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Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

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A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Band warms up

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In Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes), Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, faces away from the...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bargain Music

Image

Bargain Music, an alternative rock band comprised of four white men sit and stand at a bar having beers with three African American men. Printed in...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel with another woman

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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and an unidentified woman (possibly Miller's daughter, BettyeJo) seated at a small table at an unidentified club. All have...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and others at a club

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Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

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Bettye Miller (left) and three unidentified women seated around a table at a club. All but one looking at the camera. The two women on the right have...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller in a light colored dress with long gloves and smoking a cigarette seated at a table in an unidentified club with an unidentified woman...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with twelve others around a table

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Bettye Miller (standing, center) with twelve unidentified others (African American and white men and women) around a table in a club or restaurant...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bill Carter's Blues Revue at the Grand Emporium

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Bill Carter's Blues Revue, a blues band, sit or stand in front of a wall of signatures and smile or look solemnly at the photographer at the Grand...

Date Published
September-30-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium

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Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the...

Date Published
December-28-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and Marvine McKeithen at the Club Paradox

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Marvine McKeithen holds up Bobby Rush's hand and arm as she smiles and speaks into a microphone on the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas...

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and the crowd at Club Paradox

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Bobby Rush is seated to the far right among the crowd at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carl Weathersby at the Grand Emporium

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Carl Weathersby stands in the middle of the audience playing his guitar at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
February-03-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles 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 at the Levee, sitting with his wife, Blanche

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a break from performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, by sitting at a table with...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

Image

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 grins and pumps his fist at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams has a big grin on his face as he takes a little side step on stage, pumps the fist of his right hand, and holds his bow and...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends his knees and smiles as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

Image

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

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is...

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

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Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (36)
  • Jay McShann Collection (24)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (20)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (5)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (102)

Genres

  • Group portraits (77)
  • Color photographs (67)
  • Snapshots (40)
  • Black & white photographs (35)
  • Gelatin silver prints (35)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (22)
  • 1971-1980 (13)
  • 1981-1990 (11)
  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (74)
  • Jazz musicians (72)
  • Men, White (47)
  • Fiddlers (29)
  • Double bassists (28)
  • Jazz musicians, White (27)
  • African American women (25)
  • Women, White (23)
  • Pianists (21)
  • Music fans (16)
  • Piano (16)
  • Blues musicians (12)
  • Guitarists (11)
  • Music audiences (9)
  • Audiences (8)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (8)
  • Jazz singers (8)
  • Conversation (5)
  • Singers (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Cigarette smokers (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Keyboard players (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Berets (3)
  • Dancers (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Drum set (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Tables (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Jukeboxes (2)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Alternative rock musicians (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Brothers (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dollar, American (1)
  • DVDs (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Menus (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Rattan furniture (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Storytelling (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • Waiters (1)
  • Waitresses (1)
  • (-) African American men (102)
  • (-) Bars (Drinking establishments) (102)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (36)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (13)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (7)
  • Forty-first Street (New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Aspen (Colo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (30)
  • McShann, Jay (20)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (19)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (8)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (5)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (4)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (4)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (4)
  • Rowling, Maureen (4)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (3)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (3)
  • Rush, Bobby (3)
  • Vinson, Eddie (3)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (2)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (2)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (2)
  • Hinton, Milt (2)
  • Milberry, Larry (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Alexander, Mousey (1)
  • Arnold, Billy Boy (1)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Baty, Charlie (1)
  • Condell, James (1)
  • Crawford, Jimmy (1)
  • DeMent, Iris (1)
  • Faith, Mary (Club patron) (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Fulson, Lowell (1)
  • Garner, Larry (1)
  • Holland, Peanuts (1)
  • Holmes, Sherman (1)
  • Holmes, Wendell, 1943-2015 (1)
  • Humiston, Connie (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Morton, Benny (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Neutzler, Wendy (1)
  • Norris, John, 1934-2010 (1)
  • Rustin, Alice Betty (1)
  • Weathersby, Carl (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Witherspoon, Leonard (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (3)

Date Published

  • 2000 (32)
  • 1991 (30)
  • 1971 (13)
  • 1980 (13)
  • 2001-04-13 (7)
  • 1981 (6)
  • 2001-02-01 (5)
  • 2004-03-08 (5)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1983-03-17 (3)
  • 1984 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 2002-04-08 (3)
  • 1950-12 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1965-09 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 2001-02-18 (2)
  • 2004-02-23 (2)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1947-11-27 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1999-02-16 (1)
  • 1999-12-28 (1)
  • 2000-09-30 (1)
  • 2001-02-03 (1)
  • 2002-07-08 (1)
  • 2002-08-31 (1)
  • 2002-09-05 (1)
  • 2004-05-15 (1)

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