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1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival performers

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Musicians at the 1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival, Pennsylvania. Back row, top left: Bob Haggart, Johnny Varro, Marty Grosz, Ray Sherman, Johnny Mince...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Al Bartee and Betty Crow at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Betty Crow at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Both are looking at each other and smiling. They are standing in front...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Bartee and Betty Crow at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Betty Crow at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Both are looking forward and smiling. They are standing in front of...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Audience watches a formal event

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In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, unidentified African American men and one unidentified African American...

Date Published
September-01-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Audience watches a formal event

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In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, four unidentified African American men and one unidentified African...

Date Published
September-01-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Ben Kynard at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Ben Kynard sitting in front of a large crowd at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. People are sitting in lawn chairs and walking around. Kynard is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Betty Crow and Billie G. Moore, Jr., at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Betty Crow and Billie G. Moore, Jr., at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. They are standing with the festival mascot in front of the Liberty...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Betty Crow, Billie G. Moore Jr., and an unidentified woman at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Betty Crow, Billie G. Moore Jr., and an unidentified woman at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. The unidentified woman is sitting and looking to the...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Billie G. Moore, Jr., at the Kansas City Spirit Festival

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Billie G. Moore, Jr., dancing on the Jazz State at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. He is on the left dancing with an...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob Kindred at the Topeka Jazz Festival

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Bob Kindred performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is playing a saxophone directly into a microphone. He is wearing a tan suit...

Date Published
May-29-2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bob Kindred at the Topeka Jazz Festival

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Bob Kindred at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is holding a saxophone while looking to the right. He is in front of a gray curtain.

Date Published
May-29-2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bobby Watson at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bobby Watson, wearing a fedora and suspenders, closes his eyes as he plays an alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Watson at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bobby Watson, looking directly at the photographer, blows into a microphoned alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-20-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bram Wijnand at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival

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Bram Wijnand performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. He is sitting at a piano on stage while looking down.

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Buck Clayton with a fan at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

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Buck Clayton with an unidentified white male fan at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Date Published
1969
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with fans at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

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Buck Clayton with a group of fans (white men and women) at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Date Published
1969
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli and Rod Fleeman at the Topeka Jazz Festival

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Bucky Pizzarelli and Rod Fleeman at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. Pizzarelli is sitting and playing guitar. He is looking to the left...

Date Published
May-29-2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Buddy Tate head into the Monterey Jazz Festival

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Buddy Tate, wearing a brown and white large checked sports jacket and holding his saxophone in a case, looks to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a checked suit, looks down as he plays a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-16-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac Fleetwood that is parked on the street as he stands with his back to 215 and 217 SE 8th Ave...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands arm-in-arm for a photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands arm-in-arm with an unidentified white man and smile at the camera inside of the Topeka Performing Arts Center in...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams waves

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles and waves as he stands between the stair cases outside of the Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 SE 8th Avenue...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Bobby Watson, and J.T. Lotozo perform during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

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In the glow of a light hanging from a tent or awning covering the stage, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands sideways to the camera drawing his bow...

Date Published
July-21-2000
July-23-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Cotton Candy at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Cotton Candy, wearing a dramatic hat and looking directly at the photographer, sings into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (143)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (14)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (8)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (167)

