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Band listens to Bobby Watson and Tyrone Clark play

Image

The band watches Bobby Watson play an alto saxophone in a tent with open sides. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool in the left foreground...

Date Published
September-15-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

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Bettye Miller singing while playing the piano during her birthday party. An unidentified man is seated behind her.

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong

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Billie Holiday straightening a tie for Louis Armstrong in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is holding a trumpet in his...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buck Clayton All Stars Copenhagen concert

Image

"Buck Clayton All Stars featuring Jimmy Rushing: Copenhagen Concert" ( Emmett Berry, Earle Warren, Buddy Tate, Dicky Wells, Al Williams, Gene Ramey...

Date Published
September-1959
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in England

Image

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in suits and trench coats, standing on a street; Buck holding his trumpet and a handkerchief looking mischievous. Jimmy...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

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Buck Clayton posed with Johnny Parker, Big Joe Turner, Beryl Bryden and Champion Jack Dupree at the Gargoyle Club, London, England.

Date Published
May-1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with jazz students

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Buck Clayton watching as jazz students practice their instruments and one African American woman sings in New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Norene Tate performing with Mary Lou Williams in the background

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Norene Tate speaking into a microphone on stage with Buck Clayton pointing at the crowd. Mary Lou Williams and unidentified white man in the...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton. Joe Turner. Feel so fine!

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"Buck Clayton/Joe Turner: feel so fine".

Date Published
June-02-1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Richard Ross perform at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands and plucks his fiddle beside Richard Ross, who is singing into a microphone at the Levee Bar & Grill on...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he stands on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, snapping his...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Coaching a jazz singer

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Buck Clayton and an unidentified African American female student singing into a microphone during a jazz class, with two African American male trumpet...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis seated in a recording studio

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Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an...

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

Delta Rhythm Boys

Image

The Delta Rhythm Boys singing in front of a microphone. From left to right: Clinton Holland, Traverse Crawford, Harry Lewis, and Otho Gaines.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Diane Schuur singing

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Diane Schuur and Freddie Green performing on stage with an unidentified group of musicians.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

DownBeat Magazine shoot at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano...

Date Published
June-09-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eddie Barefield with his clarinet

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Eddie Barefield on stage holding his clarinet with Mae Barnes and a partial view of a pianist to Barefield's right while on the Art Ford Show.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Eddie Saunders is surprised by Lisa Henry as Ida McBeth looks on

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Eddie Saunders, holding a saxophone, opens his mouth in surprise at Lisa Henry, jazz singer, who is mostly obscured by Ida McBeth, jazz singer. Ida...

Date Published
September-15-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Enjoying time outside

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated on a covered lawn swing with two unidentified African American men in lawn chairs enjoying drinks and leisure time...

Date Published
November-1961
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

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Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone...

Date Published
February-11-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Frank Sinatra with Bill Miller

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Frank Sinatra standing in a recording studio looking at music on a piano with Bill Miller and holding his hands in his pockets. An unidentified...

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gerald Dunn, Luqman Hamza, and Geneva Price at the Blue Room

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Gerald Dunn is blowing into an alto saxophone as he looks at Geneva Price. Luqman Hamza is playing a piano behind Geneva and turning his head to the...

Date Published
August-05-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (22)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (21)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (19)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (16)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (9)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • Jay McShann Collection (5)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (4)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (106)

