Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

1 - 6 of 6 items

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Image

A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

Image

Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Maureen Smith playing the piano

Image

Maureen Smith stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Memphis Slim

Image

Jazz pianist Memphis Slim's head and shoulders are visible and he does not smile as he holds a microphone across his chest with his right hand and...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

Image

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Scamps

Image

A publicity photograph of the African American jazz group, Kansas City Scamps likely in the 1970's. From left to right, Lucky Wesley (bass, leader)...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Dolores Hobley Collection
  • African American jazz musicians

Member of

  • (-) Dolores Hobley Collection (6)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • African American men (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (6)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (2)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Memphis Slim (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (4)
  • 1960 (4)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025