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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and drummer

Image

Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. A vibraphone is also on stage with them.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and drummer

Image

Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. Abel's back is to the camera.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and drummer

Image

Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Rod Padilla

Image

Bettye Miller, piano, Milt Abel, double bass, and Rod Padilla, drums, performing in the lounge of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and unidentified drummer

Image

Bettye Miller (piano), Milt Abel (double bass), and an unidentified drummer perform for a small audience during Miller's birthday party.

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Lois Robers, and George Nader

Image

Bettye Miller, seated at a piano with Milt Abel holding his double bass. George Nader is leaning on the piano with Lois Roberts standing next to him...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs

Image

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs, a three piece Americana band comprised of two white men and an Asian American man (possibly), stand holding their...

Date Published
1991
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Moon Boys

Image

The Blue Moon Boys, a rockabilly-swing band comprised of four white men, featuring Nic Roulette, strike funny poses out in a field with their...

Date Published
1996
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Haggart playing bass

Image

Bob Haggart playing bass in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; a microphone is set up in front of him.

Date Published
July-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Bobby Smith playing saxophone

Image

Bobby Smith playing "Tippin' In" on his saxophone at Jam Session in San Diego, California; he's turned to the left of the photo and wearing a white...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

Image

Joe Turner singing on stage with Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith on violin and Jimmy Woode on bass in Paris, France.

Date Published
1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cadillac Angels

Image

Cadillac Angels, a rockabilly band comprised of one white woman bass player, a white male guitarist, and a white male drummer, stand beside and behind...

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Calvin Jackson playing piano

Image

Calvin Jackson playing piano on stage during the Cheatham Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; he's wearing a suit and tie and facing the right of the...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"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

Image

"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 and band members

Image

Group portrait of musicians lined up together outside a building; Rickey Woodard, Nolan Smith, Ironman Harris, Dinky Morris, Curtis Peagler, Jeannie &...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

Image

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

Clora Bryant next to Curtis Peagler

Image

Clora Bryant standing next to and looking at Curtis Peagler who is wearing a red hat, sunglasses, and has his arms outspread in mid-clap; Red...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Close up of Jay McShann wearing glasses

Image

Close up of Jay McShann while he's wearing his glasses and playing piano; behind him bassist Brian Harmon is partially seen; unknown venue.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Count Basie, Jo Jones and Walter Page performing

Image

Count Basie seated playing piano with Jo Jones playing drums and Walter Page playing bass; all are looking over the left side of the photo; sheets of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Curtis Peagler and others at the Blue Note

Image

Clora Bryant, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), Dinky Morris (saxophone) and an unidentified double bassist on stage at the Blue...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and Jeannie Cheatham on stage

Image

Dinky Morris, in a red vest and matching hat, playing soprano saxophone on stage in front of a microphone; behind is an unidentified bassist and...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Doc Cheatham playing trumpet

Image

"Doc" Cheatham on stage playing trumpet in front of a microphone and using a mute; behind him an unidentified drummer playing a blue set of drums and...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (77)
  • Jay McShann Collection (55)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (53)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (13)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (212)

Genres

  • Group portraits (168)
  • Snapshots (164)
  • Black & white photographs (111)
  • Gelatin silver prints (111)
  • Color photographs (99)
  • Portrait photographs (42)
  • Publicity photographs (20)
  • Promotional photographs (5)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (54)
  • 1971-1980 (44)
  • 1991-2000 (38)
  • 1961-1970 (28)
  • 1951-1960 (25)
  • 2001-2010 (13)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1931-1940 (3)