Genres

  • Group portraits (94)
  • Black & white photographs (56)
  • Gelatin silver prints (56)
  • Color photographs (50)
  • Snapshots (37)
  • Publicity photographs (18)
  • Portrait photographs (8)
  • Architectural photographs (5)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (16)
  • 1971-1980 (15)
  • 2001-2010 (11)
  • 1981-1990 (10)
  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1961-1970 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (99)
  • Jazz musicians (98)
  • African American women (62)
  • Men, White (43)
  • Jazz musicians, White (41)
  • Pianists (40)
  • Trumpet players (28)
  • Saxophonists (27)
  • Double bassists (20)
  • Women, White (20)
  • Trombonists (17)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (13)
  • Fiddlers (12)
  • Piano (11)
  • Band directors (9)
  • Big bands (9)
  • Guitarists (9)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (8)
  • Microphone (6)
  • Music students (6)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Buildings (5)
  • Clarinet (5)
  • Buddhist temples (4)
  • Double bass (4)
  • Japanese (4)
  • Shinto shrines (4)
  • Banners (3)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Clarinetists (3)
  • Men (3)
  • Trombone (3)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Diplomats (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Stairs (2)
  • Trees (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American couples (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Award winners (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Baseball players--United States (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Cadillac automobile (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Centerpieces (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Entertaining (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Headphones (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Jazz audiences (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lawn chairs (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Name tags (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Wake services (1)
  • (-) African American men (106)
  • (-) Jazz singers (106)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (30)
  • Japan (6)
  • 18th and Vine District (5)
  • New York (N.Y.) (4)
  • Chelsea (London, England) (2)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (2)
  • Cincinnati (Ohio) (1)
  • Copenhagen (Denmark) (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)
  • Zagreb (Croatia) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (16)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (16)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (14)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (11)
  • Durrett, Warren (9)
  • Taylor, Myra (9)
  • Kessler, Stan (8)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (8)
  • Saunders, Eddie (8)
  • McBeth, Ida (7)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (6)
  • McShann, Jay (6)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (4)
  • Hamza, Luqman (4)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (4)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (4)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (4)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (3)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (3)
  • Glenn, Tyree (3)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (3)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (3)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (3)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (3)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (3)
  • Bolcom, William (2)
  • Burns, David M. (David Mitchell), -2013 (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Dunn, Gerald (2)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (2)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (2)
  • Francis, Panama (2)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (2)
  • Jackson, Bull Moose, 1919-1989 (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (2)
  • Allyson, Karrin (1)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (1)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Barnes, Mae (1)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (1)
  • Berry, Emmett (1)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Brown, Ray, 1926-2002 (1)
  • Bryden, Beryl, 1920- (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Cox, Donald (1)
  • Cox, Pat (1)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Crawford, Traverse, 1916-1975 (1)
  • Creach, Papa John (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992 (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (1)
  • Gaines, Lee, 1914-1987 (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Hassell, Hollis (1)
  • Holland, Clinton (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • Jones, Etta (1)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (1)
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • King Pleasure (1)
  • Lewis, Harry, 1914-1984 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Lovelle, Herb (1)
  • Massingale, Rudy (1)
  • Maupin, Popeye, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • McFadden, Lonnie (1)
  • McFadden, Ronnie (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • McPherson, Charles (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Miller, Bill, 1915-2006 (1)
  • Moore, Marilyn, 1931- (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Newman, Joe (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Parker, Johnny, 1922- (1)
  • Person, Houston (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Price, Geneva (1)
  • Quarles, Evie (1)
  • Ram, Buck (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Richards, Red (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Smith, Dottie (Vocalist) (1)
  • Stephens, John (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Tate, Norene (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, Al, 1919- (1)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Events

  • Living Blues Party (2000) (2)
  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Central Avenue Jazz Festival (1)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (1)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (1)
  • Tony Williams Jazz Fest (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (13)
  • 1990 (12)
  • 2001-09-15 (10)
  • 1991 (8)
  • 2000 (8)
  • 1995 (6)
  • 1945 (5)
  • 1950 (5)
  • 1961 (4)
  • 1978-12-01 (4)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1976 (3)
  • 1982-12-04 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1972-02-07 (2)
  • 1977 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1959-09 (1)
  • 1961-11 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1965-05 (1)
  • 1965-06-02 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1972 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1972-12 (1)
  • 1980-12 (1)
  • 1981-07 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
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  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1998-01-07 (1)
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  • 1999-09-17 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-06-09 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2001-04-10 (1)
  • 2001-08-31 (1)
  • 2001-11-29 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2002-06-21 (1)
  • 2003-05-23 (1)
  • 2004-06-04 (1)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2006-02-24 (1)
  • 2006-12-14 (1)
  • 2009-09-26 (1)
  • 2010-05-02 (1)

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