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Cotton Candy at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Image

Cotton Candy, wearing a dramatic hat and looking directly at the photographer, sings into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Houston Person and Etta Jones perform at the Tony Williams Jazz Fest

Image

Houston Person stands on a stage in a room with a pink-draped ceiling while he plays his tenor saxophone and looks out over the audience at the Tony...

Date Published
August-31-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Ida McBeth at Rhythm & Ribs

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Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.

Date Published
June-19-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Karrin Allyson at Rhythm & Ribs

Image

Karrin Allyson sings into a microphone held with her left hand during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.

Date Published
June-17-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lavay Smith at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Lavay Smith, wearing a tropical sundress and a flower in her hair, smiles as she sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas...

Date Published
July-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
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  • Jazz festivals
  • Jazz singers

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (4)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (5)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Group portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 2001-2010 (2)

Subjects

  • Blues festivals (4)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Music festivals (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American women (3)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • (-) Jazz festivals (5)
  • (-) Jazz singers (5)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)

Subjects, People

  • Allyson, Karrin (1)
  • Jones, Etta (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • Person, Houston (1)
  • Smith, Lavay (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)

Events

  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Tony Williams Jazz Fest (1)

Date Published

  • 1998-07-18 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)
  • 2001-08-31 (1)
  • 2005-06-17 (1)
  • 2005-06-19 (1)

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