Genres

  • Portrait photographs (157)
  • Color photographs (152)
  • Group portraits (143)
  • Snapshots (143)
  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (152)
  • 2001-2010 (5)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (106)
  • Double bassists (61)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (55)
  • Saxophonists (53)
  • Keyboard players (39)
  • Guitar players (38)
  • African American men (20)
  • Women jazz singers (20)
  • Trumpet players (17)
  • Blues festivals (14)
  • Music festivals (14)
  • Clarinetists (10)
  • Trombonists (10)
  • Fiddlers (8)
  • Men, White (8)
  • African American women (6)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Flute players (4)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • Marching bands (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Music fans (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Violinists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • (-) Jazz festivals (168)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (168)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (84)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (77)
  • 18th and Vine District (9)
  • New Orleans (La.) (2)
  • Pennsylvania (2)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Embrey, Danny (21)
  • Spaits, Gerald (18)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (18)
  • Kindred, Bob, 1940- (15)
  • Leonhart, Jay (15)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (15)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (13)
  • Allyson, Karrin (12)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (11)
  • Hamilton, Jeff (11)
  • Saunders, Eddie (11)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (10)
  • Peplowski, Ken (10)
  • Eldar, 1987- (9)
  • Parris, Rebecca (9)
  • Hendelman, Tamir (8)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (8)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (8)
  • Clayton, John, 1952- (7)
  • Smith, Paul, 1922-2013 (7)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (6)
  • Barrett, Dan (6)
  • Bartee, Al (6)
  • King, Nancy (Vocalist) (6)
  • Seaton, Lynn (6)
  • Strait, Todd (6)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (6)
  • Branstetter, Bob (5)
  • Long, Russ (5)
  • Mance, Junior, 1928- (5)
  • Miles, Butch, 1944- (5)
  • Moore, Billie G. (5)
  • Crow, Betty (4)
  • Davern, Kenny (4)
  • McFadden, Lonnie (4)
  • McFadden, Ronnie (4)
  • Shew, Bobby (4)
  • Wijnands, Bram, 1965- (4)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (4)
  • Allred, John (Trombonist) (3)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Fleeman, Rod (3)
  • Foster, Gary (3)
  • Gibbs, Terry, 1924- (3)
  • Machtel, Jos, 1962- (3)
  • Roberts, Ron (3)
  • Washington, Horace, 1952-2014 (3)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (3)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (3)
  • Auwarter, Doug (2)
  • Broadbent, Alan, 1947- (2)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (2)
  • Hawkins, Wayne (Pianist) (2)
  • Hudson, Kenny (2)
  • Kavanaugh, Keith (2)
  • Kessler, Stan (2)
  • Lee, Marcellus (2)
  • Loon, Harry Van (2)
  • Monroe, Jim (2)
  • Reed, Ray (2)
  • Stewart, Forrest (Musician) (2)
  • Alden, Howard (1)
  • Alexander, Monty (1)
  • Amaro, Big John (1)
  • Anderson, Jackie (Musician) (1)
  • Ascione, Joe (1)
  • Basse, David (1)
  • Boughton, Joe (1)
  • Bruce, Franz, 1916-1997 (1)
  • Clark, Mahlon B., 1923-2007 (1)
  • Cohick, Mark (1)
  • Estes, Gene (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Foster, Dwight (1)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (1)
  • Grosz, Marty (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Hamilton, Scott, 1954- (1)
  • Hart, Elsa (1)
  • Jackson, Duffy (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jones, Etta (1)
  • Krall, Diana (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lamond, Don (1)
  • Lotozo, J. T. (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • McKinley, Ray (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Miller, Eddie, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Miller, Harry (Musician) (1)
  • Musa, Monte (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Person, Houston (1)
  • Polcer, Ed (1)
  • Reinhart, Randy (1)
  • Ruffins, Kermit (1)
  • Spring, Barry (1)
  • Strayer, Kerry, 1957-2013 (1)
  • Talley, Doug (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Tompkins, Ross (1)
  • Van Eps, George (1)
  • Varro, Johnny (1)
  • Von Ohlen, John (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Wilder, Joe (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)

Events

  • Topeka Jazz Festival (2000: Topeka, Kan.) (74)
  • Spirit Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (34)
  • Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (30)
  • 18 & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (5)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (3)
  • Tony Williams Jazz Fest (3)
  • New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (1969) (2)
  • Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival (1986) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000-05-29 (69)
  • 1991 (64)
  • 1995 (64)
  • 1992-08 (5)
  • 2000-05 (5)
  • 2000-05-28 (3)
  • 2000-07-21 (3)
  • 2005-06-17 (3)
  • 1969 (2)
  • 1999-07-16 (2)
  • 2000-07-22 (2)
  • 2001-09-01 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1998-07-18 (1)
  • 1999-07-17 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2001-07-20 (1)
  • 2001-08-31 (1)
  • 2005-06-19 (1)

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