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Ahmad Alaadeen, Al Pearson, Sonny Kenner, and Terry Hughes perform at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival

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Ahmad Alaadeen, holding a tenor saxophone and wearing a white flat cap, looks to his left at Al Pearson. Al looks back at Ahmad as he holds a trumpet...

Date Published
July-03-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Al Pearson, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, Rod Fleeman, Gerald Spaits, and Jay McShann perform

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Al Pearson (trumpet), Terry Hughes[?] (drums, partially obscured), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Rod Fleeman (guitar), Gerald Spaits (bass), Jay McShann...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jay McShann with Ahmad Alaadeen, Al Pearson, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes performing in a sunny room

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Jay McShann (piano) in the foreground from his left, with Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, background, back to camera), Al Pearson (trumpet, background, in...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jazz musicians at Plaza III

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Jazz musicians performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Ricky Anderson playing bass, Monte Musa...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al Pearson in back playing trumpet, Ned...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. From left to right: an unidentified man playing piano, Gerald Spaits playing bass, Al...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Bryan...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin looking down while...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al Pearson playing trumpet, Tommy...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al Pearson playing trumpet, Tommy...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Carmell Jones playing trumpet, Al...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man wearing a plaid shirt...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Drummers (Musicians)
  • Pearson, Al

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (12)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Color photographs (15)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Snapshots (12)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (15)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (15)
  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • Trumpet players (14)
  • Double bassists (13)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
  • Keyboard players (5)
  • Guitar players (3)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • (-) Drummers (Musicians) (15)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (12)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (6)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (5)
  • Spaits, Gerald (5)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (4)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (4)
  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (3)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (3)
  • Strait, Todd (3)
  • Hicks, Bryan (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (2)
  • Anderson, Ricky (1)
  • Fleeman, Rod (1)
  • Jones, Carmell (1)
  • Kavanaugh, Keith (1)
  • Musa, Monte (1)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (1)
  • (-) Pearson, Al (15)

Events

  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Mississippi Valley Blues Festival (1993 : Davenport, Ia.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (14)
  • 1995 (12)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1993-07-03 (1)

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