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Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, and others at the Gem Theater

Image

Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

Image

(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Group playing at 18th and Vine

Image

Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a...

Date Published
September-16-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, Sam Johnson, Mary Moore, Pearl Thuston, and Luqman Hamza gather together for a photograph

Image

Group shot of Sam Johnson, farthest left, Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • Trumpet players
  • Taylor, Myra

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (5)

Genres

  • Group portraits (5)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz singers (5)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • African American women (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Trumpet players (5)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (3)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Hamza, Luqman (3)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Terry, Clark (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • (-) Taylor, Myra (5)

Events

  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Date Published

  • 2010-05-02 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)

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