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Anita O'Day

Image

Headshot of Anita O'Day in a 3/4 turn looking up. O'Day is holding a finger to her lips and is wearing a white laced blouse.

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

Artie Malvin

Image

Angled headshot of Artie Malvin looking to the side and smiling. Malvin is wearing a pinstripe suit and polka dot tie.

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

Benny Goodman and his orchestra with Helen Ward Featured Vocalist

Image

Publicity photo of Helen Ward and Benny Goodman facing forward and smiling. Ward is wearing a satin dress and leaning against Goodman who is wearing a...

Date Published
1936
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Strong

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Strong looking to the side with a neutral expression. Strong is wearing a pinstripe suit and checkered tie.

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

Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

Image

Buck Clayton posed with Johnny Parker, Big Joe Turner, Beryl Bryden and Champion Jack Dupree at the Gargoyle Club, London, England.

Date Published
May-1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with jazz students

Image

Buck Clayton watching as jazz students practice their instruments and one African American woman sings in New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cabaret Riviera hostesses greeting Tony Bennett

Image

Cabaret Riviera hostesses greeting Tony Bennett at the Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
September-1961
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Carol Duboc at the Grand Emporium

Image

Carol Duboc faces to the left of the photographer as she smiles and sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium. Her left hand lifted expressively...

Date Published
December-26-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified man in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man, and Patty Tucker in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and three men in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified white man in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand. Two other...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Carolyn Grey and Shorty Sherock

Image

Singer Carolyn Grey sitting on a stool and looking at music while smiling with Shorty Sherock standing behind her playing trumpet. In front is an NBC...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he stands on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, snapping his...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Coaching a jazz singer

Image

Buck Clayton and an unidentified African American female student singing into a microphone during a jazz class, with two African American male trumpet...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Connie Hawkins at the Grand Emporium

Image

Connie Hawkins closes her eyes as she sings into a microphone she is holding at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
May-12-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Dave Stephens at the Hurricane

Image

Dave Stephens with a microphone near his mouth, is looking up to the left at his hand with finger spread. There is a cane topper visible in the...

Date Published
February-22-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

David Basse performs at the Grand Emporium

Image

David Basse sings into a microphone wearing a fedora. His right hand rests on the microphone as his left hand clutches the microphone stand during the...

Date Published
January-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Diane "Mama" Ray at the Grand Emporium

Image

Diane "Mama" Ray, holding a lit cigarette in her right hand and a microphone in her left hand, closes her eyes and sings into a microphone at the...

Date Published
February-27-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Diane Schuur singing

Image

Diane Schuur and Freddie Green performing on stage with an unidentified group of musicians.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

DownBeat Magazine shoot at Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano...

Date Published
June-09-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Ed Dix lined up with four others

Image

Ed Dix (left) in a line in front of a microphone with four others (three white men, one white woman) and big band members behind them.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix watching jazz singer

Image

Ed Dix (right) with his saxophone on stage watching an unidentified white woman singing into a microphone with two unidentified white male guitarists...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Eddie Saunders is surprised by Lisa Henry as Ida McBeth looks on

Image

Eddie Saunders, holding a saxophone, opens his mouth in surprise at Lisa Henry, jazz singer, who is mostly obscured by Ida McBeth, jazz singer. Ida...

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

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Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (86)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (20)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (16)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (14)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (8)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)
  • Ed Dix Collection (5)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (4)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Betty Crow Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with personnel listed on verso (1)

