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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

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone...

Date Published
1991
1995
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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a fiddle near a microphone on...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Close up Jay McShann smiling in Japan

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Close up of Jay McShann smiling at an unidentified restaurant in Madarao, Japan.

Date Published
August-03-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann

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Close up of Jay McShann seated with hands folded; wearing a light grey suit; unidentified location.

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann at a Kansas City diner

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Closer up photo of Jay McShann seated at a table in a diner in Kansas City; he's wearing a winter jacket, black hat; on the wall behind him are...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing an electronic piano and singing

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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

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Close up of Jay McShann in a suit, playing piano; facing the left of the photo; unidentified location or event.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing piano

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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 playing piano and singing in Japan

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Close up of Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone on stage during the Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan; facing the...

Date Published
August-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing piano and singing on stage in Japan

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Close up of Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at the Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan; facing the right of the...

Date Published
August-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann smiling

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Close up of Jay McShann smiling while in Madarao, Japan.

Date Published
August-04-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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

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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

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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

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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

Close up photo of Jay McShann

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Head shot of Jay McShann smiling; wearing a white shirt and his gold tooth crown is seen.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann

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Up close photo of Jay McShann's face as he looks to the right of the camera; paper cup and carafe seen below with a blurred background; wearing a...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann with a cigarette

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Head shot of Jay McShann smiling while smoking a cigarette; wearing a white shirt and his gold tooth crown is seen; looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Granddaughter holding Jay McShann's Street of Jazz award

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Granddaughter standing in front of a brick wall holding Jay McShann's 1984 Street of Jazz Award.

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann

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Jay McShann in a paisley shirt standing in front of a music seller's booth.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jay McShann

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Jay McShann seated with hands folded; wearing a light grey suit; unidentified location.

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann

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Jay McShann seated with hands folded; wearing a light grey suit; unidentified location.

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann

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Publicity photo of Jay McShann looking forward and to the side with a slight smile. McShann is wearing a light colored suit and paisley patterned...

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

Jay McShann

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Publicity photo of Jay McShann sitting at an upright piano with one hand on the keys. The piano top is removed, revealing the inside hammers and...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (180)
  • Betty Crow Collection (33)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (15)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (220)

