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After hours session

Image

Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman on clarinet) with Gene Krupa (drums), Buck Clayton (trumpet), George Duvivier (bass), Teddy Wilson...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes by the limo

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes stand by a limousine in Palm Beach, Florida.

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes by the limo

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes stand by a limousine in Palm Beach, Florida.

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes by the limo

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes stand by a limousine in Palm Beach, Florida.

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

At the Crawdaddy Room

Image

Buck Clayton, speaking into a microphone with Jackie Williams, drums, and Chuck Folds, piano, at the Crawdaddy Room.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Band listens to Bobby Watson and Tyrone Clark play

Image

The band watches Bobby Watson play an alto saxophone in a tent with open sides. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool in the left foreground...

Date Published
September-15-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Ben Webster saxophone solo

Image

Ben Webster playing a saxophone solo; with Buck Clayton, trumpet, Henri Chaix, piano, Isla Eckinger, bass, Romano Cavicchiolo, drums, and Alain du...

Date Published
June-03-1967
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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 Trio posing for a photo with their album

Image

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

Image

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, 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 and two others

Image

An unidentified white man, Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and an unidentified African American woman standing in a group together with a big band playing...

Date Published
May-1967
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

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  • Jay McShann Collection (64)
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  • Ed Dix Collection (5)
  • Don Tiff Collection (2)
  • Performance photo with note on verso (2)
  • Performance photo with personnel listed on verso (1)

Types

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Genres

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Time Periods

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Subjects

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  • McShann, Jay (66)
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  • Cheatham, Jeannie (18)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (16)
  • Durrett, Warren (14)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (12)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (10)
  • Spaits, Gerald (10)
  • Chaix, Henri (9)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (9)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (8)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (8)
  • Brown, Corky (7)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (7)
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  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (5)
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  • Powell, Benny (3)
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  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (3)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (3)
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  • Whitmer, Tim (3)
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  • Bolcom, William (2)
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  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (2)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (1)
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  • Davis, Katherine, 1953- (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Dr. John, 1941-2019 (1)
  • Drew, Kenny, Jr. (1)
  • Duvivier, George (1)
  • Eldar, 1987- (1)
  • Folds, Chuck (1)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (1)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (1)
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  • Glenn, Roger (1)
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  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
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  • Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
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