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Ahmad Alaadeen, Terry Hughes, and Gerald Spaits performing

Image

Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing during a concert in Palm Beach, Florida; Jay McShann may be...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann 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, Milt Abel and drummer

Image

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

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. Miller is smiling at 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. Photo taken from the drummer's side and at a...

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. A vibraphone is also on stage with them. The...

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. 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, 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

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

Image

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson seated and singing into a microphone with his saxophone in his lap; an unidentified white male bassist is behind him; also seen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

Image

Saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson on stage with his saxophone resting beside him with a partially seen, unidentified white male bassist behind him...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

Image

Saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified white male bassist performing on stage at an unidentified bar; a drum set and piano can be seen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

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Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone...

Date Published
February-11-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Frank Sinatra with Bill Miller

Image

Frank Sinatra standing in a recording studio looking at music on a piano with Bill Miller and holding his hands in his pockets. An unidentified...

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Image

Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing bass behind her. The image has been tilted back to the left for effect...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Jam session

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Jeannie Cheatham at the piano with Jimmy Cheatham, trombone, and other musicians on stage with them during a jam session.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (65)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (19)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (17)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (10)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (8)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (123)

Genres

  • Group portraits (102)
  • Snapshots (96)
  • Color photographs (77)
  • Black & white photographs (46)
  • Gelatin silver prints (46)
  • Portrait photographs (21)
  • Publicity photographs (15)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (33)
  • 1971-1980 (31)
  • 1991-2000 (25)
  • 1941-1950 (13)
  • 1951-1960 (10)
  • 2001-2010 (8)
  • 1961-1970 (2)

Subjects

  • Men, White (118)
  • Jazz musicians (117)
  • Pianists (117)
  • African American jazz musicians (99)
  • African American men (90)
  • Double bass (60)
  • Double bassists (59)
  • Drum set (49)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (46)
  • Musical instruments (36)
  • African American women (31)
  • Saxophone (29)
  • Saxophonists (29)
  • Microphone (27)
  • Audiences (20)
  • Trumpet players (11)
  • Band directors (10)
  • Guitarists (10)
  • Trombonists (10)
  • Jazz singers (9)
  • Trumpet (9)
  • Clarinet (8)
  • Guitar (8)
  • Clarinetists (7)
  • Porches (7)
  • Trombone (7)
  • Women, White (6)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Banners (5)
  • River boats (5)
  • Composers (4)
  • Long hair (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Electronic piano (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Shelving for books (3)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Trees (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Applause (2)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Plants, Potted (2)
  • Sansevieria trifasciata (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Television specials (2)
  • Vibraphone (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • African American college teachers (1)
  • African American music teachers (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Furniture (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hearing aids (1)
  • Jazz--Instruction and study (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Petunias (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians, White (123)
  • (-) Piano (123)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (6)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (2)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (60)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (17)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (13)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (11)
  • Durrett, Warren (10)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (8)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (8)
  • Spaits, Gerald (8)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (7)
  • Brown, Corky (7)
  • Galloway, Jim (6)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (6)
  • Miles, Butch, 1944- (5)
  • Gunther, Paul (4)
  • Kenton, Stan (4)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (3)
  • Boss, Bob (3)
  • Glenn, Tyree (3)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (3)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (3)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (3)
  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (3)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (3)
  • Vinson, Eddie (3)
  • Bolcom, William (2)
  • Eicher, Greg (2)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Robillard, Duke (2)
  • Wallace, Sippie (2)
  • Basso, Terry (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Braff, Ruby, 1927-2003 (1)
  • Drew, Kenny, Jr. (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hyman, Dick, 1927- (1)
  • Johnson, Lew (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • Kenyatta, Kamau (Musician) (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • Miller, Bill, 1915-2006 (1)
  • Morath, Max (1)
  • Napoleon, Teddy (1)
  • Packer, John (Bassist) (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Rosengarden, Bobby (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Thompson, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (5)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (3)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (3)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (20)
  • 1971 (17)
  • 1980 (17)
  • 1990 (16)
  • 1991 (15)
  • 2000 (15)
  • 1951 (9)
  • 1960 (9)
  • 1997-04-28 (7)
  • 1945-11-15 (6)
  • 1984 (6)
  • 1980-12 (5)
  • 1944 (3)
  • 1945 (3)
  • 1980-04 (3)
  • 1990-02 (3)
  • 1990-09 (3)
  • 2004-03 (3)
  • 2009-09-26 (3)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1972-02-07 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1985-08-16 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1945-11 (1)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1983-01 (1)
  • 1989-07 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2003-05-21 (1)

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