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Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jay McShann

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Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jay McShann sitting in the audience at Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Both are sitting in...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jim Mair at The Phoenix

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Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jim Mair at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is playing drums while smiling. Mair is...

Date Published
July-1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Julie Turner, and an unidentified man

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Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Julie Turner, and an unidentified man standing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Alan Mercer at Club Paradox

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Alan Mercer, wearing a fedora, smokes a cigarette as he leans his back against the outside wall of Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

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

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience sitting and standing in front of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Julie Turner is sitting on the...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience standing and talking at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is standing or sitting along the side of a...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience standing and talking at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience sitting at tables at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The tables are covered with drink glasses and plates. A...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience sitting at tables at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The tables are covered with drink glasses and plates...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience sitting at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. A woman in the center is wearing a floral dress and is smiling at...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience sitting at tables in the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart is sitting on the right wearing a purple jacket...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Audience sitting at tables in the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart is sitting in the center, wearing a purple...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Elsa Hart

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Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Elsa Hart posing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They are both smiling...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Big John Amaro at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Big John Amaro playing a keyboard at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified bass player and Tommy Ruskin...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bill Caldwell playing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bill Caldwell playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Caldwell is standing behind a drum set. Others are sitting...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Sam Johnson, Jr., at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Sam Johnson, Jr., sitting in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Moore is on the...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Billy Meynier and Russ Godbey at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Billy Meynier and Russ Godbey at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Meynier is looking down while playing a keyboard...

Date Published
October-26-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob and Gwen Green at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bob and Gwen Green sitting in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City. Both are looking forward with neutral expressions...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob and Gwen Green at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bob and Gwen Green sitting in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City. Bob is looking to the side while talking. Gwen is...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob Bowman playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bob Bowman playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down and smiling while plucking strings on the...

Date Published
October-05-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob Bowman playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bob Bowman playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down and plucking strings on the bass. Various...

Date Published
October-05-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob Branstetter and Joe Cartwright at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bob Branstetter and Joe Cartwright performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is looking to the side...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob Branstetter and Lisa Henry at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Bob Branstetter and Lisa Henry performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is playing a bass while...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (555)
  • Jay McShann Collection (9)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (7)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (4)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (588)

