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Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner enjoying the panel discussion

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Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner sit at a table and smile during a panel discussion during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Betty Crow, Sonny Kenner, and Lionel Hampton at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Betty Crow is speaking to someone that is not visible to the right of the photograph. She stands behind Sonny Kenner who is bent slightly and smiling...

Date Published
January-13-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

David Daahoud Williams, Sonny Kenner, State Representative Cooper, Ahmad Alaadeen, Adolph Roulette, and Mayor Berkley

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David Daahoud Williams (mostly out of frame), Sonny Kenner (eyes closed), State Representative Bonnie Sue Cooper (looking over her left shoulder)...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen 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

Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long during a panel discussion

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Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long stand behind a table and look at the photographer during a panel discussion...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long during a panel discussion

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Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long stand behind a table and look at the photographer during a panel discussion...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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Ahmad Alaadeen (fedora and sunglasses), Sonny Kenner (plaid shirt), Everette DeVan (black suit and grey shirt), Orestie "Rusty" Tucker (pin-striped...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Group playing at 18th and Vine

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Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a...

Date Published
September-16-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Sonny Kenner and Don Mumford perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Possibly Don Mumford (drums) closes his eyes and purses his lips and Sonny Kenner (guitar) from his left while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner and Mike Warren perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Mike Warren (drums) looks to his right and Sonny Kenner (guitar) looks to his left while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner and Mike Warren perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Mike Warren (drums) lowers his head over his drums and Sonny Kenner (guitar) grimaces as they are performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner and Mike Warren perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Sonny Kenner (guitar), from his left, closes his eyes and Mike Warren (drums) turns his head to his right as they perform during the Tradin' 4s Series...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner at Mill Creek Brewery

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Sonny Kenner, wearing a Fair Isle sweater, sings into a microphone as he plays an electric guitar at Mill Creek Brewery.

Date Published
March-01-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Gem Theater

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Sonny Kenner, looks down at the neck of the guitar he's playing during the Living Blues Party Gem, Theater. The guitar is scratched and worn. Sonny...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Sonny Kenner closes his eyes and smiles as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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

Sonny Kenner smiling

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Sonny Kenner, from his left, grins while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection
  • Clear selected
  • African American men
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (11)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (6)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Group portraits (13)
  • Color photographs (11)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Portrait photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (15)

Subjects

  • Guitarists (17)
  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Jazz musicians (14)
  • Saxophonists (8)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Organists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Representative government and representation--U.S. states (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women politicians (1)
  • (-) African American men (17)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (14)
  • 18th and Vine District (12)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (6)
  • Hamza, Luqman (3)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (3)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (2)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (2)
  • Saunders, Eddie (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Berkley, Richard L., 1931- (1)
  • Cooper, Bonnie Sue (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Mumford, Don (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Roulette, Adolph (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • (-) Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (17)

Events

  • Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (8)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (2)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 1999-05-12 (8)
  • 1999-09-18 (2)
  • 2000-06-24 (2)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1998-03-01 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)

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