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Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz including Oliver Todd sitting at the piano on the far left of the photograph, then Ben Kynard blowing into a saxophone...

Date Published
October-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard...

Date Published
August-16-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal

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Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Duke Samuels sitting and wearing a gray jacket...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Crown Center

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Jazz musicians performing at the Crown Center on Grand Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald Spaits playing bass, Ben Kynard...

Date Published
1992
1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: David Daahoud Williams...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Lucky Wesley and Ben Kynard visit the Blue Room

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Lucky Wesley, Ben Kynard, and an unidentified African American man sit in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of...

Date Published
March-01-2010
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Oliver Todd, Ben Kynard, Carl Fusaro, Henry Hoard, Marcellus Lee and Elmer Price perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Oliver Todd seated at and playing a white baby grand piano with his right side toward the photographer is looking intently at the wind players...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Double bassists
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (5)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (9)

Genres

  • Group portraits (9)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (9)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (7)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) Double bassists (9)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (8)
  • 18th and Vine District (6)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, David, 1946- (3)
  • Bartee, Al (2)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (2)
  • Lee, Marcellus (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (2)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (2)
  • Wesley, Lucky (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Fusaro, Carlo (1)
  • Knowles, Wes (1)
  • Samuels, Nobel (1)
  • Strait, Todd (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • (-) Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (9)

Events

  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1994-02 (3)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1999-10-24 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2010-03-01 (1)

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