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Ahmad Alaadeen and Don Miller relax during a recording session

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and engineer, Don Miller, sit among the recording equipment during a recording session for "New Africa Suite" at...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen recording in New York

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap under a headset while playing a soprano saxophone in front of recording equipment for a track during a recording...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

At the La Jolla Jazz Festival

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Jimmy Cheatham directing an unidentified jazz band (likely a UCSD band) on an outdoor stage at the La Jolla Jazz Festival; photo taken with Cheatham's...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Buck Clayton in the studio with Buddy Tate and others

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Buddy Tate and Earle Warren playing sax with Sir Charles Thompson, Dicky Wells, and Buck Clayton.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton recording with Jimmy Rushing

Image

Jimmy Rushing and Buck Clayton (and possibly Urbie Green on trombone) in a recording studio in New York.

Date Published
February-26-1958
February-27-1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, Sir Charles Thompson and others

Image

Studio shot of Dicky Wells playing trombone, Sir Charles Thompson on piano, Earle Warren on sax, Buck Clayton on trumpet, unidentified clarinetists...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, Sir Charles Thompson and others

Image

Buddy Tate speaking to a group including Sir Charles Thompson, Earle Warren, Buck Clayton and others.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells and others

Image

Studio shot with Dicky Wells on trombone, Buck Clayton, likely Earle Warren, and an unidentified African American clarinet player.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck playing trumpet in the studio

Image

Buck Clayton on trumpet with Sir Charles Thompson on piano and others in the room.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified man in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man, and Patty Tucker in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and three men in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified white man in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand. Two other...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Charles Owens at a recording session

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Charles Owens seated behind a music stand in a white shirt with a blue strap for his saxophone during a recording session; behind on the wall various...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Craig Rivers and Ahmad Alaadeen at the recording studio

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap and holding a soprano saxophone, and Craig Rivers (in background), with his arms crossed, during a recording...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Dave Dexter and Capitol Records staff recording an album

Image

Dave Dexter and unidentified Capitol Records staff (all white men) recording a Christmas album. Dexter is seated at the bottom right, playing...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis seated in a recording studio

Image

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Group photo of a recording session

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Group photo of the sound personnel and the musicians during a recording session; featuring Dinky Morris, Clora Bryant, Snooky Young, Curtis Peagler...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Hank Crawford smiling

Image

Hank Crawford seated at a recording session and looking up at the camera and smiling; beside him an unidentified person is partially seen standing...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

James Albright recording

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James Albright looks seriously at the neck of a bass guitar as he stands in front of a microphone wearing headphones at the Myra Taylor recording...

Date Published
July-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with headphones at the piano

Image

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano while wearing a set of headphones with a microphone in front of her during a recording session; facing the right of the...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham and others during a recording session

Image

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone with Snooky Young and Clora Bryant, trumpets, Dinky Morris, Curtis Peagler, and another unidentified saxophonist...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone during a recording session

Image

Jimmy Cheatham standing and playing trombone during a recording session with "Snooky" Young, Clora Bryant, Dinky Morris, Jimmy Noone, Jr., and Curtis...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jürgen Welge recording

Image

Jürgen Welge smiling as he plays the drum set in a Hawaiian print shirt, shorts, and headphones at the Myra Taylor Recording Session at Airborne...

Date Published
July-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Marilyn Maye, Carol Johnston, and two men in a recording studio

Image

An unidentified white man speaking into a microphone, holding a paper in his hand. In the background, Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, and a second...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and others in a recording studio

Image

Side-angle photograph of Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and others in a recording studio

Image

Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white woman in a recording...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

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Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (19)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (12)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (9)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (4)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (49)

Genres

  • Snapshots (43)
  • Group portraits (38)
  • Black & white photographs (32)
  • Gelatin silver prints (32)
  • Color photographs (17)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (19)
  • 1991-2000 (9)
  • 1981-1990 (5)
  • 2001-2010 (5)
  • 1941-1950 (2)

Subjects

  • Sound studios (39)
  • Men, White (35)
  • Jazz musicians, White (32)
  • African American jazz musicians (26)
  • African American men (14)
  • Jazz singers (14)
  • Women, White (12)
  • Band directors (10)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Microphone (8)
  • Sound engineers (6)
  • Headphones (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Drum set (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • African American women musicians (2)
  • Musical groups (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bass guitar (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (49)
  • (-) Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (49)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Overland Park (Kan.) (5)
  • New York (N.Y.) (4)
  • La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Maye, Marilyn (10)
  • Durrett, Warren (9)
  • Tucker, Patty (Singer) (9)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (8)
  • Johnston, Carol (Singer) (6)
  • Warren, Earle (6)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (5)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (4)
  • Morris, Dinky (4)
  • Peagler, Curtis (4)
  • Tate, Buddy (4)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (4)
  • Young, Snooky (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (3)
  • Callender, Red (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Dickenson, Vic (2)
  • Green, Urbie (2)
  • Johnson, Budd (2)
  • Knepper, Jimmy, 1927-2003 (2)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (2)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (2)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (2)
  • Smith, Nolan (2)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (1)
  • Bank, Danny (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Crawford, Hank, 1934-2009 (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Miller, Don (Sound engineer) (1)
  • Rivers, Craig (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Wilber, Bob (1)
  • Woodard, Rickey (1)

Events

  • "Taken By Surprise" (2000 : New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • "New Africa Suite" (2004 : Overland Park, Kan.) (1)
  • La Jolla Jazz Festival (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (19)
  • 1960 (19)
  • 1993 (6)
  • 1961 (5)
  • 1970 (5)
  • 1989 (4)
  • 2001-07-31 (4)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1958-02-26 (2)
  • 1958-02-27 (2)
  • 1976-09-13 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1995-07-05 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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