Genres

  • Snapshots (572)
  • Group portraits (525)
  • Color photographs (511)
  • Black & white photographs (77)
  • Gelatin silver prints (77)
  • Film transparencies (1)
  • Stereographs (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (588)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (562)
  • 1971-1980 (8)
  • 2001-2010 (6)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (491)
  • Double bassists (398)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (358)
  • Keyboard players (268)
  • African American jazz musicians (203)
  • Saxophonists (190)
  • Women singers (113)
  • Trumpet players (68)
  • Jazz singers (60)
  • Trombonists (27)
  • Guitar players (25)
  • Fiddlers (16)
  • Percussionists (14)
  • African American men (12)
  • Bass guitarists (9)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (5)
  • Flute players (4)
  • Bartenders (3)
  • Clarinetists (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Harmonica players (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Cigarettes (2)
  • Conversation (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • T-shirts (2)
  • Tables (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Tubists (2)
  • Wine glasses (2)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Banjoists (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Beards (1)
  • Benches (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Checks (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Doorways (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • DVDs (1)
  • Gifts (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Journalists (1)
  • Journalists--Travel (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Office furniture (1)
  • Offices (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Philanthropists (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Wine (1)
  • (-) Bars (Drinking establishments) (588)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (564)
  • Central Street (18)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • Forty-first Street (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Limerick (Limerick, Ireland) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Ruskin, Tommy (252)
  • Hicks, Bryan (225)
  • Ning, Mike (98)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (73)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (58)
  • Barry, Ken (43)
  • Branstetter, Bob (38)
  • McMahon, Mary (Musician) (34)
  • Long, Russ (31)
  • Mair, Jim, 1966- (30)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (30)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (30)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (29)
  • Meynier, Billy (27)
  • McShann, Jay (19)
  • Bowman, Warren, 1934-2003 (18)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (18)
  • Wijnands, Bram, 1965- (18)
  • White, Mike (Musician) (17)
  • Bartee, Al (16)
  • Jones, Carmell (16)
  • Ruppenthal, Wayne (16)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (16)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (15)
  • Battaglia, Chico (14)
  • Hart, Elsa (14)
  • Phillips, Steve (Musician) (14)
  • Bell, Sylvia (13)
  • Hill, Rich (Musician) (13)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (13)
  • Smith, Paul (Paul E.) (13)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (12)
  • Barker, LaVerne (11)
  • Machtel, Jos, 1962- (10)
  • Caldwell, Bill (Saxophonist) (9)
  • Gould, Barry (9)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (9)
  • May, Rod (9)
  • Warner, Duck (9)
  • Jenkins, Dwight (8)
  • Lucas, Dennis (Musician) (8)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (8)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (8)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (7)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (7)
  • Lee, Marcellus (7)
  • Richardson, Robert (Musician) (7)
  • Saunders, Eddie (7)
  • Spaits, Gerald (7)
  • Stringer, Dean (7)
  • Strozier, Mark (7)
  • Godbey, Russ (6)
  • Pearson, Al (6)
  • Foster, Dwight (5)
  • Green, Bob (5)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (5)
  • Moore, Billie G. (5)
  • Sivils, Gary (5)
  • Loon, Harry Van (4)
  • Morahan, Brian (4)
  • Park, Kim (4)
  • Ramirez, Abel (4)
  • Rowles, Stacy, 1955-2009 (4)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (4)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Coleman, Ginny (3)
  • DeMasters, Tom (3)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (3)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (3)
  • Kelly, Julie, 1947- (3)
  • Miller, Pam (Musician) (3)
  • Wesley, Lucky (3)
  • Amaro, Big John (2)
  • Anderson, Jackie (Musician) (2)
  • Booth, John (Musician) (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Conley, Sean (Musician) (2)
  • Embrey, Danny (2)
  • Fleeman, Rod (2)
  • Green, Gwen (2)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (2)
  • Jones, Sherry (Musician) (2)
  • Kozak, Dan (2)
  • Lally, Elaine (2)
  • Lewis, Carroll C. (Carroll Carson), 1927-2009 (2)
  • Mullins, Reverdy, 1921-2007 (2)
  • Porch, Earla (2)
  • Ruzich, Larry (2)
  • Venuti, Rick (2)
  • Walters, Paul (2)
  • Albertson, John (Bartender) (1)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Findaly, George, 1948- (1)
  • Fulson, Lowell (1)
  • Gardner, Gary (1)
  • Garner, Larry (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Harvey, Eddie (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (1)
  • McGraw, Mike (Musician) (1)
  • Mercer, Alan (Author) (1)
  • Milsapp, Bill (1)
  • Morrissey, Pat (Musician) (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Strait, Todd (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)

Events

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Date Published

  • 1991 (428)
  • 1995 (417)
  • 1992-09 (27)
  • 1992 (16)
  • 1999 (15)
  • 1991-10-05 (14)
  • 1992-07 (12)
  • 1992-10 (12)
  • 1971 (9)
  • 1980 (9)
  • 1991-10 (9)
  • 1994-03 (9)
  • 1993-03 (8)
  • 1994-02 (6)
  • 1991-10-26 (5)
  • 2000 (5)
  • 1991-09 (3)
  • 1991-09-21 (3)
  • 1993-11 (3)
  • 1995-07-05 (3)
  • 1950-12 (2)
  • 1991-10-21 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1951-12 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1993-07 (1)
  • 1994-04 (1)
  • 1997-10-30 (1)
  • 1999-02-16 (1)
  • 2001-02-01 (1)
  • 2001-04-13 (1)
  • 2002-07-08 (1)
  • 2002-08-31 (1)
  • 2002-09-07 (1)
  • 2004-05-13 (1)
  • 2004-05-15 (1)

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