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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling at the camera while playing piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt shaker on the piano in front of...

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

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling while playing piano and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt...

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

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

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

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Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

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

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"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

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"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

Jo Jones

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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

LPC leaning on HST's piano in penthouse

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L. Perry Cookingham in suit and tie leaning against a blue piano in penthouse of unknown location.

Date Published
October-01-1952
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Milt Abel playing bass

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Milt Abel playing double bass in what appears to be a private home. He is facing the right of the photo.

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

Paul Gayten and his Trio

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Signed portrait of Paul Gayten and his Trio (five people total pictured) with their instruments.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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 musicians looking at music

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Unidentified musicians looking at music. They are arranging sheets of music on stands. Saxophones and other instruments are set between the musicians.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Unknown jazz trumpet players at unknown venue

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Four unidentified jazz trumpet players with their instruments (three white women in matching outfits and one white man in a gray suit with glasses)...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Musical instruments
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (15)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)
  • Betty Crow Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (20)
  • Gelatin silver prints (20)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Snapshots (17)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Film transparencies (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Stereographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (22)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (21)
  • African American jazz musicians (19)
  • Double bass (17)
  • African American men (16)
  • African American women (16)
  • Double bassists (16)
  • Piano (16)
  • Pianists (14)
  • Drum set (13)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (11)
  • Microphone (11)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Porches (9)
  • Jazz musicians, White (8)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Photographs (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Musical instruments (22)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (14)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (6)
  • 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)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Gayten, Paul, 1920-1991 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (17)
  • 1951 (16)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1952-10-01 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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