Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

1 - 25 of 161 items

Angela Hagenbach sings

Image

Angela Hagenbach, wearing her hair in long braids and sunglasses on top of her head, closes her eyes and holds the microphone to her wide open mouth...

Date Published
February-22-1997
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Baby Lee at the Grand Emporium

Image

Baby Lee, from the left, sings into a microphone she holds with her right hand and points with her left hand at Divas Night Out at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
January-08-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bettye Jo Miller at the Phoenix

Image

Bettye Jo Miller, wearing an animal print dress, laughs and claps her hands from behind a microphone at the piano at the Phoenix.

Date Published
March-07-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blaze at the Grand Emporium

Image

Blaze, makes fists, purses her lips and dances during the KC Blues and Jazz After Fest Jam at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
July-23-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bram Wijnand singing while playing piano at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bram Wijnand singing while playing piano at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down at the keyboard. Various...

Date Published
March-1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bryan Hicks and Brian Morahan at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bryan Hicks and Brian Morahan at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Morahan is playing drums. Hicks is singing into a...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bryan Hicks and Richard Ross performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bryan Hicks and Richard Ross performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is looking down while playing bass...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bryan Hicks and Russ Long at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bryan Hicks and Russ Long at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is playing bass and looking backwards. Long is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bryan Hicks at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bryan Hicks at the Levee Bar & Grill in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is singing into a microphone while playing bass. An unidentified drummer is on...

Date Published
July-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Bryan Hicks at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bryan Hicks at the Levee Bar & Grill in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is singing into a microphone while playing bass. An unidentified drummer is on...

Date Published
July-1992
Member of
Betty Crow 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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Richard Ross perform at the Levee

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands and plucks his fiddle beside Richard Ross, who is singing into a microphone at the Levee Bar & Grill on...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams 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

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

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

Cotton Candy Washington at the Grand Emporium

Image

Cotton Candy Washington sings into a microphone she is holding while she performs at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
April-12-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cotton Candy Washington during the Living Blues weekend

Image

Cotton Candy Washington slants her eyes to the right with a smile on her face as she hold an unlit cigarette with long, long finger nails, long long...

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

Dave Dexter and Maxine Gray

Image

Dave Dexter speaking with Maxine Gray in Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri. Dexter is holding a pencil and pad of paper and turned toward Gray...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. 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 and Ricky Anderson at Plaza III

Image

David Basse and Ricky Anderson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone he is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow 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

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

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • …
  • Next page ›
  • Last page Last »
  • Clear selected
  • Jazz singers
  • Kansas City (Mo.)

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (68)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (62)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (20)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (9)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (161)

Genres

  • Group portraits (113)
  • Portrait photographs (108)
  • Color photographs (86)
  • Snapshots (78)
  • Black & white photographs (75)
  • Gelatin silver prints (75)
  • Publicity photographs (15)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (103)
  • 2001-2010 (28)
  • 1941-1950 (8)
  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (144)
  • African American jazz musicians (89)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (68)
  • Double bassists (61)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (52)
  • African American women (45)
  • Jazz musicians, White (44)
  • Men, White (39)
  • Women, White (39)
  • Keyboard players (38)
  • African American men (30)
  • Saxophonists (26)
  • Trumpet players (19)
  • Big bands (18)
  • Band directors (16)
  • Pianists (12)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Blues festivals (4)
  • Fiddlers (4)
  • Jazz festivals (4)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (4)
  • Music festivals (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Women singers (4)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Authors, American (2)
  • Jazz audiences (2)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (2)
  • Baseball players--United States (1)
  • Caricatures and cartoons (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Interviewing on radio (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Radio broadcasting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Wake services (1)
  • (-) Jazz singers (161)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (17)
  • (-) Kansas City (Mo.) (161)

