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Clarence "Pinetop" Smith's two sons

Image

Clarence "Pinetop" Smith's two sons at a piano. One is sitting and playing the piano while looking to the side. The other is standing and looking down...

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dana Suesse seated at a piano with George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman

Image

Dana Suesse seated at a piano flanked by George Gershwin (left) and Paul Whiteman (right) in New York.

Date Published
October-1932
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Drawing room of the home where Stephen Foster wrote "My Old Kentucky Home"

Image

Stephen Foster drawing room in Bardstown, Kentucky where the song, "My Old Kentucky Home" was first heard. A square grand piano sits in front of the...

Date Published
March-25-1940
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Duke Ellington at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Duke Ellington sitting at the piano with hands on the keys. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo.

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

Jay McShann and band members

Image

Jay McShann seated at the piano with his band standing around it; McShann (at piano) with Bill Nolan, Walter Brown, Charlie Parker, Bob Mabane...

Date Published
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

Pete Johnson advertising image

Image

Reproduction of an ad from Vocalion featuring Pete Jonson playing piano and looking at the camera with inset image of the label for Vocalion 78 rpm...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Unidentified older woman in front of the stage

Image

Unidentified woman at an unidentified fraternal organization event wearing a fez and white evening gown with long white gloves and facing the left of...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Piano
  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (8)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1931-1940 (8)

Subjects

  • Pianists (6)
  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Composers--Homes and haunts (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drawing rooms (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Record labels (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Piano (8)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Bardstown (Ky.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (2)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (2)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Ramey, Gene (2)
  • Baird, Taswell (1)
  • Bruce, Harold (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Fergenson, Harold (1)
  • Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 (1)
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (1)
  • Gould, Bud (1)
  • Jackson, John (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Johnson, Pete, 1904-1967 (1)
  • Mabane, Bob (1)
  • Minor, Orville (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987 (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)

Date Published

  • 1940 (4)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1932-10 (1)
  • 1939 (1)
  • 1940-03-25 (1)

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