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Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard...

Date Published
August-16-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Lucky Wesley and Ben Kynard visit the Blue Room

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Lucky Wesley, Ben Kynard, and an unidentified African American man sit in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of...

Date Published
March-01-2010
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Lucky Wesley at the Beaumont Club

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Lucky Wesley's grinning face looking directly at the photographer and his left hand holding the neck of a bass at the Beaumont Club.

Date Published
March-12-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Rusty Tucker of the Scamps at the Blue Room

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Rusty Tucker, trumpet, of the Scamps, stands in front of the piano to speak into a microphone on the stage at the Blue Room in the American Jazz...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Scamps

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A publicity photograph of the African American jazz group, Kansas City Scamps likely in the 1970's. From left to right, Lucky Wesley (bass, leader)...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Scamps are prepared to perform in the Blue Room

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The Scamps are on stage of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. Arthur Jackson, saxophone...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Scamps at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest 2004

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The Scamps on stage at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Fest in 2004. Lucky Wesley is standing on the right side of a stage, smiling, wearing a...

Date Published
June-04-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Scamps perform in the Blue Room

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The Scamps (Luqman Hamza playing piano, Arthur Jackson and Eddie Saunders holding saxophones and talking to each other, Rusty Tucker holding a trumpet...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • African American men
  • Wesley, Lucky

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (4)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (8)

Genres

  • Group portraits (7)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • Jazz musicians (8)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • Saxophonists (6)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) African American men (8)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (5)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (5)
  • Saunders, Eddie (3)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Massingale, Rudy (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • (-) Wesley, Lucky (8)

Events

  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (1)

Date Published

  • 2001-02-19 (3)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 2000-03-12 (1)
  • 2004-06-04 (1)
  • 2010-03-01 (1)

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