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Ahmad Alaadeen recording in New York

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap under a headset while playing a soprano saxophone in front of recording equipment for a track during a recording...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Charles Owens at a recording session

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Charles Owens seated behind a music stand in a white shirt with a blue strap for his saxophone during a recording session; behind on the wall various...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Damon Transcribing Facilities on the job

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Crowd gathered around representatives of Damon Transcription Laboratory, who are doing a live remote recording from Union Station, Kansas City.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Dave Dexter in studio

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Dave Dexter seated in a recording studio looking to the side. Dexter is operating a reel-to-reel machine.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ed Roche operating a reel-to-reel recorder

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Ed Roche operating a reel-to-reel recorder manufactured by the Stancil-Hoffman Company in Hollywood.

Date Published
1953
1955
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Ed Roche standing with recording/broadcasting equipment

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Ed Roche standing with recording/broadcasting equipment.

Date Published
1967
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Hank Crawford smiling

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Hank Crawford seated at a recording session and looking up at the camera and smiling; beside him an unidentified person is partially seen standing...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

James Albright recording

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James Albright looks seriously at the neck of a bass guitar as he stands in front of a microphone wearing headphones at the Myra Taylor recording...

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

Jeannie Cheatham with headphones at the piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano while wearing a set of headphones with a microphone in front of her during a recording session; facing the right of the...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham performing

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Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone in front of a music stand; a timpani, various cases, and recording equipment is seen behind and around him; he's...

Date Published
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jürgen Welge recording

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Jürgen Welge smiling as he plays the drum set in a Hawaiian print shirt, shorts, and headphones at the Myra Taylor Recording Session at Airborne...

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

Myra Taylor recording

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Myra Taylor sitting in a wheelchair with headphones on and singing into a microphone at the Myra Taylor Recording Session at the Airborne Audio...

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

Nolan Smith playing trumpet

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Nolan Smith playing trumpet for a recording session; behind him several other pairs of headphones and various wires are hung on a wall.

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Nolan Smith with headphones

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Nolan Smith with headphones on at a recording session; behind him several other pairs of headphones and various wires are hung on a wall; the arm of...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Record lathe in use

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An unidentified man looking into a viewing scope of a record lathe, creating a microgroove vinyl record.

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

Red Callender playing double bass

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Red Callender seated and playing double bass while reading sheet music on a stand in front of him during a recording session; he's wearing a set of...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Singer at the awards banquet

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Unidentified African American singer in sunglasses, a gray suit and holding a microphone in one hand during the Children's Mercy Hospital Annual...

Date Published
January-01-1975
December-31-1975
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Tim Whitmer recording

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Tim Whitmer, from the left side, is sitting at the piano with headphones on during a recording session at Airborne Audio Productions wearing sandals...

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

Transcription Laboratory of Damon Sound Service

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Unidentified man operating record cutting lathe in the Transcription Laboratory of Damon Sound Service.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon and unidentified man operating record cutting lathes

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Vic Damon (left, holding stopwatch) and unidentified man operating record cutting lathes.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon holding a 16" instantaneous-cut disc

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Vic Damon holding a 16" instantaneous-cut disc and standing next to record cutting lathes at Damon Recording Studios.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon operating equipment

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Vic Damon operating equipment at Damon Recording Studios.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon operating record cutting lathe

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Vic Damon operating record cutting lathe.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Portrait photographs
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies

Member of

  • Vic Damon Collection (8)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (4)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (23)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (14)
  • Gelatin silver prints (14)
  • Color photographs (9)
  • Snapshots (9)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (23)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (8)
  • 1941-1950 (7)
  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 2001-2010 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • African American jazz musicians (9)
  • Sound engineers (8)
  • Sound studios (7)
  • Headphones (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • African American women musicians (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Bags (1)
  • Bass guitar (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Stands (Furniture) (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Timpani (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (23)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Overland Park (Kan.) (4)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Damon, Victor L., 1901-1974 (4)
  • Roche, Ed (2)
  • Smith, Nolan (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Crawford, Hank, 1934-2009 (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)

Events

  • "Taken By Surprise" (2000 : New York, N.Y.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (7)
  • 1956 (6)
  • 1993 (6)
  • 2001-07-31 (4)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1955 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • 1975-01-01 (1)
  • 1975-12-31 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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