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Ahmad Alaadeen, Terry Hughes, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing during a concert in Palm Beach, Florida; Jay McShann may be...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Baron Shul

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Baron Shul, saxophonist for the jazz swing band Indigo Swing, stands by a beam and looks tiredly off to his right. He holds a tenor saxophone with...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

BCR [Black Crack Revue]

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BCR [Black Crack Revue], a Missouri based groove band comprised of four white men wearing nightgowns, nightcaps, with Rev. Dwight Frizzell playing a...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet

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Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band...

Date Published
1991
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Ousley with saxophonist in a recording studio

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Bob Ousley seated , playing the clarinet, with an unidentified white man playing saxophone to his left. A clarinet and a flute are on the floor in...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Bob Strong and his saxophone

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Publicity photo of Bob Strong resting a saxophone on one leg up on a chair. Strong is looking forward and smiling, wearing a patterned suit jacket.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong with his saxophone

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Publicity photo of Bob Strong playing a saxophone while looking to the side. Strong is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boney James

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Jazz saxophonist Boney James looks directly at the camera with a slight smile as he sits and leans over a saxophone lying crosswise across his chest...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bryant-Giles Group

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Bryant-Giles Group, a jazz duo comprised of two white men. The man on the left holds a saxophone. The man on the right holds a guitar. They stand...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

City Light Orchestra

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Four men from the City Light Orchestra sit outside on a patio and smile as Ahmad Alaadeen looks at a soprano saxophone. All are wearing suits. From...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Close up photo of Ed Dix

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Close up photo of Ed Dix with his saxophone partially seen. He's looking halfway to the left of the photo.

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Close up photo of Ed Dix

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Close up photo of Ed Dix with his saxophone partially seen. He's looking forward at the camera.

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Curtis Peagler serenade

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Curtis Peagler playing saxophone in front of an unidentified, elderly, African American woman in a hat seated at a table; two other men are seen...

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

Danny Lérman

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Saxophonist Danny Lérman blows into a soprano saxophone with his head turned to the left and looking down. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dennis Mitcheltree

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Jazz saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree stands by a river with Brooklyn, New York on the other side of the river. He looks down at a tenor saxophone he is...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer portrait

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Portrait of Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer with their instruments set against a backdrop of classical columns. Brookmeyer is seated on a stool and Dix...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer portrait

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Portrait of Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer with their instruments set against a backdrop of classical columns. Brookmeyer is seated on a stool and Dix...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer sheet of photos

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Compilation of 12 studio photos with Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer with their instruments. Brookmeyer is seated on a stool and Dix is standing next to him...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer sheet of photos

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Compilation of 12 studio photos with Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer with their instruments. In all photos but one they're posing with an instrument case.

Date Published
2002
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer sheet of photos

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Compilation of 12 studio photos with Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer with their instruments. Brookmeyer has his arm around Dix's shoulder in most photos...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer sheet of photos

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Compilation of 12 studio photos with Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer with their instruments. In some photos Brookmeyer is seated in a chair, in other photos...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer sheet of photos

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Compilation of 12 studio photos with Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer with their instruments. In some photos there is only a chair with the instruments set...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix playing saxophone

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Ed Dix playing tenor sax in a tuxedo on stage. Another, unidentified, person is only partially seen at the lower right of the photo.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

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Eddie Cleanhead Vinson seated and singing into a microphone with his saxophone in his lap; an unidentified white male bassist is behind him; also seen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (30)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (16)
  • Ed Dix Collection (11)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (6)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (4)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (76)

Genres

  • Group portraits (50)
  • Black & white photographs (41)
  • Gelatin silver prints (40)
  • Snapshots (37)
  • Color photographs (35)
  • Portrait photographs (25)
  • Publicity photographs (24)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (28)
  • 1981-1990 (18)
  • 2001-2010 (11)
  • 1971-1980 (7)
  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (2)

Subjects

  • Saxophonists (72)
  • Jazz musicians (71)
  • Jazz musicians, White (68)
  • African American men (36)
  • African American jazz musicians (35)
  • Piano (28)
  • Pianists (25)
  • Double bass (16)
  • Double bassists (15)
  • Drum set (15)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (13)
  • Trombone (10)
  • Trombonists (10)
  • Audiences (7)
  • Musical instruments (7)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Guitar (5)
  • River boats (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Conductors (Music) (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Trees (3)
  • Trumpet (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Applause (2)
  • Band leaders (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Plants, Potted (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Classrooms (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Furniture (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Older African American women (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Stands (Furniture) (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Television camera operators (1)
  • Television cameras (1)
  • (-) Men, White (76)
  • (-) Saxophone (76)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (26)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (11)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (9)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (7)
  • Galloway, Jim (7)
  • Spaits, Gerald (7)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (6)
  • McIntyre, Hal, -1959 (3)
  • Vinson, Eddie (3)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Shul, Baron (2)
  • Strong, Bob, 1902-1976 (2)
  • Aber, Thomas Carr, 1954- (1)
  • Anthony, Al (1)
  • Barker, LaVerne (1)
  • Basse, David (1)
  • Beadle, Gordon (1)
  • Boyd, Johnny (1)
  • Boyer, Pierre, 1942-1997 (1)
  • Brown, Sonny (1)
  • Cooper, Bob, 1925-1993 (1)
  • Eicher, Greg (1)
  • Frizzell, Dwight (1)
  • Hanck, Terry (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • James, Boney (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Lerman, Danny (1)
  • Marienthal, Eric (1)
  • Melia, Hal (1)
  • Mitcheltree, Dennis (1)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Ousley, Bob (1)
  • Peagler, Curtis (1)
  • Piccolo, Greg (1)
  • Reno, Johnny (1)
  • Scott, Tom, 1948- (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Thompson, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Willis, Jerry (Musician) (1)

Events

  • Battle of the Saxes (2000) (1)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (9)
  • 1991 (8)
  • 2002 (8)
  • 1981 (7)
  • 1990 (7)
  • 1997-04-28 (7)
  • 1971 (6)
  • 1980 (6)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1990-09 (3)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 2001 (3)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1980-04 (2)
  • 1984 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 2010 (2)
  • 1946-03-01 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1987-09 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1989-06 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1996-08-21 (1)
  • 2000-08-17 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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