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Andrienne Wilson

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Jazz vocalist and flute player Andrienne Wilson closes her eyes and smiles with closed lips as she looks into light. She holds a microphone. She wears...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrienne Wilson

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Andrienne Wilson, jazz singer and flute player, tilts her head slightly to the right as she smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Astral Project

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Astral Project, a jazz band comprised of five white men, stand in front of a marble wall. Printed on the margin below the photograph, "John Vidacovich...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

B Sharp Jazz Quartet

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B Sharp Jazz Quartet (Herb Graham Jr., Osama Afifi, Randall Willis, Eliot Douglass). The saxophonist, bass player, and drummer stand behind the piano...

Date Published
1994
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baron Shul

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Baron Shul, saxophonist for the jazz swing band Indigo Swing, stands by a beam and looks tiredly off to his right. He holds a tenor saxophone with...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Childs

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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

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet

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Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band...

Date Published
1991
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blazing Redheads

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The Blazing Redheads are a jazz band comprised of four white women. They are holding their heads very close together for a head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1988
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blazing Redheads

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The Blazing Redheads are a jazz band comprised of four white women, two of whom sit on stools and two who stand. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1988
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Watson

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Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, sits with his forearms crossed over his knees and looks back at the camera over his right shoulder in a close-up...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Watson

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Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, leans forward on his elbows with his forearms crossed and gives a slight smile to the camera. A saxophone lies on its...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Watson

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Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, grins at the camera and rests his chin on his right hand as an alto saxophone lies on a table in front of him. Printed...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boko Maru

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BokoMaru, a Kansas City jazz and funk band comprised of five white men, stand outside all wearing dark colors. The photo is shot from the ground up...

Date Published
1994
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boney James

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Jazz saxophonist Boney James looks directly at the camera with a slight smile as he sits and leans over a saxophone lying crosswise across his chest...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brian Culbertson

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Brian Culbertson, jazz pianist, looks directly at the camera wearing a dark shirt and wire-rimmed eyeglasses. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1994
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bryant-Giles Group

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Bryant-Giles Group, a jazz duo comprised of two white men. The man on the left holds a saxophone. The man on the right holds a guitar. They stand...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Candye Kane

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Blues vocalist Candye Kane, in a close-up head-shot photograph, smiles at the camera as she wears a feather boa and has a streak dyed in her hair...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Candye Kane

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Blues vocalist Candye Kane in a close-up head-shot photograph, looks seriously directly at the camera as she wears a lace choker necklace and a lace...

Date Published
1994
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Charlie Hunter

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Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he is playing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Charlie Hunter...

Date Published
1998
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Charlie Hunter Quartet

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Charlie Hunter Quartet, a jazz quartet comprised of white men, are outside garage doors holding their instruments. One band member crouches in front...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cherryl Hayes

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Jazz vocalist Cherryl Hayes sits and smiles at the camera wearing diamond jewelry and a dark dress. Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chick Corea Elektric Band

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The Chick Corea Elektric Band stand together in front of a backdrop and smile. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chick Corea Elektric Band...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chick Corea Elektric Band II

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Chick Corea Elektric Band II, a jazz band comprised of five white men, stand outside in front of a double door with a large white circle painted on it...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

City Light Orchestra

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Four men from the City Light Orchestra sit outside on a patio and smile as Ahmad Alaadeen looks at a soprano saxophone. All are wearing suits. From...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Count Basie and Dave Brubeck

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Count Basie smiles as he looks down and raises his right hand as Dave Brubeck looks at Count Basie and laughs at the story. Other members of the crowd...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • (-) Grand Emporium Collection (157)

