (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • Television (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Vases (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Wine glasses (1)
  • (-) Piano (184)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (5)
  • LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • White gay men (3)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White lesbians (2)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (3)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (2)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)
  • Nice (France) (1)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (96)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (18)
  • Durrett, Warren (8)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (6)
  • Kenton, Stan (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Adam, Margie (2)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (2)
  • Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Anderson, Anna (Administrator) (1)
  • Arnold, Skip (1)
  • Ball, Marcia (1)
  • Brickman, Jim (1)
  • Childs, Billy (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Donegan, Dorothy (1)
  • Drew, Kenny, Jr. (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hicks, John, 1941-2006 (1)
  • Hill, Al (Musician) (1)
  • Hinton, Milt (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Koerper, Ferol (1)
  • Koerper, Karl, 1901-1957 (1)
  • Memphis Slim (1)
  • Monk, Thelonious (1)
  • Morath, Max (1)
  • Napoleon, Teddy (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987 (1)
  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (1)
  • Thompson, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Wheaton, Jack (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)

Events

  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (12)
  • Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival (1989 : Madarao, Japan) (8)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (7)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (2)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (1)
  • JazzFest Berlin (1994 : Berlin, Germany) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (23)
  • 1990 (23)
  • 2000 (14)
  • 1980 (13)
  • 1991 (13)
  • 1971 (12)
  • 2004-03 (12)
  • 1951 (10)
  • 1960 (10)
  • 1989-08 (8)
  • 1990-02 (7)
  • 2009-09-26 (7)
  • 1945-11-15 (6)
  • 1941 (5)
  • 1944 (5)
  • 1985 (5)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1950 (4)
  • 2001 (4)
  • 1935 (3)
  • 1957 (3)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1984 (3)
  • 1989-06 (3)
  • 1993-03 (3)
  • 2004 (3)
  • 2010 (3)
  • 1961-03 (2)
  • 1970-01-15 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1979 (2)
  • 1990-09 (2)
  • 1992-08 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1997-04-28 (2)
  • 2001-04-12 (2)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1932-10 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1945-11 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959-11 (1)
  • 1966-02-06 (1)
  • 1972-08 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • 1973-12-06 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1979-08 (1)
  • 1981-03-08 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1984-07 (1)
  • 1985-03 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1988-03-05 (1)
  • 1989-07 (1)
  • 1992-03 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1994-11 (1)
  • 2000-07 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2003-05-20 (1)
  • 2004-07 (1)
  • 2008-07-07 (1)

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