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Gene Krupa performing

Image

Gene Krupa playing drums on stage while looking to the side. Krupa is sitting behind a drum set with a "GK" emblem and is wearing a black tuxedo and...

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

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a dress with a flower in her hair and a mole below her bottom lip.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett 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

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier

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Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois. Dexter is...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jo Jones and Buck Clayton play London House (Chicago)

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"Jo Jones returns to London House: Wednesday, May 21st with Buck Clayton plus Ray Bryant and His brother."

Date Published
May-21-1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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
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  • Jazz musicians
  • Chicago (Ill.)

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Publicity photographs (4)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Group portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (6)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) Chicago (Ill.) (6)

Subjects, People

  • Bryant, Ray, 1931-2011 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932- (1)
  • Jones, Philly Joe (1)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Pease, Sharon (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Spanier, Muggsy, 1906-1967 (1)
  • Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1939 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1958-05-21 (1)

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