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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with Frank Smith in a quartet

Image

Frank Smith, piano, on the left side of the photograph, turns his head to looks seriously at the photographer as he plays a piano he is seated at...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Frank Smith, Jerry Leonard, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform at JJ's Restaurant

Image

In a photograph up from the floor in front of the stage at JJ's Restaurant, 910 West 48th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, to the stage, Frank Smith...

Date Published
August-01-1981
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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

Image

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

Image

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

Promotional photo of Frank Smith

Image

Promotional photograph of Frank Smith in a suit and tie facing the right of the photo and smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection
  • Clear selected
  • African American men
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (5)

Genres

  • Group portraits (4)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Pianists (5)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • (-) African American men (5)

Subjects, Geographic

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

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Hamza, Luqman (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • (-) Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (5)

Events

  • Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1999-05-12 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)

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