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Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater

Image

Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party...

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

Candye Kane

Image

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

Image

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora...

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

Diane Schuur - Bobby Watson, Jr. - Monty Alexander - Dr. John

Image

Diane Schuur, jazz singer and pianist, Bobby Watson, Jr., jazz saxophonist, Dr. John, jazz and blues singer, and Monty Alexander, jazz pianist, in...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Groove Hogs

Image

The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul and blues band comprised of ten white men, lie on a floor of alternating black and white square tiles, with their...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Groove Hogs

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The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul, and blues band comprised of ten white men, stand on or in front of a porch of a slat wood building. Printed in...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Group photo of Jay McShann, James Harmon and others

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Group photo of Jay McShann with a black hat (center) with James Harman (far left), Floyd Dixon (2nd from left), Alvin Youngblood Hart (tallest in the...

Date Published
February-1991
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

James Gilbert at the Gem Theater

Image

James Gilbert, in an open-collared shirt, rolls his lips and looks down to his left at the neck of the bass as he plucks the string with his right...

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

James VanBuren

Image

James VanBuren, jazz singer, threads his fingers together and rests his chin on them as he grins at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

James VanBuren

Image

James VanBuren, blues and jazz singer, holds his chin with his right hand and smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jay McShann and Duke Robillard on stage

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Jay McShann wearing a ball cap and singing and playing and electronic piano on an outdoor stage with guitarist Duke Robillard at the 2004 Western...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann posing for a photo with two men

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Jay McShann (left) posing for a photo with Graham, and blues musician Anson Funderburgh amongst the audience at an unidentified event; other attendees...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann seated on a couch with Duke Robillard

Image

Jay McShann seated next to Duke Robillard in sunglasses and a white hat; McShann is looking at him and he's looking at the camera; 2004 Western...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with Duke Robillard

Image

Jay McShann posing for a photo with guitarist Duke Robillard at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; a large crowd of festival goers can be seen...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with Floyd Dixon

Image

Jay McShann standing next to Floyd Dixon, who is wearing a grey suit; both facing the camera and smiling; unknown event.

Date Published
February-1991
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Duke Robillard, and unidentified bassist performing outdoors

Image

Jay McShann singing and playing an electronic piano on an outdoor stage with guitarist Duke Robillard, and unidentified white male bassist at the 2004...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Duke Robillard, and unidentified bassist performing outdoors

Image

Jay McShann, guitarist Duke Robillard, and unidentified white male bassist performing outdoors at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; McShann is...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jimmy Witherspoon

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Jimmy Witherspoon, blues and jazz singer, in profile from his right side, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone. He holds the microphone stand...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jive Aces

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The Jive Aces, a British jazz, blues, and swing band comprised of six white men, all jump at once while holding their instruments. They all wear...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jive Aces

Image

The Jive Aces, a British jazz, blues, and swing band comprised of six white men, all jump at once while holding their instruments. They all wear...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jive Aces

Image

The Jive Aces, a British jazz, blues, and swing band comprised of six white men, all jump at once while holding their instruments. They all wear light...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Johnny A

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Blues and jazz guitarist Johnny A. wears a dark leather suit jacket and shirt as he rests an electric guitar on his right thigh and positions his left...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Johnny Adams

Image

Blues and jazz vocalist Johnny Adams stands looking to the right wearing a double breasted pin-stripe suit and sunglasses. Printed below the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

KC Brass & Electric

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KC Brass & Electric, is a blues and jazz band comprised of six white men, five of whom stand in a half-circle around one seated band member. One band...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (29)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (8)
  • Jay McShann Collection (8)

Types

  • photographs (45)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (35)
  • Gelatin silver prints (35)
  • Publicity photographs (29)
  • Group portraits (25)
  • Portrait photographs (20)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Snapshots (8)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (32)
  • 2001-2010 (8)
  • 1981-1990 (5)

Subjects

  • African American men (25)
  • Men, White (24)
  • African American jazz musicians (19)
  • Jazz musicians, White (17)
  • Bands (Music) (14)
  • Singers (10)
  • Guitarists (9)
  • Guitar (6)
  • Women, White (6)
  • Hats (5)
  • Pianists (5)
  • Buildings (4)
  • Funk musicians (4)
  • British (3)
  • Electronic piano (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Soul musicians (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues (Music) (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Fans (Persons) (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Harmonica music (Blues) (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (45)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (45)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (8)
  • 18th and Vine District (7)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (8)
  • Noland, Neil (5)
  • Robillard, Duke (4)
  • Dixon, Floyd (2)
  • Gilbert, Millage (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (2)
  • Van Buren, James (2)
  • Washington, Walter (2)
  • A., Johnny, 1952- (1)
  • Adams, Johnny (1)
  • Alexander, Monty (1)
  • Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006 (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Dr. John, 1941-2019 (1)
  • Edwards, Honeyboy (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • Gilbert, James (Bassist) (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Harman, James, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Hart, Alvin Youngblood, 1963- (1)
  • Kane, Candye (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • Muldaur, Maria (1)
  • New York Jimmy (1)
  • Page, Adam (Guitarist) (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)

Events

  • Living Blues Party (2000) (6)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (5)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Fest (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (8)
  • 2000 (7)
  • 2000-01-22 (6)
  • 2004-03 (5)
  • 1985 (4)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 1997 (4)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 2002 (3)
  • 1991-02 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 1999-05-15 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)

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