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1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival performers

Image

Musicians at the 1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival, Pennsylvania. Back row, top left: Bob Haggart, Johnny Varro, Marty Grosz, Ray Sherman, Johnny Mince...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Audience watches a formal event

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In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, unidentified African American men and one unidentified African American...

Date Published
September-01-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Audience watches a formal event

Image

In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, four unidentified African American men and one unidentified African...

Date Published
September-01-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs

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Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on...

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Watson at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bobby Watson, wearing a fedora and suspenders, closes his eyes as he plays an alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Watson at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bobby Watson, looking directly at the photographer, blows into a microphoned alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-20-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Womack at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Image

Bobby Womack, wearing a cap and sunglasses, sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Boozoo Chavis at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Boozoo Chavis, wearing a cowboy hat, looks down at the microphone as he plays the accordion during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-16-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Buck Clayton with a fan at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

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Buck Clayton with an unidentified white male fan at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Date Published
1969
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with fans at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

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Buck Clayton with a group of fans (white men and women) at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Date Published
1969
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Chris Murrell at Rhythm & Ribs

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Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Clarence Gatemouth Brown at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Clarence Gatemouth Brown, wearing a cowboy hat and shirt, from his left side, smiles as he bows a violin during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Buddy Tate head into the Monterey Jazz Festival

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Buddy Tate, wearing a brown and white large checked sports jacket and holding his saxophone in a case, looks to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a checked suit, looks down as he plays a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-16-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac Fleetwood that is parked on the street as he stands with his back to 215 and 217 SE 8th Ave...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands arm-in-arm for a photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands arm-in-arm with an unidentified white man and smile at the camera inside of the Topeka Performing Arts Center in...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams waves

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles and waves as he stands between the stair cases outside of the Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 SE 8th Avenue...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Bobby Watson, and J.T. Lotozo perform during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

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In the glow of a light hanging from a tent or awning covering the stage, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands sideways to the camera drawing his bow...

Date Published
July-21-2000
July-23-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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David "Honeyboy" Edwards grins over the microphone as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. He's wearing a Maverick...

Date Published
July-17-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eddie Tigner at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Eddie Tigner, wearing a Route 66 ball cap, looks seriously out over a microphone while he plays a keyboard during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-21-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eugene Smiley at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Eugene Smiley looks mischievously at the photographer as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-16-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Fathead Newman at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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David "Fathead" Newman stands and blows into a tenor saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Harry Hypolite at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat, leans back as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A profile shadow is visible behind...

Date Published
July-20-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Henry Butler at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Butler, wearing sunglasses, sits and plays a grand piano during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The stage lights are above his head...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (48)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (8)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (60)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (50)
  • Gelatin silver prints (50)
  • Portrait photographs (49)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (35)
  • 2001-2010 (14)

Subjects

  • Blues festivals (49)
  • Music festivals (48)
  • Blues musicians (38)
  • Guitarists (23)
  • African American jazz musicians (20)
  • Jazz musicians (20)
  • Fiddlers (10)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Singers (9)
  • Men, White (7)
  • Pianists (7)
  • Violinists (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Music fans (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Music--Awards (2)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • City children--Recreation (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Fountains (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Street photography (1)
  • Swimming (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • (-) African American men (60)
  • (-) Jazz festivals (60)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (50)
  • 18th and Vine District (4)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (3)
  • New Orleans (La.) (2)
  • Pennsylvania (2)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (8)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (3)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (2)
  • Lockwood, Robert Jr., 1915-2006 (2)
  • Perkins, Pinetop (2)
  • Alden, Howard (1)
  • Barrett, Dan (1)
  • Boughton, Joe (1)
  • Brooks, Lonnie (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Carter, Jimmy Lee (1)
  • Charles, Michael (1)
  • Chavis, Boozoo, 1930-2001 (1)
  • Clark, Mahlon B., 1923-2007 (1)
  • Edwards, Honeyboy (1)
  • Estes, Gene (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Fountain, Clarence (1)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (1)
  • Grosz, Marty (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Hamilton, Scott, 1954- (1)
  • Hill, Michael, 1952- (1)
  • Holmes, Sherman (1)
  • Holmes, Wendell, 1943-2015 (1)
  • Hunter, Long John (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jones, Etta (1)
  • Keb' Mo' (Musician) (1)
  • King Clarentz, 1950- (1)
  • Lamond, Don (1)
  • Lane, Jimmy D. (1)
  • Lazy Lester (1)
  • Little Milton (1)
  • Lotozo, J. T. (1)
  • Louisiana Red (1)
  • McKinley, Ray (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Miller, Eddie, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Murrell, Chris (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Nelson, Joshua (1)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (1)
  • Person, Houston (1)
  • Pickett, Wilson (1)
  • Polcer, Ed (1)
  • Popsy (1)
  • Reinhart, Randy (1)
  • Ricks, Philadelphia Jerry (1)
  • Robinson, Jimmy Lee (1)
  • Ruffins, Kermit (1)
  • Seals, Son (1)
  • Smiley, Eugene (1)
  • Smothers, Little Smokey, 1939-2010 (1)
  • Sumlin, Hubert, 1931-2011 (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Tigner, Eddie, 1926- (1)
  • Tompkins, Ross (1)
  • Townsend, Henry (1)
  • Turner, Ike (1)
  • Van Eps, George (1)
  • Varro, Johnny (1)
  • Von Ohlen, John (1)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Wilder, Joe (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (1)
  • Womack, Bobby (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • Young, Lionel (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (14)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (12)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (10)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (8)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Tony Williams Jazz Fest (3)
  • New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (1969) (2)
  • Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival (1986) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (1993) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000-07-23 (7)
  • 1999-07-17 (6)
  • 1998-07-18 (5)
  • 2000-07-22 (5)
  • 1999-07-16 (4)
  • 2001-07-20 (4)
  • 2001-07-22 (4)
  • 1999-07-18 (3)
  • 2000-05-28 (3)
  • 2000-07-21 (3)
  • 2005-06-18 (3)
  • 1969 (2)
  • 1998-07-19 (2)
  • 2001-07-21 (2)
  • 2001-09-01 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1993-07-24 (1)
  • 1993-07-25 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2001-08-31 (1)
  • 2005-06-17 (1)

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