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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together. Miller has a microphone set up near her face and she's looking into the...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in front of a microphone

Image

Bettye Miller seated in front of a microphone while playing piano. She's looking at the camera and smiling widely.

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

Bettye Miller playing on stage

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Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and leaning over toward Milt Abel playing double bass. An unidentified African American man is on drums behind...

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

Bettye Miller playing on stage

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and facing the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass and an unidentified African American man is...

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

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Brenda Washington interviewing Anne Shelley

Image

Brenda Washington, Channel 9 (KMBC) reporter, conducting interview with Anne Shelley; also seen is camera man Rick Wheaton from behind and another...

Date Published
July-2000
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Channel 9 interview at the community picnic

Image

Brenda Washington, Channel 9 reporter, conducting interview with an unseen person; Washington is facing to the left holding a microphone and clipboard...

Date Published
July-2000
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Deborah Brown singing

Image

Deborah Brown singing into a microphone held close to her mouth. She's facing the left of the photo.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Discussing Jeannie's book

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Unidentified African American woman holding up a copy of Jeannie's autobiography and speaking into a microphone to an unseen audience as part of the...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Gloria McShann with Jay and Marianne McShann and unidentified man and woman

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Gloria McShann, Jay McShann, unidentified white man and white woman, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing around a podium at an unknown event...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann on stage with Priscilla Bowman and unidentified clarinetist

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Jay McShann seen from behind playing piano on stage with Priscilla Bowman and an unidentified white male clarinetist is seated watching her...

Date Published
December-1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with Jeannie Cheatham

Image

Jeannie Cheatham playing the same piano with Jay McShann; behind them is Jimmy Cheatham and an unidentified African American male bassist...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with other musicians

Image

View of the stage during a Harbor Island Jam Session; Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Jimmy Noone, Jr., and other musicians with their instruments are...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and Bob Boss

Image

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano (facing right) with a microphone in front of her and Bob Boss playing guitar beyond her at "An Evening of Note"...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham holding the award

Image

Jeannie Cheatham with microphone holding her Music Maker of the year award shaped like a clef note at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano

Image

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano with a microphone set up in front of her; side view of her facing the left of the photo and from a lower level looking...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (15)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (12)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (11)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (44)

Genres

  • Snapshots (43)
  • Group portraits (35)
  • Color photographs (29)
  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (14)
  • 1951-1960 (10)
  • 1981-1990 (7)
  • 1971-1980 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (3)

Subjects

  • African American men (29)
  • African American jazz musicians (28)
  • Pianists (28)
  • Jazz musicians (27)
  • Piano (23)
  • Men, White (18)
  • Musical instruments (16)
  • Double bass (15)
  • Double bassists (14)
  • Drum set (12)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (9)
  • Hospital administrators (8)
  • Porches (8)
  • Women singers (8)
  • Choirs (Music) (7)
  • Lawyers (7)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Male singers (4)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Books (3)
  • Hospitals--Employees (3)
  • Lesbians (3)
  • Award presentations (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Interviewing (2)
  • Journalists (2)
  • Music--Awards (2)
  • Musical notation (2)
  • Parks (2)
  • Physicians (2)
  • Picnic grounds (2)
  • Picnics (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • African American women musicians (1)
  • Amateur radio stations--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Basketballs (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Centerpieces (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Elementary schools (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Independent bookstores (1)
  • Lecturers (1)
  • Lectures and lecturing (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Physicians' spouses (1)
  • Prizes (1)
  • Raffles (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • School children (1)
  • Shelving for books (1)
  • Storytellers (1)
  • Storytelling (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • Women's History Month (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) African American women (44)
  • (-) Microphone (44)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (3)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (3)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (3)
  • LGBTQ+ events (3)
  • LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • Gay pride (2)
  • White lesbians (2)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • Women's bookshops (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (14)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (12)
  • Brown, Corky (8)
  • Watson, Maurice (Of Counsel) (7)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (5)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (4)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (2)
  • Smull, Ned (2)
  • Washington, Brenda (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Boss, Bob (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Brown, Deborah, 1952- (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Glidden, Bill (1)
  • Grover, Terry (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (1)
  • Jones, Eric (Administrator) (1)
  • Lammond, Joe (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Seely, Clark (1)
  • Shelley, Anne (1)
  • Taylor, Joyce (Singer) (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)
  • Weaver, Margaret (1)
  • Wheaton, Rick (1)
  • Yohe, Ruth (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (5)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (3)
  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1951 (10)
  • 1960 (10)
  • 2004-02-03 (7)
  • 1981 (5)
  • 2009-09-26 (5)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1984 (3)
  • 1974-02-09 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 2000-07 (2)
  • 2006-11 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1964-05-19 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1970-12-17 (1)
  • 1980-12 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1993-03-20 (1)
  • 1997-11-09 (1)

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