Types

  • photographs (157)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (148)
  • Black & white photographs (140)
  • Gelatin silver prints (137)
  • Portrait photographs (103)
  • Group portraits (49)
  • Color photographs (16)
  • Photocopies (3)
  • Slides (3)
  • Negatives (1)
  • Photographic postcards (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (118)
  • 1981-1990 (30)
  • 2001-2010 (25)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (74)
  • Jazz musicians, White (68)
  • Men, White (66)
  • African American jazz musicians (59)
  • Bands (Music) (47)
  • Saxophonists (39)
  • Blues musicians (29)
  • Singers (26)
  • Saxophone (22)
  • Women, White (21)
  • Funk musicians (16)
  • African American women (15)
  • Pianists (15)
  • Guitarists (14)
  • Soul musicians (9)
  • Guitar (7)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (6)
  • Men (6)
  • Black people (5)
  • Jazz-rock (Music) (5)
  • Jazz singers (5)
  • Hats (4)
  • Musicians (4)
  • British (3)
  • Ethnic costume (3)
  • Flute players (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Rock musicians (3)
  • Acid jazz (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Duala (African people) (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Organist (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Asian Americans (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Avant-garde (Music) (1)
  • Bagpipe (1)
  • Bagpipers (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cubans (1)
  • Diners (Restaurants) (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • FlĂĽgelhorn (1)
  • Hispanic American men (1)
  • Hispanic Americans--Music (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Jazz vocal groups (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Mexican Americans (1)
  • Music--African influences (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • New Age musicians (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • South Africans (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Tulips (1)
  • Ukulele (1)
  • Western swing (Music) (1)
  • Women artists (1)
  • World beat (Music) (1)
  • Yoruba (African people) (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (157)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Houston, Joe (4)
  • Noland, Neil (4)
  • Redman, Joshua (4)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (4)
  • Howard, George, 1956-1998 (3)
  • Jordan, Stanley (3)
  • Basse, David (2)
  • Boyd, Johnny (2)
  • Corea, Chick (2)
  • Dibango, Manu, 1933- (2)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (2)
  • Hunter, Charlie, 1967- (2)
  • Marienthal, Eric (2)
  • McBeth, Ida (2)
  • McDuff, Jack (2)
  • Ray, Michael (Trumpet player) (2)
  • Shul, Baron (2)
  • Sun Ra (2)
  • Sweet Baby J'ai (2)
  • Van Buren, James (2)
  • Vinson, Eddie (2)
  • Vinx (Musician) (2)
  • Washington, Grover, Jr., 1943-1999 (2)
  • Washington, Walter (2)
  • Waters, Kim, 1965- (2)
  • Whitfield, Mark (2)
  • Wilson, Andrienne (2)
  • A., Johnny, 1952- (1)
  • Adams, Johnny (1)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Alexander, Monty (1)
  • Barker, LaVerne (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Breakstone, Joshua (1)
  • Briggs, Karen (Violinist) (1)
  • Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006 (1)
  • Brubeck, Dave (1)
  • Bryant, Dana (1)
  • Burbridge, Oteil, 1964- (1)
  • Chamberlain, Matt (1)
  • Childs, Billy (1)
  • Clarke, Stanley (1)
  • Cohan, Ryan (1)
  • Coleman, Ira (1)
  • Cooling, Joyce (1)
  • Culbertson, Brian (1)
  • Dagradi, Tony (1)
  • Davis, Katherine, 1953- (1)
  • Dawson, Thomas (Keyboard player) (1)
  • Dean, Robin (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Dillon, Monica (1)
  • Dr. John, 1941-2019 (1)
  • Drew, Kenny, Jr. (1)
  • Earl, Jimmy (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Erickson, Jimmy (Drummer) (1)
  • Federici, Danny (1)
  • Felder, Wilton (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Handy, Charles L. (1)
  • Harley, Rufus (1)
  • Harris, Jeanette (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Harris, Loston (1)
  • Hayes, Cherryl (1)
  • Helfer, Erwin (1)
  • Henderson, Eddie (1)
  • Henderson, Wayne, 1939-2014 (1)
  • Hicks, Bryan (1)
  • Houser, Brad (1)
  • James, Boney (1)
  • Kane, Candye (1)
  • Kay, Tommy (Guitarist) (1)
  • Kosins, Kathy (1)
  • Kotzen, Richie (1)
  • Lagbaja (1)
  • Lerman, Danny (1)
  • Masakowski, Steve, 1954- (1)
  • Masekela, Hugh, 1939-2018 (1)
  • McMorris, Lois LadyMac (1)
  • Miller, Mike, 1953- (1)
  • Miller, Mulgrew (1)
  • Mitcheltree, Dennis (1)
  • Muldaur, Maria (1)
  • Murray, David, 1955- (1)
  • Nelson, Dennis (Guitarist) (1)
  • Newhall, Jeanne (1)
  • New York Jimmy (1)
  • Novak, Gary, 1969- (1)
  • Peyroux, Madeleine (1)
  • Pierce, Billy, 1948- (1)
  • Reno, Johnny (1)
  • Roney, Wallace (1)
  • Saunders, Merl (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Scott, Tom, 1948- (1)
  • Siegel, Dan (Composer) (1)
  • Singleton, James, 1955- (1)
  • Skerik (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Taylor, Will, 1968- (1)
  • Terrell, Darryl (1)
  • Tesh, John (1)
  • Tiny Tim, 1932-1996 (1)
  • Tisdale, Wayman, 1964-2009 (1)
  • Torkanowsky, David, 1956- (1)
  • Turney, Norris, 1921-2001 (1)
  • Valle, Orlando, 1966- (1)
  • Vidacovich, Johnny, 1949- (1)
  • Ward, Michael (Violinist) (1)
  • White, Lenny (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Williams, Tony, 1945-1997 (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Z., Rachel (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Fest (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (29)
  • 2000 (24)
  • 1998 (20)
  • 2004 (19)
  • 1994 (17)
  • 1996 (17)
  • 2001 (16)
  • 1990 (15)
  • 1995 (15)
  • 1985 (12)
  • 1997 (11)
  • 1999 (11)
  • 1988 (8)
  • 1993 (8)
  • 1981 (4)
  • 1992 (4)
  • 2002 (3)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1985-11-28 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1994-04-12 (1)
  • 2003 (1)

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