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Ahmad Alaadeen in an army uniform

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White) in Army uniform looking straight at the photographer. The hat has had red ribbing hand painted with color tint.

Date Published
1957
1959
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Air Cadets band at an unidentified venue

Image

Air Cadets band performing at an unidentified venue. The unidentified musicians are sitting in two rows, playing saxophone, trumpet, drums, and bass.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Babs Gonzales

Image

Babs Gonzales with a cigarette looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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

Barbara Carroll

Image

Angled headshot of Barbara Carroll leaning forward and looking ahead. Carroll is wearing a black dress and hooped earrings.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bart Varsalona

Image

Bart Varsalona playing the trombone while in the ocean water at the beach. Varsalona is chest deep in water and facing to the side.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Miller and Milt Abel at a check-in table

Image

Milt Abel and Bettye Miller standing in front what seems to be a check-in table for an unidentified event. Two older women are seated behind the table...

Date Published
July-1959
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel at the zoo

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel posing together for a photo while at the zoo. Abel has an arm around Miller's shoulders and they're standing in front of a...

Date Published
1958
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling at the camera while playing piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt shaker on the piano in front of...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling while playing piano and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a hotel room

Image

Bettye Miller standing next to a large television set in a hotel room. She's wearing a black dress with pearls and facing the camera, smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a trio

Image

Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller signing a copy of her album

Image

Bettye Miller autographing her LP while holding against the shoulder of an unidentified white man. Five other unidentified white men are line up...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller Trio posing for a photo with their album

Image

Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man posing for a photo with...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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  • Jazz musicians
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (52)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (37)
  • Ed Dix Collection (27)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (22)
  • Betty Crow Collection (18)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (14)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (189)
  • posters (2)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (170)
  • Gelatin silver prints (170)
  • Snapshots (111)
  • Group portraits (94)
  • Portrait photographs (87)
  • Publicity photographs (37)
  • Color photographs (19)
  • Promotional photographs (4)
  • Posters (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Concert posters (1)
  • Dance posters (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Glamour photographs (1)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • Postcards (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (191)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians, White (100)
  • African American jazz musicians (92)
  • Men, White (89)
  • African American men (54)
  • Pianists (47)
  • African American women (44)
  • Women, White (39)
  • Double bassists (35)
  • Saxophonists (33)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (32)
  • Jazz singers (32)
  • Piano (31)
  • Double bass (23)
  • Band directors (22)
  • Musical instruments (21)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (19)
  • Sound studios (19)
  • Trumpet players (19)
  • Photographs (17)
  • Drum set (16)
  • Microphone (13)
  • Trombonists (12)
  • Portraits, Group (11)
  • Keyboard players (9)
  • Porches (9)
  • Saxophone (6)
  • Lakes (5)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Big bands (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (4)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (4)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (3)
  • Pipe smokers (3)
  • Portraits (3)
  • Sound recordings (3)
  • Television talk show hosts (3)
  • Tobacco pipes (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Bathing suits (2)
  • Boats and boating (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Dance music (2)
  • Docks (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Hotels (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Older women (2)
  • Parks (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Television programs (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American freemasons (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Armies--Uniforms (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Fathers and sons (1)
  • Fruit (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Homes (1)
  • Letters (1)
  • Married people (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Mothers and sons (1)
  • Mountains (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Portrait photography (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Tangerine (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Tennis courts (1)
  • Tennis players (1)
  • Tennis rackets (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (191)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (13)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (3)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (1)
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Roosevelt National Forest (Colo.) (1)
  • Washington (D.C.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (34)
  • Durrett, Warren (26)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (22)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (18)
  • Maye, Marilyn (17)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (12)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Tucker, Patty (Singer) (9)
  • Johnston, Carol (Singer) (6)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (5)
  • Dix, Mary (5)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Buckner, Milt (3)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005 (3)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (3)
  • Lutcher, Nellie (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Searcy, Roy (3)
  • Adderley, Cannonball (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Allen, Rose Marie (Musician) (2)
  • Bennett, Tony, 1926- (2)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Almeida, Laurindo (1)
  • Anderson, Frog (1)
  • Avakian, George (1)
  • Baker, Eddie (1)
  • Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928- (1)
  • Beckett, Fred (1)
  • Bolling, Barbara, 1909-1996 (1)
  • Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (1)
  • Braff, Ruby, 1927-2003 (1)
  • Bruce, Franz, 1916-1997 (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Caccia, Harold, 1905-1990 (1)
  • Carroll, Barbara (1)
  • Carroll, John (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Dix, David Edward (1)
  • Donahue, Sam (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Ferguson, Harry (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (1)
  • Gayten, Paul, 1920-1991 (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Gonzales, Babs (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gray, Wardell, 1921-1955 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Greene, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hackett, Bobby (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Hibbler, Robert (1)
  • Hinton, Patricia (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Buddy, 1915-1977 (1)
  • Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970 (1)
  • Jones, Thad (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Matthews, Pee Wee (Musician) (1)
  • McMillan, Allan W., 1900-1991 (1)
  • Morton, Benny (1)
  • Murphy, Turk (1)
  • Nichols, Red (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • O'Dell, Janice (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (1)
  • Scott, Gerald (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Smith, Richard (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, William (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1897-1973 (1)
  • Stringer, Dean (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Tucker, Jimmy (Musician) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Varsalona, Bart (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Walder, Herman (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)
  • Williams, Ernie (1)
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy, -1965 (1)
  • Wilson, Bob (Musician) (1)

Events

  • Newport Jazz Festival (1956) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (123)
  • 1960 (115)
  • 1955 (18)
  • 1995 (18)
  • 2000 (18)
  • 1957 (9)
  • 1956 (6)
  • 1952-12-31 (3)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1952 (2)
  • 1958 (2)
  • 1969 (2)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1954-07-01 (1)
  • 1955-02-01 (1)
  • 1955-09-26 (1)
  • 1958-08-12 (1)
  • 1959-03-17 (1)
  • 1959-07 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1964-03-01 (1)
  • 1979 (1)

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