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Ahmad Alaadeen practices tenor saxophone

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Ahmad Alaadeen sits while practicing on his tenor saxophone.

Date Published
October-22-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Terry Hughes, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing during a concert in Palm Beach, Florida; Jay McShann may be...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

B Sharp Jazz Quartet

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B Sharp Jazz Quartet (Herb Graham Jr., Osama Afifi, Randall Willis, Eliot Douglass). The saxophonist, bass player, and drummer stand behind the piano...

Date Published
1994
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Band playing on stage

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Unidentified band (trumpet player, two saxophonists, drummer, pianist) playing onstage as part of the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Benny Carter with saxophone

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Publicity photo of Benny Carter seated at an angle and looking forward. Carter is wearing a tuxedo with bowtie and holding a saxophone in one hand on...

Date Published
November-26-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buddy Collette and Calvin Jackson

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Buddy Collette playing saxophone with Calvin Jackson seen beside him at the Cheathams' Jam Session; Collette is facing the left of the photo.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Charlie Parker playing saxophone

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Charlie Parker playing saxophone; facing the left of the photo and wearing a plaid shirt and corduroy pants.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Charlie Parker playing saxophone

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Charlie Parker playing saxophone and looking straight ahead. Parker is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.

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

City Light Orchestra

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Four men from the City Light Orchestra sit outside on a patio and smile as Ahmad Alaadeen looks at a soprano saxophone. All are wearing suits. From...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Curtis Peagler and Dinky Morris

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Curtis Peagler playing saxophone in front of Dinky Morris seated at a table; another, unidentified, African American man seated next to Morris can be...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler serenade

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Curtis Peagler playing saxophone in front of an unidentified, elderly, African American woman in a hat seated at a table; two other men are seen...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and Ironman Harris performing together

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Dinky Morris, saxophone, and Ironman Harris, drums, performing together on stage on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and saxophonist

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Dinky Morris adjusting a microphone in front of an unidentified African American saxophonist while he plays on stage; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris conducting

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Dinky Morris in a white hat and blue shirt conducting a performance; an unidentified saxophonist can be seen in front of him and his back is largely...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris with friend

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Dinky Morris, in a red vest and matching hat, seated talking at a small table with another African American man, wearing a blue jacket and white shirt...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Drummer and saxophonist for the play "Negroid Evolution"

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Unidentified drummer and saxophonist playing music for the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A third person can...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

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Eddie Cleanhead Vinson seated and singing into a microphone with his saxophone in his lap; an unidentified white male bassist is behind him; also seen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

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Saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson on stage with his saxophone resting beside him with a partially seen, unidentified white male bassist behind him...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

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Saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified white male bassist performing on stage at an unidentified bar; a drum set and piano can be seen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Eddie Lockjaw Davis

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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis on sax; wearing a white jacket and facing to the left.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

George Howard

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Jazz saxophonist George Howard slants his eyes up and to the right toward the camera as he holds up a soprano saxophone with his right hand. He wears...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

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Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen performing

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Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen performing while being filmed by a white male cameraman; other people can be seen behind them; at the Lincoln Building...

Date Published
August-21-1996
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams, Jay McShann having a conversation at a small table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation building; Kansas City, Missouri; a carafe of...

Date Published
1971
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (43)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (15)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (12)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (4)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (79)

Genres

  • Group portraits (60)
  • Snapshots (55)
  • Color photographs (49)
  • Black & white photographs (30)
  • Gelatin silver prints (29)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Publicity photographs (17)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (30)
  • 1991-2000 (28)
  • 1971-1980 (10)
  • 1941-1950 (5)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (76)
  • Saxophonists (76)
  • Jazz musicians (75)
  • Piano (37)
  • Men, White (36)
  • Pianists (35)
  • Jazz musicians, White (32)
  • Drum set (21)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (18)
  • Double bass (17)
  • Musical instruments (17)
  • Double bassists (16)
  • Audiences (8)
  • Trumpet players (8)
  • African American women (7)
  • Trumpet (7)
  • Microphone (6)
  • Guitar (5)
  • Hats (5)
  • River boats (5)
  • Bands (Music) (4)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • Trees (4)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Berets (3)
  • Conversation (3)
  • Applause (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Plants, Potted (2)
  • Tables (2)
  • Violin (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American women musicians (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beverages (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Classrooms (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Furniture (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Jackets (1)
  • Leather jackets (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Older African American women (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • Television camera operators (1)
  • Television cameras (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • Zydeco musicians (1)
  • (-) African American men (79)
  • (-) Saxophone (79)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (34)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (10)
  • Galloway, Jim (7)
  • Spaits, Gerald (7)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (6)
  • Morris, Dinky (6)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (4)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (4)
  • Houston, Joe (3)
  • Vinson, Eddie (3)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (3)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (2)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Holloway, Red (2)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (2)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (2)
  • Peagler, Curtis (2)
  • Redman, Joshua (2)
  • Tate, Buddy (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Woodard, Rickey (2)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (1)
  • Banarse, Pratap (1)
  • Barker, LaVerne (1)
  • Basse, David (1)
  • Brown, Michael (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Brown, Sonny (1)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Cochran, Phillip (1)
  • Collette, Buddy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Eicher, Greg (1)
  • Gray, Wardell, 1921-1955 (1)
  • Haney, Pete (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (1)
  • Howard, George, 1956-1998 (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Floyd, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Johnson, Plas (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Smith, Richard (Musician) (1)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Thompson, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Turney, Norris, 1921-2001 (1)
  • Walder, Herman (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Whitfield, Joe (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Wilson, Bob (Saxophonist) (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (6)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (1)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (14)
  • 1991 (11)
  • 1990 (9)
  • 1971 (8)
  • 1980 (8)
  • 2000 (8)
  • 1984 (7)
  • 1997-04-28 (7)
  • 1989-06 (5)
  • 1996 (5)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1990-09 (3)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1980-04 (2)
  • 1983-01 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1985-08-16 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1940-11-26 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1955 (1)
  • 1987-09 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1995-07-05 (1)
  • 1996-08-21 (1)
  • 1996-10-22 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)

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