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Adam Page at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

Image

Adam Page, wearing a ball cap, seriously looks forward as he plays electric guitar on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

AG at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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AG, wearing a fedora, plays a saxophone into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bill Carter at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

Image

Bill Carter, wearing a straw fedora, stands and sings into a microphone as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs

Image

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 Rush and Lo Lespes at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

Image

Bobby Rush, sings into a microphone as Lo Lespes dances during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival, The audience is visible behind Lo.

Date Published
June-24-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

Image

Bobby Rush stands on stage holding a microphone in his left hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-25-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Watson at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Image

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

Image

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 Watson at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2003

Image

Bobby Watson blows into an alto saxophone that has a microphone in front of it during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-28-2003
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

Image

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 in Edinburgh, Scotland

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Buck Clayton at the McEwan's Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, wearing a fox hunt themed necktie.

Date Published
August-21-1985
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Spanky Davis and Carl Fontana

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Buck Clayton, Spanky Davis and Carl Fontana at McEwan's Edinburgh International of the Performing Arts, Scotland, 1985.

Date Published
August-21-1985
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Chick Willis at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

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Chick Willis, wearing a hat and grimacing while playing an electric guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-25-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles 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 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, 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

D.C. Bellamy at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

Image

D.C. Bellamy, wearing a straw fedora, closes his eyes as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Danny Cox at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

Image

Danny Cox, wearing a cowboy hat, smiles as he sings into a microphone and plays guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-26-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles 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

David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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David "Honey Boy" Edwards, wearing a ball cap, sings into a microphone and plays a guitar as he sits on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street...

Date Published
June-23-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Dennis Binder at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

Image

Dennis Binder, wearing a fedora, looks to his right, as he sits on stage and plays a keyboard on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-25-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eddie Saunders and Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Eddie Saunders, holding his saxophone on his lap and Sonny Kenner playing a guitar, put their heads together and smile while performing at the Kansas...

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eddie Saunders at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Eddie Saunders, wearing a beret, blows into a saxophone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (96)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (99)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (99)
  • Gelatin silver prints (99)
  • Portrait photographs (82)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (58)
  • 1991-2000 (38)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Blues festivals (95)
  • Blues musicians (83)
  • Jazz festivals (48)
  • Guitarists (47)
  • Singers (29)
  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Jazz musicians (14)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Harmonica players (8)
  • Pianists (8)
  • African American women (6)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Fiddlers (5)
  • Violinists (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Promoters (4)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Music--Awards (2)
  • Music audiences (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Music--Awards--Kansas (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Women dancers (1)
  • (-) African American men (99)
  • (-) Music festivals (99)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (51)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (45)
  • 18th and Vine District (4)
  • Edinburgh (Scotland) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (3)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (3)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (3)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (2)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Edwards, Honeyboy (2)
  • Gilbert, Millage (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Knox, Marquise (2)
  • Lane, Jimmy D. (2)
  • Lazy Lester (2)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (2)
  • Lockwood, Robert Jr., 1915-2006 (2)
  • Louisiana Red (2)
  • Magic Slim (Musician) (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Naber, Roger (2)
  • Perkins, Pinetop (2)
  • Robinson, Jimmy Lee (2)
  • Rush, Bobby (2)
  • Saunders, Eddie (2)
  • Sheppard, Lemuel (2)
  • Townsend, Henry (2)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (2)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (2)
  • Wilson, James Spoon (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Baker, Tom Trashmouth (1)
  • Bean, Terry (1)
  • Binder, Dennis, 1920- (1)
  • Brooks, Lonnie (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Brown, Texas Johnny (1)
  • Carter, Bill (Guitarist) (1)
  • Carter, Jimmy Lee (1)
  • Charles, Michael (1)
  • Chavis, Boozoo, 1930-2001 (1)
  • Comer, Carol (1)
  • Cox, Danny (Musician) (1)
  • Dare, Lou (1)
  • Davis, Spanky (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Fontana, Carl (1)
  • Fountain, Clarence (1)
  • Gadson, Tutti (1)
  • Gant, L. C. (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Gregg, Diane (1)
  • Hill, Michael, 1952- (1)
  • Hodge, Aaron (1)
  • Holmes, Sherman (1)
  • Holmes, Wendell, 1943-2015 (1)
  • Hopkins, Grant Sheffield (Groovy Grant) (1)
  • Hunter, Long John (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Johnson, J. J. (Blues singer) (1)
  • Keb' Mo' (Musician) (1)
  • King, Willie, 1943-2009 (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • King Clarentz, 1950- (1)
  • Kovacs, Mike (1)
  • Lespes, Lo (1)
  • Little Iron Jaw Oakley (1)
  • Little Milton (1)
  • Mayberry, Joni (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Murrell, Chris (1)
  • Nelson, Joshua (1)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (1)
  • Page, Adam (Guitarist) (1)
  • Pickett, Wilson (1)
  • Popsy (1)
  • Ricks, Philadelphia Jerry (1)
  • Ruffins, Kermit (1)
  • Seals, Son (1)
  • Smiley, Eugene (1)
  • Smothers, Little Smokey, 1939-2010 (1)
  • Stuerke, John (1)
  • Sumlin, Hubert, 1931-2011 (1)
  • Taylor, C. Jaisson H. (1)
  • Therman, Glen (1)
  • Tigner, Eddie, 1926- (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Turner, Eddie (1)
  • Turner, Ike (1)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Williams, Tommy Soul (1)
  • Willis, Chick (1)
  • Wilson, John (1)
  • Womack, Bobby (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • Young, Lionel (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (15)
  • 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 Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (9)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (8)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (7)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (4)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2001) (3)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2003) (3)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2005) (3)
  • Box Car Blues Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Edinburgh International Festival (1985) (2)
  • Box Car Blues Festival (2006 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2008) (1)
  • Women's Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2002-06-29 (15)
  • 1999-07-17 (6)
  • 2000-07-23 (6)
  • 2006-06-25 (6)
  • 1998-07-18 (5)
  • 2000-07-22 (5)
  • 2004-06-26 (5)
  • 1999-07-16 (4)
  • 2000-06-24 (4)
  • 2001-07-20 (4)
  • 2001-07-22 (4)
  • 1999-07-18 (3)
  • 2001-06-23 (3)
  • 2003-06-28 (3)
  • 2005-06-18 (3)
  • 1985-08-21 (2)
  • 1998-07-19 (2)
  • 2000-07-21 (2)
  • 2001-07-21 (2)
  • 2005-06-25 (2)
  • 2005-08-20 (2)
  • 2006-06-23 (2)
  • 1978-03-19 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2004-05-18 (1)
  • 2004-06-25 (1)
  • 2005-06-17 (1)
  • 2005-06-24 (1)
  • 2006-06-24 (1)
  • 2006-08-19 (1)
  • 2008-06-28 (1)

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