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Ahmad Alaadeen with the Pete Diggs band

Image

Pete Diggs Band (Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, trumpet, Bill Jones, drums, Willie Rice, trumpet, Gene Carter, saxophone, Diggs, vibraphone, Ahmad Alaadeen...

Date Published
1953
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

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A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bassist Jerry Evans

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Jerry Evans with hand on the neck of his bass as if playing; he's wearing a suit and leaning in toward the right.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Betty Miller and Milt Abel at a check-in table

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Milt Abel and Bettye Miller standing in front what seems to be a check-in table for an unidentified event. Two older women are seated behind the table...

Date Published
July-1959
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel at the zoo

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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel posing together for a photo while at the zoo. Abel has an arm around Miller's shoulders and they're standing in front of a...

Date Published
1958
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

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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

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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 Trio posing for a photo with their album

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Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man posing for a photo with...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller Trio receiving a copy of their album

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Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man receiving their album "A...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with Milt Abel

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel standing together in a carpeted room between two curtained windows. Miller is wearing a stole with corsage. Abel is...

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

Bettye Miller, Terry Basso, and Milt Abel with large group

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Betty Miller with Terry Basso and Milt Abel posing for a picture with a large group of other performers. One group is wearing black and white striped...

Date Published
1956
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

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

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Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Count Basie Orchestra at an unidentified venue

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Count Basie Orchestra performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right Count Basie playing piano, Rodney Richardson playing bass, Jimmy Rushing...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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  • Double bassists
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (26)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (5)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • Betty Crow Collection (1)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (38)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (37)
  • Gelatin silver prints (37)
  • Group portraits (35)
  • Snapshots (23)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Promotional photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1951-1960 (38)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (36)
  • Jazz musicians (35)
  • Pianists (30)
  • African American men (28)
  • African American women (26)
  • Double bass (24)
  • Piano (23)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (22)
  • Musical instruments (16)
  • Drum set (14)
  • Men, White (14)
  • Jazz musicians, White (13)
  • Microphone (12)
  • Porches (9)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Trombonists (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Trombone (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Sound recordings (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Double bassists (38)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • 12th Street (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Paseo Boulevard (1)
  • Vine Street (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (25)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (17)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (4)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (3)
  • Crump, Bob (3)
  • Lee, Gene (3)
  • Legge, Jimmy (3)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (3)
  • Shareef, Museyf (3)
  • Shepard, Elvin (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Carter, Gene (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Diggs, Pete (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Sr. (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Rice, Willie (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (20)
  • 1960 (20)
  • 1957 (6)
  • 1956 (3)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1953 (2)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959-07 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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