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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 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 a trio

Image

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

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"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

Image

"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

Double bassist and drummer

Image

Unidentified white male double bassist and drummer performing on stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix 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

Jo Jones

Image

Jo Jones playing drums and laughing; photo taken from a point lower than Jones and is seen over a cymbal.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Two men performing on glockenspiel and drums in a recording studio

Image

Two unidentified white men in a recording studio, one behind a microphone with a mallet playing a glockenspiel that rests on a piano, the other...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Drum set
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (10)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (16)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Snapshots (13)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (16)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (16)
  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Double bass (14)
  • Double bassists (14)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (14)
  • Musical instruments (13)
  • Piano (13)
  • African American men (11)
  • Microphone (11)
  • Pianists (11)
  • African American women (10)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Jazz musicians, White (9)
  • Porches (9)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Drum set (16)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (10)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (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)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (14)
  • 1951 (13)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1969 (1)

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