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Automatics

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The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of four white men and two African American men, sit on a deck railing with trees behind them...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernie Worrell

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Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernie Worrell

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Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Goat

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Billy Goat is a funk-rock band from Kansas City comprised of one African American man, four white men, and one white woman. The men stand and the...

Date Published
May-1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra

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Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Global Funk Council

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Global Funk Council, a funk band comprised of Anthony Smith, Eric Bolivar, Dan Lebowitz, and Steve Adams, stand looking up at the camera. All wear a...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Gran Torino

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Gran Torino, a funk band comprised of three African American men, four white men, and one Mexican American man (possibly), stand in front of a police...

Date Published
1997
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hairy Apes BMX

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Hairy Apes BMX, a band comprised of one African American man and three white man, stand in a line in front of a wall. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

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Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor

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Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor, a reggae and funk band comprised of two African American men, and one white man. Henry Turner, Jr. sits in the middle. He...

Date Published
1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hot Buttered Rhythm

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Hot Buttered Rhythm, a jazz-funk fusion band comprised of six African American men, stand and sit in front of an open garage. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jumpin Gene "King of Hollywood Blues"

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Funk musician Jumpin Gene "King of Hollywood Blues" sits in the backseat of a limousine wearing a gold crown, a gold cross necklace and black clothing...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jumpin Gene Anderson "King of Hollywood Blues" A.K.A. Poo Poo Man

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Funk musician Jumpin Gene Anderson "King of Hollywood Blues" A.K.A. Poo Poo Man stands with his hands cross wearing a white suit with a purple cape...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jumpin Gene Anderson A.K.A. Poo Poo Man

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Funk musician Jumpin Gene Anderson A.K.A. Poo Poo Man broadcasts on the radio in the broadcasting room of 102.3 KJLH Rhythm Radio. The right hand...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

King Gene "Poo Poo Man" Anderson

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Funk musician King Gene "Poo Poo Man" Anderson wears a black suit with red stripes, a red satin shirt, and a gold crown. He leans back as he sings...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Michael Ray

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Michael Ray, funk, soul, and jazz trumpet player, grins and holds his trumpet up by his face while he holds his right hand, fingers splayed, below the...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe

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Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe, a funk, soul, and jazz band comprised of three African American men, and five white men, stand on stairs in colorful...

Date Published
1994
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Monkey Meet

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Monkey Meet, a funk band comprised of three African American men and two white men, stand sideways to the camera except for the band member in the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Oteil Burbridge

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Oteil is a jazz, funk, soul, and rock musician who plays bass guitar, guitar, drums, banjo and the clarinet, and is the bandleader of the Peacemakers...

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Clay performing

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Otis Clay, funk, soul and gospel singer, looks to the left with a grimace and holds a microphone in his left hand as he is performing. He wears a v...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Pharaohs

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Pharaohs with Sir Charles L. "Ki" Handy, in a montage of photographs on top of hand drawn logos of African American (likely) musicians and one white...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Phat Phunktion

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Phat Phunktion, a funk and soul band comprised of six white men, one African American man, and one white woman, stand together mostly dressed in dark...

Date Published
January-01-1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Phil Perry

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Phil Perry, soul and funk singer and keyboardist, stands outside between two brick walls, crosses his arms and gives a big smile toward the camera as...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Poo Poo Man and Snoop Dog

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In a copy of a photograph, funk musician Poo Poo Man and Rap musician Snoop Dogg, stand side by side in satin costumes. Poo Poo Man wears a lavender...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Porterhouse

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Porterhouse, a funk and soul band comprised of one African American man and three white men, lean against a clapboard wall and look directly at the...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • Grand Emporium Collection (40)

Types

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Genres

  • Publicity photographs (34)
  • Black & white photographs (30)
  • Gelatin silver prints (29)
  • Group portraits (25)
  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Photocopies (6)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (25)
  • 2001-2010 (15)
  • 1981-1990 (4)

Subjects

  • Bands (Music) (25)
  • Men, White (17)
  • Soul musicians (12)
  • Jazz musicians (9)
  • African American women (5)
  • Rock musicians (5)
  • Singers (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Ethnic costume (2)
  • Hispanic American men (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Rap musicians (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Avant-garde (Music) (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hawaiian guitar (1)
  • Japanese American men (1)
  • Keyboardists (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Mexican Americans (1)
  • Radio stations--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • (-) African American men (40)
  • (-) Funk musicians (40)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Anderson, Gene (Vocalist) (5)
  • Randolph, Robert (Guitarist) (2)
  • Ray, Michael (Trumpet player) (2)
  • Vinx (Musician) (2)
  • Washington, Walter (2)
  • Worrell, Bernie (2)
  • Adams, Steve (Bassist) (1)
  • Alicknavitch, Mike (1)
  • Ballard, Hank (1)
  • Bolivar, Eric (1)
  • Brown, Harold (Drummer) (1)
  • Burbridge, Oteil, 1964- (1)
  • Campbell, Kerry (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Carlito (1)
  • Chi, Kai (1)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (1)
  • Falaschi, Al (1)
  • Ginty, John (1)
  • Gooden, Lauretta (1)
  • Green, Charles (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Hammon, Ronnie (1)
  • Handy, Charles L. (1)
  • Harvin, Earl (1)
  • jee eye zee (1)
  • Jesse, Vince (1)
  • Jordan, Lonnie (1)
  • J Truth (1)
  • Knowledge, Cee (1)
  • Larsen, Courtney (1)
  • Lebowitz, Dan (1)
  • Love, Rudy (1)
  • May, Frank E. (1)
  • Meeks, Jay (1)
  • Morgan, Danyel (1)
  • Nakamura, Tetsuya (Harmonica player) (1)
  • Perry, Phil (1)
  • Randolph, Marcus (1)
  • Rodriguez, Sal (Percussionist) (1)
  • Schipper, Jon (1)
  • Scott, Howard E. (1)
  • Sheldon, Allen (1)
  • Smith, Anthony (Keyboard player) (1)
  • Snoop Dogg, 1972- (1)
  • Sun, Jah (1)
  • Szudy, Rob (1)
  • Turner, Henry, Jr. (Guitarist) (1)
  • Valentine, Rae (1)
  • Wallach, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Whalen, Tim (Pianist) (1)
  • Z-Boy (1)

Date Published

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  • 2001 (11)
  • 2000 (10)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1992-05 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 1999-01-01 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2005 (1)

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