Subjects

  • Double bassists (193)
  • African American jazz musicians (188)
  • Jazz musicians (183)
  • African American men (141)
  • Piano (128)
  • Pianists (123)
  • Men, White (94)
  • Musical instruments (87)
  • Jazz musicians, White (76)
  • Drum set (74)
  • African American women (70)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (59)
  • Microphone (41)
  • Saxophonists (34)
  • Saxophone (33)
  • Audiences (24)
  • Trumpet players (23)
  • Trombonists (20)
  • Trumpet (18)
  • Trombone (16)
  • Guitar (15)
  • Bands (Music) (14)
  • Women pianists (13)
  • Women jazz musicians (12)
  • Blues musicians (11)
  • African American women jazz singers (10)
  • Guitarists (10)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Women, White (10)
  • Porches (9)
  • Hats (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Drum (6)
  • Living rooms (6)
  • Clarinetists (4)
  • Long hair (4)
  • Vibraphone (4)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • African American women musicians (3)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Clarinet (3)
  • Cymbals (3)
  • Eyeglasses (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Plants, Potted (3)
  • Rockabilly musicians (3)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Women jazz singers (3)
  • Accordion (2)
  • Americana (Music) (2)
  • Banjo (2)
  • Banners (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Electronic piano (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Mutes (Music) (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Sheet music (2)
  • Television specials (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American college teachers (1)
  • African American music teachers (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Applause (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Banjoists (1)
  • Bassists (1)
  • Bluegrass musicians (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Furniture (1)
  • Gay actors (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hair ornaments (1)
  • Harmonica (1)
  • Headphones (1)
  • Hearing aids (1)
  • Hispanic Americans (1)
  • Jazz--Instruction and study (1)
  • LGBTQ actors (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Philodendrons (1)
  • Pickup trucks (1)
  • Punk rock musicians (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Swing music (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Xylophone (1)
  • (-) Double bass (212)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (2)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (65)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (59)
  • McShann, Jay (49)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (25)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (22)
  • Callender, Red (13)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (8)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (8)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (7)
  • Spaits, Gerald (7)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (6)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (6)
  • Morris, Dinky (6)
  • Gunther, Paul (5)
  • Peagler, Curtis (5)
  • Young, Snooky (5)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (4)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (4)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (4)
  • Smith, Nolan (4)
  • Baty, Charlie (3)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (3)
  • Crump, Bob (3)
  • Lee, Gene (3)
  • Legge, Jimmy (3)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (3)
  • Shareef, Museyf (3)
  • Shepard, Elvin (3)
  • Vinson, Eddie (3)
  • Woodard, Rickey (3)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (2)
  • Bacon, Billy (Singer) (2)
  • Boss, Bob (2)
  • Duvivier, George (2)
  • Eicher, Greg (2)
  • Haggart, Bob (2)
  • Hinton, Milt (2)
  • Johnson, Reggie (2)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Kirby, John, 1908-1952 (2)
  • Lucas, Clyde (2)
  • Ramey, Gene (2)
  • Robillard, Duke (2)
  • Simmons, Max (Bassist) (2)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (2)
  • Wallace, Sippie (2)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Basso, Terry (1)
  • Brown, Bam (1)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (1)
  • Cheatham, Doc (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (1)
  • Fields, Ernie, Jr. (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • Gaillard, Slim (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Garland, Ed (1)
  • Gould, Bud (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Jackson, Russell (Musician) (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Johnson, Lew (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (1)
  • Nader, George, 1921-2002 (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Packer, John (Bassist) (1)
  • Padilla, Rod (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Penland, Ralph (1)
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (1)
  • Powell, Mel (1)
  • Price, Mike (Musician) (1)
  • Quest, Johnny (1)
  • Riley, Herman, 1933-2007 (1)
  • Roberts, Lois, 1941- (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Safranski, Eddie, 1918-1974 (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Smith, Bobby (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Smith, Stuff (1)
  • Stewart, Slam (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Thompson, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Venaas, Terje, 1947- (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Woode, Jimmy (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (7)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (4)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (2)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (2)
  • Women's Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Kan.) (2)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (34)
  • 1971 (28)
  • 1980 (28)
  • 1990 (28)
  • 1961 (24)
  • 1970 (24)
  • 1951 (19)
  • 1960 (19)
  • 1991 (12)
  • 2000 (11)
  • 1984 (7)
  • 1989-06 (7)
  • 1997-04-28 (7)
  • 1976 (6)
  • 1957 (4)
  • 1980-12 (4)
  • 1983 (4)
  • 2004 (4)
  • 2009-09-26 (4)
  • 1940 (3)
  • 1945 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1980-04 (3)
  • 1985-08-16 (3)
  • 1992 (3)
  • 1995-07-05 (3)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1965-04-11 (2)
  • 1978-03-19 (2)
  • 1989-07 (2)
  • 1993-03 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 2002-11-20 (2)
  • 2004-03 (2)
  • 1964-03-01 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1965-09 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • 1982-06 (1)
  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1992-08 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1993-07-03 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2003-05-21 (1)

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