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Bon Ton Soul Accordion Orchestra

Image

Bon Ton Soul Accordion Orchestra, a Kansas City soul band comprised of four African American men and two white men, stand in front of a backdrop, some...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bon Ton St. Mary

Image

Accordionist Bon Ton St. Mary sits on the top rung of a wooden fence holding an accordion and smiling directly at the photographer. A wooden building...

Date Published
1981
1990
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

Image

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

Oteil Burbridge

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Porterhouse

Image

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

Promotional photo of George Tindley and New Redcaps

Image

Promotional photograph of George Tindley and New Redcaps. The men are seated in a row with Mary standing behind them. All looking forward.

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

Robert Randolph

Image

Robert Randolph, funk and soul pedal steel guitarist, laughs off to the right as he sits on a stage and plays a pedal steel guitar with a drum set...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Robert Randolph & The Family Band

Image

Robert Randolph and The Family Band, a funk and soul band comprised of John Ginty, Danyel Morgan, Marcus Randolph, and Robert Randolph, crouch in...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sonia Dada

Image

Sonia Dada, a rock, soul, and funk band comprised of one African American woman, two African American men, and five white men, sit and stand in a...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sonia Dada

Image

Sonia Dada, a rock, soul, funk band comprised of one African American woman, two African American men, and five white men, sit in theater seats where...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Swamp Dogg

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Swamp Dogg, soul musician, rests his cheek on his curled right hand in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Terry Evans

Image

Soul singer and guitarist Terry Evans sits in an overstuffed upholstered chair outside in long grasses with a guitar leaning up against the side of...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Wilson Pickett

Image

Soul singer Wilson Pickett looks directly at the camera as he rests his hands on his bent left knee. He wears a business suit and tie with a tie tack...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • African American men
  • Soul musicians

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (17)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Publicity photographs (16)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Color photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (12)
  • 2001-2010 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Funk musicians (12)
  • Bands (Music) (8)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Rock musicians (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Avant-garde (Music) (1)
  • Creoles (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hawaiian guitar (1)
  • Keyboardists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) African American men (18)
  • (-) Soul musicians (18)

Subjects, People

  • Randolph, Robert (Guitarist) (2)
  • Ray, Michael (Trumpet player) (2)
  • Burbridge, Oteil, 1964- (1)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (1)
  • Evans, Terry (Vocalist) (1)
  • Falaschi, Al (1)
  • Ginty, John (1)
  • Handy, Charles L. (1)
  • Jesse, Vince (1)
  • Larsen, Courtney (1)
  • Morgan, Danyel (1)
  • Perry, Phil (1)
  • Randolph, Marcus (1)
  • Schipper, Jon (1)
  • Sheldon, Allen (1)
  • St. Mary, Mark, 1957- (1)
  • Swamp Dogg (1)
  • Szudy, Rob (1)
  • Tindley, George, 1938-1996 (1)
  • Wallach, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Whalen, Tim (Pianist) (1)

Date Published

  • 2004 (5)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1994 (3)
  • 1998 (3)
  • 2001 (3)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1999-01-01 (1)

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