Subjects, People

  • Hicks, Bryan (39)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (34)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (19)
  • Taylor, Myra (19)
  • Durrett, Warren (18)
  • Ning, Mike (14)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (13)
  • Long, Russ (10)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (8)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (8)
  • Price, Geneva (8)
  • Richardson, Robert (Musician) (7)
  • Edwards, Millie (6)
  • Hamza, Luqman (5)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (4)
  • Jones, Carmell (4)
  • Maye, Marilyn (4)
  • McFadden, Lonnie (4)
  • Moore, Mary (4)
  • Spaits, Gerald (4)
  • Tucker, Lori (4)
  • Warner, Duck (4)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Bowman, Warren, 1934-2003 (3)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (3)
  • Mair, Jim, 1966- (3)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (3)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (3)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (3)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (3)
  • Welge, JĂĽrgen, 1955- (3)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (3)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (2)
  • Allyson, Karrin (2)
  • Basse, David (2)
  • Bender, Carl (2)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (2)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (2)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • May, Rod (2)
  • McBeth, Ida (2)
  • McFadden, Ronnie (2)
  • Meynier, Billy (2)
  • Morahan, Brian (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ray, Diane (2)
  • Ruppenthal, Wayne (2)
  • Saunders, Eddie (2)
  • Searcy, Roy (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • Anderson, Ricky (1)
  • Baby Lee (1)
  • Barry, Ken (1)
  • Blaze (1)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (1)
  • Branstetter, Bob (1)
  • Caldwell, Bill (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Caplan, Marc (1)
  • Cox, Donald (1)
  • Cox, Pat (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • DeMasters, Tom (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Duboc, Carol (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Firman, Roma (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Gray, Maxine (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hagenbach, Angela (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hawkins, Connie (1)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (1)
  • Hill, Rich (Musician) (1)
  • Humiston, Connie (1)
  • Hunt, Kelley (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • James, Sharon (Singer) (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • Lady Red (1)
  • Lee, Marcellus (1)
  • Lucas, Dennis (Musician) (1)
  • Major, Julie (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Miller, Bettye Jo (1)
  • Milsapp, Bill (1)
  • Murphy, Mike, 1940-2011 (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Smith, Lavay (1)
  • Stephens, Dave (Singer) (1)
  • Strozier, Mark (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Van Sant, Richard (1)
  • Venuti, Rick (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Webb, Laura (1)
  • Whitney, Marva (1)
  • Wijnands, Bram, 1965- (1)

Events

  • Living Blues Party (2000) (5)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation. Landmark Ceremony (2003) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (66)
  • 1995 (57)
  • 2000 (9)
  • 1947-02-03 (4)
  • 1993-03 (4)
  • 1999-09-18 (4)
  • 2000-01-08 (4)
  • 2000-01-22 (4)
  • 1978-12-01 (3)
  • 1982-12-04 (3)
  • 1992-07 (3)
  • 2001-06-29 (3)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1970-12 (2)
  • 1980-12-06 (2)
  • 1992-10 (2)
  • 1998-01-07 (2)
  • 2005-06-08 (2)
  • 2005-06-17 (2)
  • 2006-02-24 (2)
  • 2006-06-05 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1949-05-16 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1964-10-10 (1)
  • 1991-10 (1)
  • 1991-10-05 (1)
  • 1997-02-22 (1)
  • 1998-02-22 (1)
  • 1998-07-18 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1998-11-28 (1)
  • 1999-01-14 (1)
  • 1999-01-24 (1)
  • 1999-02-27 (1)
  • 1999-09-05 (1)
  • 1999-09-16 (1)
  • 1999-09-17 (1)
  • 1999-09-19 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-01-20 (1)
  • 2000-03-07 (1)
  • 2000-06-09 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2000-11-11 (1)
  • 2001-04-12 (1)
  • 2001-11-29 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2002-02-06 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2002-06-21 (1)
  • 2002-12-26 (1)
  • 2003-03-02 (1)
  • 2003-05-23 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004-06-24 (1)
  • 2005-02-02 (1)
  • 2005-05-12 (1)
  • 2005-06-18 (1)
  • 2005-06-19 (1)
  • 2006-12-14 (1)
  • 2007-07-25 (1)
  • 2010-05-02 (1)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025