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Angélique Kidjo

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Angélique Kiojo, a singer from Benin, stands in front of a wallpapered wall of black ivy as she wears a red headscarf, a tuxedo jacket over a white...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ann Peebles

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Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernie Worrell

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Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernie Worrell

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Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Goat

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A split photograph of Mike Dillon, funk and rock percussionist, vibraphonist and drummer, on the left side, and Kim Pruitt, funk and rock singer, on...

Date Published
1992
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brian Stoltz

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Brian Stoltz, singer, funk and soul guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana, looks down with concentration as he plays an electric guitar; light coming...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dorothy Moore

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Funk and Soul singer Dorothy Moore smiles at the camera as she wears drop sparkly earrings and a blue sparkly jacket over a blue dress. Printed in the...

Date Published
1990
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hector Bonet

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Funk vocalist Hector Bonet looks directly at the photographer as he wears a light-colored suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Hector...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Ley

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Jimmy Ley, funk harmonica player and singer, in a close-up head-shot photograph looks up slightly with his chin down. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jumpin Gene "King of Hollywood Blues"

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Funk musician Jumpin Gene "King of Hollywood Blues" sits in the backseat of a limousine wearing a gold crown, a gold cross necklace and black clothing...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jumpin Gene Anderson "King of Hollywood Blues" A.K.A. Poo Poo Man

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Funk musician Jumpin Gene Anderson "King of Hollywood Blues" A.K.A. Poo Poo Man stands with his hands cross wearing a white suit with a purple cape...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jumpin Gene Anderson A.K.A. Poo Poo Man

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Funk musician Jumpin Gene Anderson A.K.A. Poo Poo Man broadcasts on the radio in the broadcasting room of 102.3 KJLH Rhythm Radio. The right hand...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

King Gene "Poo Poo Man" Anderson

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Funk musician King Gene "Poo Poo Man" Anderson wears a black suit with red stripes, a red satin shirt, and a gold crown. He leans back as he sings...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lágbájá

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Yoruban percussionist and saxophonist Lágbájá plays Afrobeat, jazz, funk and soul music. He looks directly at the camera through a hooded and masked...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Meshell Ndegéocello

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Meshell Ndegéocello, a funk and soul musician who sings and plays bass, sits on the floor in dark clothing and smiles to the right as she leans back...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Michael Ray

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Michael Ray, funk, soul, and jazz trumpet player, grins and holds his trumpet up by his face while he holds his right hand, fingers splayed, below the...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mike Barfield

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Mike Barfield, singer and funk/soul musician, looks over his right shoulder and lifts his left leg as he shakes maracas. He wears a cowboy hat...

Date Published
2003
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Miss Lavelle White

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Miss Lavelle White, funk, soul, and blues singer, from her left side, looks down seriously to the left in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Oteil Burbridge

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Oteil is a jazz, funk, soul, and rock musician who plays bass guitar, guitar, drums, banjo and the clarinet, and is the bandleader of the Peacemakers...

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Clay performing

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Otis Clay, funk, soul and gospel singer, looks to the left with a grimace and holds a microphone in his left hand as he is performing. He wears a v...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Pharaohs

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Pharaohs with Sir Charles L. "Ki" Handy, in a montage of photographs on top of hand drawn logos of African American (likely) musicians and one white...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Phil Perry

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Phil Perry, soul and funk singer and keyboardist, stands outside between two brick walls, crosses his arms and gives a big smile toward the camera as...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Richard Lucente

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Richard Lucente, accordion player, stands with his head turned right but looking back at the camera and smiling. He wears a dark beanie cap and a suit...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Robert Randolph

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Robert Randolph, funk and soul pedal steel guitarist, laughs off to the right as he sits on a stage and plays a pedal steel guitar with a drum set...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Trudy Lynn

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Soul and Funk vocalist Trudy Lynn smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Trudy Lynn. For Booking...

Date Published
1989
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (28)

Types

  • photographs (28)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (22)
  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Color photographs (9)
  • Photocopies (4)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • Slides (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (28)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (17)
  • 2001-2010 (9)
  • 1981-1990 (5)

Subjects

  • African American men (15)
  • Singers (15)
  • Soul musicians (13)
  • Jazz musicians (7)
  • Men, White (6)
  • African American women (5)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Black people (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Rock musicians (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Avant-garde (Music) (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Beninese (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Hawaiian guitar (1)
  • Hispanic American men (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Keyboardists (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Music--African influences (1)
  • Radio stations--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Yoruba (African people) (1)
  • (-) Funk musicians (28)

Subjects, People

  • Anderson, Gene (Vocalist) (4)
  • Vinx (Musician) (2)
  • Worrell, Bernie (2)
  • Barfield, Mike (Musician) (1)
  • Bonet, Hector (1)
  • Burbridge, Oteil, 1964- (1)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (1)
  • Dillon, Mike (Drummer) (1)
  • Handy, Charles L. (1)
  • Kidjo, Angélique, 1960- (1)
  • Lagbaja (1)
  • Ley, Jimmy (1)
  • Lucente, Richard (1)
  • Lynn, Trudy (1)
  • Moore, Dorothy (Vocalist) (1)
  • NdegéOcello, Me'Shell, 1969- (1)
  • Peebles, Ann (1)
  • Perry, Phil (1)
  • Pruitt, Kim (Singer) (1)
  • Randolph, Robert (Guitarist) (1)
  • Ray, Michael (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Stoltz, Brian (1)
  • Washington, Walter (1)
  • White, Lavelle (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (9)
  • 2000 (8)
  • 2001 (6)
  • 2004 (6)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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