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Don Tiff playing piano at the Strand

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Don Tiff (piano) with members of the Raymond Scott Orchestra performing on stage at the Strand Theater in New York City.

Member of
Don Tiff Collection
Performance photo with note on verso

Jay McShann and his band on stage at the Century Room

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Jay McShann on stage at the piano with his band (McShann (piano), Gene Ramey (bass), Walter Brown (vocals), Gus Johnson (drums), Bud Gould (trombone)...

Date Published
February-1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

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Jay McShann and band performing: Gene Ramey (bass), McShann (piano), Gus Johnson (drums), Walter Brown (vocals), Bud Gould (trombone), unidentified...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with a band

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Jay McShann playing piano with a band (Orville Minor, Bob Mabane, Gus Johnson, Bernard Anderson, Charlie Parker, Gene Ramey); recording for radio...

Date Published
November-30-1940
December-02-1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

John Kirby

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Headshot of John Kirby looking to the side with a neutral expression. Kirby is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

John Kirby with double bass

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Publicity photo of John Kirby facing forward with a neutral expression while playing bass. Kirby is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

Publicity photo for Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy

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Publicity photo for Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy, featuring Mary Lou Williams and Pha Terrel. The photo features Ted Brinson (guitar), Kirk...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Red Callender playing bass

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Angled photograph of Red Callender looking up while playing bass on a stage with other unidentified players. Callender is wearing a dark suit.

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

WPA dance band in Kansas City

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WPA dance band in front of an unidentified building in Kansas City, Missouri. Fifteen unidentified men are standing on a porch outside a building...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Double bassists
  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Betty Crow Collection (2)
  • Don Tiff Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with note on verso (1)

Types

  • photographs (9)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • (-) 1931-1940 (9)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (8)
  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • African American men (5)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Portraits, American (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • (-) Double bassists (9)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (3)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (2)
  • Gould, Bud (2)
  • Kirby, John, 1908-1952 (2)
  • Mabane, Bob (2)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (2)
  • Ramey, Gene (2)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Minor, Orville (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)

Events

  • Strand Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1940 (4)
  • 1935 (3)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1940-02 (1)
  • 1940-11-30 (1)
  • 1940-12-02 (1)

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