Types

  • photographs (166)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (129)
  • Gelatin silver prints (129)
  • Group portraits (117)
  • Snapshots (67)
  • Publicity photographs (59)
  • Portrait photographs (50)
  • Color photographs (37)
  • Postcards (3)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Glamour photographs (1)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • Portrait drawings (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (53)
  • 1951-1960 (28)
  • 1971-1980 (16)
  • 1991-2000 (14)
  • 1961-1970 (11)
  • 2001-2010 (10)
  • 1981-1990 (8)
  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (159)
  • Men, White (122)
  • Women, White (113)
  • African American jazz musicians (51)
  • Big bands (50)
  • African American men (41)
  • Band directors (37)
  • African American women (29)
  • Pianists (22)
  • Trumpet players (19)
  • Saxophonists (17)
  • Double bassists (16)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (12)
  • Sound studios (12)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (11)
  • Fiddlers (10)
  • Guitarists (9)
  • Piano (9)
  • Double bass (5)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (4)
  • Clarinet (4)
  • Keyboard players (4)
  • Microphone (4)
  • Music students (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Airplanes (3)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Banners (3)
  • Clarinetists (3)
  • Drum set (3)
  • Flight attendants (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Native American women (3)
  • Television specials (3)
  • Trombone (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Composers (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • Airplaines (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Interviewing on radio (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Pipe smokers (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Radio broadcasting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Wake services (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians, White (167)
  • (-) Jazz singers (167)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (44)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (6)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (3)
  • New York (N.Y.) (3)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (3)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (50)
  • Maye, Marilyn (21)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (13)
  • Tucker, Patty (Singer) (9)
  • Kessler, Stan (8)
  • Webb, Laura (7)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (6)
  • Johnston, Carol (Singer) (6)
  • McBeth, Ida (6)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (6)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (5)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (5)
  • Saunders, Eddie (5)
  • Taylor, Myra (5)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (4)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (4)
  • Bailey, Mildred (3)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (3)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (3)
  • Edwards, Millie (3)
  • Glenn, Tyree (3)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (3)
  • Klein, Manny, 1908-1994 (3)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (3)
  • Price, Geneva (3)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (3)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (3)
  • Tucker, Lori (3)
  • Wallace, Sippie (3)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (3)
  • Welge, JĂĽrgen, 1955- (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (2)
  • Allen, Rose Marie (Musician) (2)
  • Allyson, Karrin (2)
  • Bender, Carl (2)
  • Bolcom, William (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ray, Diane (2)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Tally, Jo Ann (2)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (2)
  • Wayne, Frances (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (1)
  • Basse, David (1)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (1)
  • Bennett, Tony, 1926- (1)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (1)
  • Blair, Judith (1)
  • Boss, Bob (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Boyd, Johnny (1)
  • Bring, Lou (1)
  • Bryden, Beryl, 1920- (1)
  • Caldwell, Bill (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Caplan, Marc (1)
  • Cardell, Ray (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (1)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Davis, Katherine, 1953- (1)
  • DeMasters, Tom (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duboc, Carol (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992 (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Firman, Roma (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gracen, Thelma, 1922-1994 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Grey, Carolyn, 1922- (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hawkins, Connie (1)
  • Helfer, Erwin (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Hunt, Kelley (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • James, Sharon (Singer) (1)
  • Jones, Myrna Lee (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lane, Judy (Singer) (1)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (1)
  • Major, Julie (1)
  • Malvin, Arthur (1)
  • McFadden, Lonnie (1)
  • McFadden, Ronnie (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Miller, Bill, 1915-2006 (1)
  • Murphy, Mike, 1940-2011 (1)
  • O'Day, Anita (1)
  • O'Dell, Janice (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Parker, Johnny, 1922- (1)
  • Pastor, Tony (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (1)
  • Rooney, Mickey (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Sargent, Kenny (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Sherock, Shorty, 1915-1980 (1)
  • Stephens, Dave (Singer) (1)
  • Stone, Eddie (Singer) (1)
  • Strong, Benny, 1911- (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Van Sant, Richard (1)
  • Ward, Helen, 1916-1998 (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Events

  • Cheyenne Frontier Days (Celebration) (Cheyenne, Wyo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (1)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (27)
  • 1960 (26)
  • 1950 (20)
  • 1945 (19)
  • 1941 (16)
  • 1949 (11)
  • 1991 (8)
  • 2001-09-15 (8)
  • 1981 (7)
  • 1990 (7)
  • 2000 (7)
  • 1946 (4)
  • 1947-02-03 (4)
  • 1961 (4)
  • 1976 (4)
  • 1978-12-01 (4)
  • 1942 (3)
  • 1945-08-03 (3)
  • 1982-12-04 (3)
  • 1983 (3)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1961-11-03 (2)
  • 1970-12 (2)
  • 1972-02-07 (2)
  • 1980-12-06 (2)
  • 1998-01-07 (2)
  • 2000-01-08 (2)
  • 2005-06-08 (2)
  • 1905-04-28 (1)
  • 1925 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1936 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1941-12-18 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1947-10-24 (1)
  • 1949-05-16 (1)
  • 1955-11-01 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1961-09 (1)
  • 1961-11 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1964-10-10 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1965-05 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1972 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1972-12 (1)
  • 1980-12 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1998-02-22 (1)
  • 1998-11-28 (1)
  • 1999-01-24 (1)
  • 1999-02-27 (1)
  • 2000-06-09 (1)
  • 2000-11-11 (1)
  • 2001-04-10 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2002-12-26 (1)
  • 2004-06-24 (1)
  • 2005-05-12 (1)
  • 2005-06-17 (1)
  • 2006-06-25 (1)
  • 2006-12-14 (1)
  • 2009-09-26 (1)

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