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Ahmad Alaadeen with the Pete Diggs band

Image

Pete Diggs Band (Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, trumpet, Bill Jones, drums, Willie Rice, trumpet, Gene Carter, saxophone, Diggs, vibraphone, Ahmad Alaadeen...

Date Published
1953
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Air Cadets band at an unidentified venue

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Air Cadets band performing at an unidentified venue. The unidentified musicians are sitting in two rows, playing saxophone, trumpet, drums, and bass.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Art Blakey

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Headshot of Art Blakey turtleneck sweater and looking to the side.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

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A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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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 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 in a trio

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Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is...

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

Bettye Miller Trio posing for a photo with their album

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Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man posing for a photo with...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller Trio receiving a copy of their album

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Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man receiving their album "A...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Terry Basso, and Milt Abel with large group

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Betty Miller with Terry Basso and Milt Abel posing for a picture with a large group of other performers. One group is wearing black and white striped...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Buck playing trumpet

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet next to an unidentified drummer who's face is covered at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Count Basie Orchestra at an unidentified venue

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Count Basie Orchestra performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right Count Basie playing piano, Rodney Richardson playing bass, Jimmy Rushing...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Double bassist and drummer

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Unidentified white male double bassist and drummer performing on stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

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Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing bass behind her. The image has been tilted back to the left for effect...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Jay McShann, David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, Betty Ann Bryant, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Duncan enjoy a meal at Johnson's Grill

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Jay McShann, David Daahoud Williams (looking down in hat), Luqman Hamza (Larry Cummings), Betty Ann Bryant, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Duncan sit and...

Date Published
1953
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jazz band

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Unidentified jazz ensemble with singer performing; all African Americans and includes a double bassist, drummer, pianist and woman singer in front of...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jazz ensemble on stage

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Jazz ensemble performing on stage with clarinetist, djembe player, trombonist, and drummer. Audience members are seated at a table at the far right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

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  • Drummers (Musicians)
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (12)
  • Betty Crow Collection (7)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (34)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (27)
  • Gelatin silver prints (27)
  • Group portraits (23)
  • Snapshots (22)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Publicity photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (34)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (32)
  • African American jazz musicians (30)
  • Double bassists (22)
  • Pianists (17)
  • African American men (16)
  • Jazz musicians, White (16)
  • Men, White (15)
  • African American women (14)
  • Drum set (14)
  • Saxophonists (14)
  • Double bass (13)
  • Piano (12)
  • Musical instruments (11)
  • Microphone (9)
  • Porches (7)
  • Keyboard players (6)
  • Photographs (6)
  • Trumpet players (6)
  • Portraits, Group (5)
  • Trombonists (5)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Sound recordings (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Drummers (Musicians) (34)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • 12th Street (1)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Paseo Boulevard (1)
  • Vine Street (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (12)
  • Brown, Corky (7)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (5)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Blakey, Art, 1919-1990 (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Carter, Gene (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Diggs, Pete (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Sr. (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Rice, Willie (1)
  • Scott, Gerald (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (16)
  • 1960 (16)
  • 1995 (7)
  • 2000 (7)
  • 1956 (3)
  • 1953 (2)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1955 (1)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1969 (1)

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