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Band playing on stage

Image

Unidentified band (trumpet player, two saxophonists, drummer, pianist) playing onstage as part of the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and looking up, turning away from the piano...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at a white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and turning his head forward.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. 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

Duke Ellington at the piano

Image

Duke Ellington sitting at the piano and looking up while smiling. Ellington is wearing a tweed jacket and tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Frank Sinatra recording with the Charioteers

Image

Frank Sinatra standing third from left with the vocal group The Charioteers behind a CBS microphone. James Sherman is playing piano. The other...

Date Published
May-16-1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Karl Koerper playing piano

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Karl Koerper playing piano at unknown location.

Date Published
1941
1957
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Large group gathered in a room with a piano

Image

A large group of various unidentified African American people dressed in suits and dresses seated and standing in a room. The front few rows are...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Mel Powell at the piano

Image

Mel Powell playing piano while looking down at music. He is wearing a pinstripe suit and sweater vest. A packet of Lucky Strikes cigarettes is lying...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

Image

Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women, dressed in 19th century costumes, are lying...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Sigmund Romberg playing upright piano while Ferol Koerper, Mrs. E.W. Dodds, L. Perry Cookingham watch

Image

Sigmund Romberg playing upright piano while Ferol Koerper, Mrs. E.W. Dodds, L. Perry Cookingham watch while leaning on the back at unknown event.

Date Published
1943
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Sigmund Romberg sitting at piano

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Sigmund Romberg in suit and tie sitting at piano with hands on keys.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Stan Kenton

Image

Publicity photo of Stan Kenton leaning on the front of a piano and smiling. Kenton is wearing a light colored suit and black tie.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Stan Kenton at the piano

Image

Stan Kenton photographed from the side sitting at the piano and looking forward while smiling. Kenton is wearing a light colored suit and black tie.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Stan Kenton leaning against a piano

Image

Publicity photo of Stan Kenton leaning on the front of a piano and smiling. Kenton is wearing a light colored suit and black tie.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Stan Kenton playing piano

Image

Stan Kenton photographed from behind playing piano. Kenton's hands are on the keys and reflected against the piano. Kenton is looking to the side and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Teddy Napoleon at the piano

Image

Publicity photo of Teddy Napoleon sitting and playing piano while looking to the side and smiling. Napolean is wearing a patterned suit and black tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Thelonious Monk at the piano

Image

Thelonious Monk photographed from above playing piano and looking up while smiling. Monk is wearing a pinstripe suit, a beret, and thick rimmed...

Date Published
1979
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Warren Durrett at the piano

Image

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking in the distance.

Date Published
November-15-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett at the piano

Image

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking towards the camera. Text...

Date Published
November-15-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett at the piano

Image

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking towards the camera.

Date Published
November-15-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett at the piano

Image

Warren Durrett seated at piano with lid propped open in tuxedo and bowtie. Large curtains directly behind him, and there is wallpaper on the wall to...

Date Published
November-15-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett at the piano

Image

Warren Durrett seated at piano with lid propped open in tuxedo and bowtie. Large curtains directly behind him, and there is wallpaper on the wall to...

Date Published
November-15-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett at the piano

Image

Warren Durrett seated at piano with lid propped open in tuxedo and bowtie. Large curtains directly behind him, and there is wallpaper on the wall to...

Date Published
November-15-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett in a tuxedo seated at the piano

Image

Warren Durrett in a tuxedo seated at a piano with the lid propped open, hammers visible. Curtains and painted flowers and trees are on the wall behind...

Date Published
November-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Piano
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (11)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (7)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (3)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (25)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (25)
  • Portrait photographs (20)
  • Publicity photographs (14)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Group portraits (6)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (25)

Subjects

  • Pianists (20)
  • Jazz musicians (19)
  • Men, White (14)
  • Jazz musicians, White (13)
  • African American men (9)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Band directors (6)
  • Composers (5)
  • African American women (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Sheet music (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Actresses (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Gospel singers (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Piano (25)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (6)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (7)
  • Kenton, Stan (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951 (2)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Daniels, Howard (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Jackson, Edward (Vocalist) (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Koerper, Ferol (1)
  • Koerper, Karl, 1901-1957 (1)
  • Monk, Thelonious (1)
  • Napoleon, Teddy (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Sherman, Jimmy (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Williams, Billy, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Williams, Ira (Vocalist) (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (6)
  • 1945-11-15 (6)
  • 1944 (5)
  • 1950 (5)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1945-05-16 (1)
  • 1945-11 (1)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1979 (1)

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