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Ahmad Alaadeen, Terry Hughes, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing during a concert in Palm Beach, Florida; Jay McShann may be...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gerald Spaits at the American Heartland Theater

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Gerald Spaits, eyes closed, slightly leans into a upright bass as his left hand suppresses the strings above his right hand plucking the strings at...

Date Published
March-02-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with Ahmad Alaadeen and Gerald Spaits

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Jay McShann playing piano with Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Gerald Spaits (bass) seen behind him at a concert in Palm Beach, Florida.

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with Gerald Spaits and Terry Hughes

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Gerald Spaits, Jay McShann, Terry Hughes all wearing tuxedos and posing together for a photo; unknown venue in Brownsville, Nebraska.

Date Published
June-1996
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes standing beside their limousine

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Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes posing in front of their limousine; Alaadeen is holding his saxophone case in one hand...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes standing beside their limousine

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Ahmad Alaadeen, Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes posing in front of their limousine; Alaadeen is holding his saxophone case in one hand...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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

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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

Jay McShann, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jay McShann (piano) performing during a concert in Palm Beach, Florida...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jay McShann (piano) performing together at a daytime concert in Palm Beach...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jay McShann (piano) performing together at a concert in Palm Beach...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Jay McShann (piano) all performing at a concert in Palm Beach, Florida.

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

View from across the room of Jay McShann, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Long range shot from across the room of Jay McShann performing with Terry Hughes (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Gerald Spaits (bass)...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
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  • Jay McShann Collection (11)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (12)

Genres

  • Color photographs (11)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Snapshots (11)
  • Black & white photographs (1)
  • Gelatin silver prints (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (10)
  • 1981-1990 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (12)
  • Jazz musicians, White (12)
  • African American jazz musicians (11)
  • African American men (11)
  • Double bassists (8)
  • Piano (8)
  • Double bass (7)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (7)
  • Pianists (7)
  • Saxophone (7)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Drum set (6)
  • Musical instruments (4)
  • Limousines (2)
  • Palms (2)
  • Plants, Potted (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Furniture (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Men, White (12)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Palm Beach (Fla.) (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (10)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (9)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (9)
  • (-) Spaits, Gerald (12)

Date Published

  • 1997-04-28 (9)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1996-06 (1)
  • 2003-03-02 (1)

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