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Benny Meroff

Image

Headshot of Benny Meroff turning forward and looking to the side while smiling. Meroff is wearing a light colored suit and dark tie.

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

Benny Meroff caricature

Image

Illustration of Benny Meroff conducting. Meroff is holding a conducting baton in one hand and pointing up with the other. The illustration is an...

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

Capitol Records microphone

Image

Close-up photograph of a Capitol Records microphone showing the label name. An unidentified white male violinist is standing behind the microphone...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Dog Faced Hermans

Image

Dog Faced Hermans, a Scottish punk band comprised of a white woman playing trumpet and a white man playing the violin on stage among many microphones...

Date Published
1992
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Guy Lombardo

Image

Headshot of Guy Lombardo looking forward and smiling. Lombardo is standing next to a microphone, wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Image

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jan Garber

Image

Publicity photo of Jan Garber sitting with his face turned to the side. Garber is wearing a pinstripe suit and sitting.

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

Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and others performing on an outdoor stage

Image

Jay McShann performing on stage with Gerald Spait, bass, and other musicians at an unidentified outdoor concert; banners for Miller Genuine Draft are...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Joe Venuti grinning for the camera

Image

Possibly Joe Venuti standing and grinning at the photographer with a group of unidentified people sitting behind him. Possibly Billy Butterfield...

Date Published
September-1975
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Joe Venuti sits at a table with a friend

Image

Joe Venuti, left, sitting at a table with an unidentified white male friend.

Date Published
September-1975
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Mildred Bailey and Joe Venuti

Image

Mildred Bailey and Joe Venuti seated at a dining table with water glasses and an ashtray.

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

Washboard Chaz Leary, Lionel Young, and Lee Oskar at the Grand Emporium

Image

Washboard Chaz Leary, Lionel Young, and Lee Oskar, are one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium After Festival Jam. Washboard Chaz is...

Date Published
July-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Wilders at the Grand Emporium

Image

The Wilders, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, include Ike Shelton playing an acoustic guitar, then Nate Gawron playing a...

Date Published
November-29-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Will Taylor

Image

Will Taylor, jazz string musician, peeks out from behind a violin he holds with both hands by the neck and rests the body on his shoulder; strings...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
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  • Men, White
  • Violinists

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (6)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (4)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (11)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Drawings (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • Jazz musicians, White (8)
  • African American men (4)
  • Fiddlers (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Conductors (Music) (3)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz festivals (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Native American women (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Punk rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • (-) Men, White (15)
  • (-) Violinists (15)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (1)

Subjects, People

  • Venuti, Joe (3)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Meroff, Benny, 1901-1973 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Bailey, Mildred (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (1)
  • Ellis, Betse (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Gawron, Nate (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Oskar, Lee (1)
  • Shelton, Ike (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Taylor, Will, 1968- (1)
  • Wade, Phil (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Young, Lionel (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (2)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (4)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1975-09 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1999-07-18 (1)
  • 1999-11-29 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)

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