Genres

  • Snapshots (183)
  • Color photographs (168)
  • Black & white photographs (69)
  • Gelatin silver prints (69)
  • Group portraits (35)
  • Publicity photographs (14)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Landscape photographs (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (237)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (89)
  • 1991-2000 (74)
  • 2001-2010 (26)
  • 1971-1980 (22)
  • 1961-1970 (13)
  • 1941-1950 (7)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (232)
  • Jazz musicians (212)
  • African American men (181)
  • Pianists (121)
  • Piano (96)
  • Microphone (62)
  • Keyboard players (31)
  • Hats (22)
  • Double bassists (20)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (19)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (15)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (14)
  • Electronic piano (13)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (11)
  • Trees (11)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Shelving for books (9)
  • Tables (9)
  • Audiences (8)
  • Men's clothing (8)
  • Sansevieria trifasciata (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Cigarettes (7)
  • Eyeglasses (6)
  • Smoking (6)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Bathing suits (4)
  • Chairs (4)
  • Fiddlers (4)
  • Inflatable boats (4)
  • Jackets (4)
  • Restaurants (4)
  • Staircases (4)
  • Swimming pools (4)
  • Awnings (3)
  • Banners (3)
  • Buildings (3)
  • Draperies (3)
  • Fans (Machinery) (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Patios (3)
  • Plants, Potted (3)
  • Restaurants--Decoration (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • Sound studios (3)
  • Tents (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Awards (2)
  • Balconies (2)
  • Balls (Sporting goods) (2)
  • Bodies of water (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Crowns (Dentistry) (2)
  • Doors (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Drinking cups (2)
  • Drinking glasses (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Flags (2)
  • Guitar players (2)
  • Hand (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Laughter (2)
  • Lighting, Architectural and decorative (2)
  • Lists (2)
  • Living rooms (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Music-halls (2)
  • Name tags (2)
  • Parks (2)
  • Recreational vehicles (2)
  • Sofas (2)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (2)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Suspenders (2)
  • Television (2)
  • Toys (2)
  • Umbrellas (2)
  • Windows (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Appointment books (1)
  • Autographs--Collectors and collecting (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Barbershops (1)
  • Beer (1)
  • Beer cans (1)
  • Billiard parlors (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Brick walls (1)
  • Cake (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Camp sites, facilities, etc. (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Castles (1)
  • Coatracks (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Drinking water (1)
  • DVDs (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Furnaces (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Granddaughters (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Lamps (1)
  • Lawn chairs (1)
  • Leis (1)
  • Letters (1)
  • Male musicians (1)
  • Mountains (1)
  • Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Neckties (1)
  • Newspapers (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Pavilions (1)
  • Pens (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Radio (1)
  • Record stores (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Ruined buildings (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Scores (1)
  • Sidewalks (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Sound recordings--Album covers (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Waiters (1)
  • Wine bottles (1)
  • Wine glasses (1)
  • Women singers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (37)
  • 18th and Vine District (15)
  • Jackson County (Mo.) (2)
  • Excelsior Springs (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)
  • Nice (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Bartee, Al (7)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (4)
  • Samuels, Nobel (4)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (4)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (3)
  • Branstetter, Bob (3)
  • Machtel, Jos, 1962- (3)
  • Ning, Mike (3)
  • Wijnands, Bram, 1965- (3)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (3)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (2)
  • Hart, Elsa (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Pearson, Al (2)
  • Samuels, Duke (2)
  • Spaits, Gerald (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (2)
  • Berkley, Richard L., 1931- (1)
  • Coleman, Ginny (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Griddine, Eugene (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Jones, Raymond Cowboy (1)
  • Long, Russ (1)
  • McFadden, Lonnie (1)
  • McFadden, Ronnie (1)
  • Miller, Big (1)
  • Park, Kim (1)
  • Price, Jesse, 1909-1974 (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Rustin, Alice Betty (1)
  • Thompson, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (1)
  • (-) McShann, Jay (237)

Events

  • Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival (1989 : Madarao, Japan) (15)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (12)
  • JazzFest Berlin (1994 : Berlin, Germany) (2)
  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Monterey Jazz Festival (1980 : Monterey, Calif.) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation. Landmark Ceremony (2003) (1)
  • Sarasota Jazz Festival (3rd : 1982 : Sarasota, Fla.) (1)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (38)
  • 1991 (38)
  • 1981 (37)
  • 2000 (20)
  • 1995 (18)
  • 1980 (16)
  • 2004-03 (15)
  • 1971 (14)
  • 1989-08 (10)
  • 1992-09 (10)
  • 1990-02 (9)
  • 1970 (8)
  • 1961 (5)
  • 1975 (5)
  • 1985 (5)
  • 1994-08-27 (5)
  • 2001 (5)
  • 2010 (5)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1993-03 (3)
  • 1997-04-28 (3)
  • 1939 (2)
  • 1965 (2)
  • 1970-02 (2)
  • 1982 (2)
  • 1982-09 (2)
  • 1984 (2)
  • 1987-09 (2)
  • 1989-08-04 (2)
  • 1989-08-05 (2)
  • 1990-09 (2)
  • 1992-08 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1994-11 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 2001-12-15 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1964-10 (1)
  • 1969-11 (1)
  • 1970-05 (1)
  • 1972-08 (1)
  • 1973-12-06 (1)
  • 1978-09 (1)
  • 1979-08 (1)
  • 1981-03-08 (1)
  • 1983-08 (1)
  • 1984-07 (1)
  • 1985-03 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1986-02 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1988-03-05 (1)
  • 1988-05 (1)
  • 1988-06-25 (1)
  • 1989-04 (1)
  • 1989-07 (1)
  • 1989-08-03 (1)
  • 1991-02 (1)
  • 1996-10-15 (1)
  • 1997-03-09 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 1999-05-02 (1)
  • 2000-07 (1)
  • 2001-02-01 (1)
  • 2003-05-20 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004-07 (1)

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