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Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Image

A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Barbara Carroll

Image

Angled headshot of Barbara Carroll leaning forward and looking ahead. Carroll is wearing a black dress and hooped earrings.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Miller and Milt Abel at a check-in table

Image

Milt Abel and Bettye Miller standing in front what seems to be a check-in table for an unidentified event. Two older women are seated behind the table...

Date Published
July-1959
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel at the zoo

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel posing together for a photo while at the zoo. Abel has an arm around Miller's shoulders and they're standing in front of a...

Date Published
1958
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling at the camera while playing piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt shaker on the piano in front of...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling while playing piano and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

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 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 and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a hotel room

Image

Bettye Miller standing next to a large television set in a hotel room. She's wearing a black dress with pearls and facing the camera, smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a trio

Image

Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller signing a copy of her album

Image

Bettye Miller autographing her LP while holding against the shoulder of an unidentified white man. Five other unidentified white men are line up...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

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 with Milt Abel

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel standing together in a carpeted room between two curtained windows. Miller is wearing a stole with corsage. Abel is...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with twelve others around a table

Image

Bettye Miller (standing, center) with twelve unidentified others (African American and white men and women) around a table in a club or restaurant...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Terry Basso, and Milt Abel with large group

Image

Betty Miller with Terry Basso and Milt Abel posing for a picture with a large group of other performers. One group is wearing black and white striped...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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  • Pianists
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (35)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (6)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (5)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with personnel listed on verso (1)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (59)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (57)
  • Gelatin silver prints (57)
  • Group portraits (39)
  • Snapshots (39)
  • Portrait photographs (21)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Slides (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (59)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (48)
  • Jazz musicians (47)
  • African American women (38)
  • African American men (33)
  • Piano (33)
  • Double bassists (30)
  • Men, White (22)
  • Double bass (19)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (17)
  • Jazz musicians, White (16)
  • Musical instruments (14)
  • Microphone (12)
  • Drum set (11)
  • Porches (9)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Children, White (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Sound recordings (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Composers (2)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Nurses (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • Anniversaries (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (1)
  • Birdcages (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Christmas trees (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Drag queens (1)
  • Drag shows (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Gay bars (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Letters (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Pianists (59)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (34)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (17)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Austin, Gene, 1900-1972 (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Arnold, Skip (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Cardell, Ray (1)
  • Carroll, Barbara (1)
  • Dennis, Matt, 1914-2002 (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Garner, Erroll (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gracen, Thelma, 1922-1994 (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1897-1973 (1)
  • Stringer, Dean (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)
  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)

Events

  • Cheyenne Frontier Days (Celebration) (Cheyenne, Wyo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (38)
  • 1951 (36)
  • 1957 (8)
  • 1955 (5)
  • 1956 (4)
  • 1958 (2)
  • 1951-08-05 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1955-11-01 (1)
  • 1959-07 (1)
  • 1959-11 (1)

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