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Ahmad Alaadeen and Don Miller relax during a recording session

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and engineer, Don Miller, sit among the recording equipment during a recording session for "New Africa Suite" at...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Buck Clayton and Jean-Marie Masse pointing at records

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Buck Clayton and Jean-Marie Masse pointing at records in a record store.

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

Buck Clayton laughing with Jean-Marie Masse

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Buck Clayton laughing with Jean-Marie Masse in a record store.

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

Buck Clayton with Jean Marie Masse

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Buck Clayton standing by Jean Marie Masse in a group of people.

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

Buck Clayton, Nat Pierce, Harry Edison, and Jean-Pierre Vignola

Image

Buck Clayton seated outside of a restaurant, possibly in France, Quebec or Switzerland, with Nat Pierce, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Jean-Pierre Vignola...

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

Buck Clayton, Oleg Lundstrem, and George Avakian

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Buck Clayton, center, with Oleg Lundstrem and George Avakian leaning in for the photo and all staring directly ahead at the camera.

Date Published
January-1991
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Capitol Baseball Team

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Capitol Baseball Team posing for group photo wearing uniform shirts and caps with the letter 'C'. Dave Dexter is standing third from left in the back...

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

Count Basie hamming it up with Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff, and John Hammond

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Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff and John Hammond laughing while Count Basie hams it up.

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

Dave Dexter with Zutty Singleton

Image

Dave Dexter standing in the back corner of a studio talking with Zutty Singleton who is seated at a drum set. Six unidentifeid African American men...

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

Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae

Image

Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae sitting on a sofa in the Plantation Club (location unknown). Dexter is holding an instrument case, looking...

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

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

Image

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

Dave Dexter, Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner

Image

Dave Dexter helping Nellie Lutcher up from her seat at the piano during an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Ralph Edwards is standing...

Date Published
December-31-1952
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner

Image

Dave Dexter, host Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner on an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Dexter is speaking to Edwards...

Date Published
December-31-1952
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Don Miller, Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen

Image

Engineer Don Miller, and musicians Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, stand as a group and...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Don Miller, Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen

Image

Engineer Don Miller, and musicians Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, making bunny ears over Mike Warren's head, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ed Flynn, Benny Carter, and Dave Dexter

Image

Ed Flynn, wearing a light suit and tie, and Benny Carter, wearing a tuxedo, seated on a couch. Dave Dexter is crouched next to Carter wearing a...

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

Edward Pate with Richard Bolling and Jeffrey Paul Hillelson

Image

Radio station owner Edward Pate with Richard Bolling and Jeffrey Paul Hillelson at the T.B. Watkins Homes dedication ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Hank Ballard and Syd Nation

Image

R&B vocalist Hank Ballard smiles as he snaps his fingers at shoulder height and lifts his right knee on the right side of the photograph as Syd Nathan...

Date Published
September-24-1960
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Harry Edison, Jean-Pierre Vignola, and Buck Clayton in England

Image

Harry "Sweets" Edison standing with Buck Clayton and Jean-Pierre Vignola; London, England.

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

Jay McShann backstage with Holger Petersen, Duke Robillard and three other men posing for a photo

Image

Group shot backstage of Jay McShann (seated) with Duke Robillard (far right) and Holger Petersen (2nd from right) and three other men standing behind...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann seated next to Holger Petersen in an airport

Image

Jay McShann seated next to Holger Petersen in an airport departure lounge; both have their bags by their feet; a man is asleep in a chair behind them...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Lionel Hampton and Dave Dexter

Image

Lionel Hampton speaking with Dave Dexter in a restaurant. Hampton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie, looking directly at Dexter. Dexter is...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • African American men
  • Sound recording executives and producers

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (8)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Group portraits (18)
  • Black & white photographs (17)
  • Gelatin silver prints (17)
  • Snapshots (15)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (5)
  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 2001-2010 (4)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (21)
  • African American jazz musicians (19)
  • Jazz musicians (19)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Television talk show hosts (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Airports (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Baseball teams (1)
  • Baseball uniforms (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Luggage (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sleep (1)
  • Socialites (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • (-) African American men (22)
  • (-) Sound recording executives and producers (22)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Overland Park (Kan.) (3)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Miami (Fla.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (8)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (7)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Masse, Jean-Marie (3)
  • Miller, Don (Sound engineer) (3)
  • Buckner, Milt (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005 (2)
  • Lutcher, Nellie (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Petersen, Holger, 1949- (2)
  • Stewart, Ray (Percussionist) (2)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (2)
  • Avakian, George (1)
  • Ballard, Hank (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hillelson, Jeffrey Paul, 1919-2003 (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Lundstrem, Oleg, 1916-2005 (1)
  • Nathan, Syd, 1904-1968 (1)
  • Pate, Edward (1)
  • Pierce, Nat (1)
  • Rae, Bob (1)
  • Robillard, Duke (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Sarnoff, Esme (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Vignola, Jean-Pierre (1)

Events

  • "New Africa Suite" (2004 : Overland Park, Kan.) (3)

Date Published

  • 1945 (5)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 2004 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1952-12-31 (2)
  • 1939 (1)
  • 1953-09 (1)
  • 1960-09-24 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1991-01 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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