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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 piano

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Bettye Miller playing piano and turning around to look over at the camera. An unidentified bassist (likely Milt Abel) is partially seen next to her...

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

Bettye Miller with Milt Abel

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Milt Abel, double bass, and Bettye Miller, piano, playing in front of an audience (primarily white men seen). The photo is taken from behind and to...

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

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and unidentified drummer

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Bettye Miller (piano), Milt Abel (double bass), and an unidentified drummer perform for a small audience during Miller's birthday party.

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Curtis Peagler and others at the Blue Note

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Clora Bryant, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), Dinky Morris (saxophone) and an unidentified double bassist on stage at the Blue...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann on stage with Clyde Lucas and Reggie Johnson in Switzerland

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Jay McShann (piano), Reggie Johnson (bass), and Clyde Lucas (drums) performing on stage at the Innere Enge hotel in Bern, Switzerland; a woman from...

Date Published
March-1993
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano as part of a quartet

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Jay McShann playing piano as part of a quartet with Clark Terry (likely), trumpet player, and unidentified white male bassist, and unidentified white...

Date Published
May-21-2003
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano on stage outside

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Jay McShann playing piano in a light blue suit at an unidentified outdoor event; facing the right of the photo and an unidentified bassist can be...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with an unidentified combo

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Jay McShann playing piano with unidentified white male guitarist, bassist, and drummer; part of the audience is seen in front of the stage; unknown...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Milt Abel, and Tommy Ruskin performing in Topeka

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Jay McShann performing with Milt Abel (bassist), and Tommy Ruskin (drums), at an unidentified event in Topeka, Kansas.

Date Published
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano outside

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano and singing into a microphone at an outdoor venue (likely the campus of UC San Diego); Red Callender (double bass) and...

Date Published
June-1986
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham at the Alleycat Bistro

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham performing with Red Callender, Jimmy Cheatham, Snooky Young, Curtis Peagler, Jimmy Noone, Jr. and Dinky Morris at the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham, Red Callender, and Snooky Young on stage

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Jeannie Cheatham (piano, vocals), Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Red Callender (double bass), and Snooky Young (trumpet) performing together on stage at...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham, Clora Bryant, and Curtis Peagler

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), on stage with unidentified double bassist at the Blue Note in New York...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham, Red Callender, and Snooky Young on stage

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Red Callender (double bass), and Snooky Young (trumpet) performing together on stage at an unidentified venue; photo taken...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham, Red Callender, and Snooky Young on stage

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Red Callender (double bass), and Snooky Young (trumpet) performing together on stage at an unidentified venue; photo taken...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham, Red Callender, and Snooky Young on stage

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Red Callender (double bass), and Snooky Young (trumpet) performing together on stage at an unidentified venue; photo taken...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Milt Abel playing bass

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Milt Abel playing bass in front of a microphone. Photo taken from the side with members of the audience shown (white men and women). The woman at the...

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

Milt Abel playing bass

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Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. The photo is taken from the behind an audience, of which two members' heads are...

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

Performers at Bettye Miller's birthday party

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Unidentified band performing in front of an audience at Bettye Miller's birthday party. All are white men and include a pianist, double bassist, and a...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Performers at Bettye Miller's birthday party

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Unidentified white woman singing with an unidentified African American male bassist performing in front of an audience during Bettye Miller's birthday...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Performers at Bettye Miller's birthday party

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Unidentified white woman singing with an African American male bassist and white male guitarist in front of an audience during Bettye Miller's...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Playing to a large audience

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Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing in front of a large crowd of white men and women standing in front of them. Photo taken...

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

Unidentified trumpet player

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Unidentified African American trumpet player on stage with other musicians, one with his back to the camera, including an unidentified African...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
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  • Double bass

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (10)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (9)
  • Jay McShann Collection (5)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Group portraits (23)
  • Snapshots (23)
  • Color photographs (18)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 1961-1970 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Double bassists (24)
  • African American jazz musicians (23)
  • Jazz musicians (23)
  • African American men (16)
  • Pianists (13)
  • Piano (13)
  • Men, White (12)
  • Musical instruments (9)
  • Trumpet players (9)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (8)
  • Drum set (8)
  • African American women (7)
  • Trumpet (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Jazz musicians, White (6)
  • Trombonists (6)
  • Trombone (5)
  • Microphone (4)
  • Signs and signboards (4)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • African American women musicians (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • Banners (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hair ornaments (1)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Audiences (24)
  • (-) Double bass (24)

Subjects, People

  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (8)
  • Callender, Red (6)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (6)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (5)
  • Young, Snooky (5)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Peagler, Curtis (3)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (2)
  • Morris, Dinky (2)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Johnson, Reggie (1)
  • Lucas, Clyde (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Woodard, Rickey (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (5)
  • 2000 (5)
  • 1961 (4)
  • 1970 (4)
  • 1976 (4)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1989-06 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1993-03 (1)
  • 2003-05-21 (1)

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