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Gus Johnson playing drums

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Gus Johnson on drums; facing left against a patterned background.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Gus Johnson playing drums

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Gus Johnson playing drums and wearing a light blue suit; red curtain background.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gus Johnson playing drums

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Gus Johnson playing drums during a recording date for radio station KFBI in Wichita, Kansas; fireplace screen is seen behind him and a bottle of soda...

Date Published
November-30-1940
December-02-1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and Gus Johnson on stage

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Jay McShann playing piano and Gus Johnson playing drums on stage at unidentified concert; photo taken from below the stage looking up and there is a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

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Jay McShann and band performing: Gene Ramey (bass), McShann (piano), Gus Johnson (drums), Walter Brown (vocals), Bud Gould (trombone), unidentified...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
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  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (5)

Genres

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

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Fireplaces--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • (-) Drum set (5)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (1)
  • Gould, Bud (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • (-) Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (5)

Date Published

  • 1981 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1940-11-30 (1)
  • 1940-12-02 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

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