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Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner share a microphone to sing together

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) grins as he and Sonny Kenner (guitar) share a microphone while singing together, supported by David Daahoud Williams (bass)...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Closeup of Tyrone Clark and Sonny Kenner performing

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A closeup photograph of Tyrone Clark (bass) and Sonny Kenner (guitar), wearing a pith helmet, during a performance at an unidentified concert.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

David Daahoud Williams, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner perform outdoors

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David Daahoud Williams (bass), wearing a fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, and Sonny Kenner (guitar) perform during an...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner hanging out backstage

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David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, are seated, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) is warming up, an unidentified drummer is leaning over a seated and...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

David Daahoud Williams, Sonny Kenner, State Representative Cooper, Ahmad Alaadeen, Adolph Roulette, and Mayor Berkley

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David Daahoud Williams (mostly out of frame), Sonny Kenner (eyes closed), State Representative Bonnie Sue Cooper (looking over her left shoulder)...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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Ahmad Alaadeen (fedora and sunglasses), Sonny Kenner (plaid shirt), Everette DeVan (black suit and grey shirt), Orestie "Rusty" Tucker (pin-striped...

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

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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(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

Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Richard Ross, Sonny Kenner, and Bob Bowman, performing at The Club at Plaza III

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Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Richard Ross (vocals), Sonny Kenner (guitar), and Bob Bowman (bass, mostly obscured) performing at...

Date Published
April-26-1995
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Bob Bowman, performing at The Club at Plaza III

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Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Bob Bowman (bass, mostly obscured), and Sonny Kenner (guitar) wearing tuxedos while performing at The...

Date Published
April-26-1995
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jay McShann, Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson on stage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

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Jay McShann (piano), an unidentified man, Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Al Pearson (trumpet), and an...

Date Published
July-25-1992
July-26-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jay McShann, Sonny Kenner, and Ahmad Alaadeen get ready to play on stage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

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Jay McShann (piano), an unidentified man, Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, and an unidentified bass player...

Date Published
July-25-1992
July-26-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jazz musicians at an event at Betty Crow's house

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Jazz musicians at an event at Betty Crow's house. Sonny Kenner is playing electric guitar, wearing a red shirt. Other unidentified musicians are...

Date Published
June-19-1999
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at an outdoor party

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Jazz musicians performing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. From left to right: Donald Cox playing piano, Kevin Mahogany singing, Carmell...

Date Published
August-1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at an outdoor party

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Jazz musicians performing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. From left to right: Milt Abel playing bass, Carmell Jones playing trumpet, Al...

Date Published
August-1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at an unidentified venue

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Jazz musicians performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right: Dwight Foster looking down while playing electric guitar, Sonny Kenner closing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at an unidentified venue

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Jazz musicians performing at an unidentified venue. Oscar "Lucky" Wesley is playing bass and looking to the right. Sonny Kenner is playing electric...

Date Published
July-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. From left to right: Ron Roberts playing electric bass, an unidentified man playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. From left to right: Ron Roberts playing electric bass, Horace Washington playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. From left to right: Ron Roberts playing electric bass, an unidentified man playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians performing at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified...

Date Published
August-27-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at a venue

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Jazz musicians performing at a venue in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Dwight Foster playing electric bass, Al "Delightful De" Bartee...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at a venue

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Jazz musicians performing at a venue in Kansas City, Missouri. Sonny Kenner is playing electric guitar far left while smiling and looking up...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (23)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (15)

Types

  • photographs (38)

Genres

  • Color photographs (36)
  • Group portraits (36)
  • Snapshots (25)
  • Portrait photographs (23)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (36)
  • 1971-1980 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (38)
  • Jazz musicians (29)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (23)
  • Guitar players (23)
  • Saxophonists (21)
  • Guitarists (15)
  • African American guitarists (11)
  • Pianists (9)
  • Trumpet players (9)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (8)
  • Keyboard players (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Jazz festivals (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (3)
  • Organists (2)
  • African American male singers (1)
  • African American Muslims (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Black Muslims (1)
  • Dance music (1)
  • Housing (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Representative government and representation--U.S. states (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women politicians (1)
  • (-) Double bassists (38)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (22)
  • 18th and Vine District (3)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (17)
  • Barker, LaVerne (8)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Bartee, Al (5)
  • Jenkins, Dwight (5)
  • Pearson, Al (5)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (5)
  • Hamza, Luqman (4)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (3)
  • Roberts, Ron (3)
  • Saunders, Eddie (3)
  • Spaits, Gerald (3)
  • Strait, Todd (3)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (2)
  • Foster, Dwight (2)
  • Jones, Carmell (2)
  • Roulette, Adolph (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Washington, Horace, 1952-2014 (2)
  • Berkley, Richard L., 1931- (1)
  • Cooper, Bonnie Sue (1)
  • Cox, Donald (1)
  • Falah, Tayammum (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • (-) Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (38)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1992) (3)
  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)

Date Published

  • 1991 (21)
  • 1995 (17)
  • 2000 (4)
  • 1992-07-25 (3)
  • 1992-07-26 (3)
  • 1993-08 (3)
  • 1989 (2)
  • 1995-04-26 (2)
  • 1999-09-18 (2)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1992-07 (1)
  • 1994-08-27 (1)
  • 1999-06-19 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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