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Ahmad Alaadeen rehearsing in the Richard Smith Orchestra

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Richard Smith Orchestra [Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White), seated second from right] rehearsing for an Easter concert to be held at Municipal Auditorium...

Date Published
April-1950
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Christmas card of Warren Durrett and his orchestra

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Photo of Warren Durrett in a black suit and tie, surrounded by the members of his orchestra (all white) in light colored suits. They are standing on...

Date Published
1945
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Ed Dix as bandleader

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Ed Dix stands at the left holding a baton as bandleader for the big band set up next to him. The band members are all white, all men, except for the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix lined up with four others

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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

Four Noteables

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Promotional photograph from the torso up of the Four Noteables. Warren Durrett (left) , an unidentified white man (center), and Jim Hammer (right) in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Four Noteables performing with the Warren Durrett orchestra

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The Four Noteables performing on stage with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. They are comprised of an unidentified white man, Laura Webb, Durrett, and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Jay McShann with his orchestra

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Jay McShann and his orchestra; (top row L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums; Pete Anderson, bass; (bottom row L-R) David Newman (likely), clarinet or saxophone...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Laura Webb singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Laura Webb on stage in a shirt and long skirt, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra (all white men). Durrett is at...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at the piano back to the...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man standing on stage, holding sheet music, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man playing alto saxophone, unidentified white man singing, and an unidentified white man playing trumpet into two microphones on...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Pete Haney playing saxophone with Jay McShann's Orchestra

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Pete Haney standing to play saxophone with the Jay McShann Orchestra; other musicians in the photo (L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums, David Newman (likely)...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Postcard for the Warren Durrett Orchestra with the Four Noteables

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Promotional postcard. Photo from waist up of Warren Durrett and two unidentified white men in black jackets and patterned ties, and Laura Webb wearing...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Saxophonist soloing with the Warren Durrett orchestra

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Unidentified white man playing tenor saxophone with the Warren Durrett orchestra, standing and playing in front of two microphones. Warren Durrett...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Saxophonist soloing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra at UKC Convocation

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An unidentified white male tenor saxophone player for the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing at a music stand in front of a microphone, for the 1946...

Date Published
March-01-1946
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Scene from the 20th Century-Fox Production "Pin-Up Girl"

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Charlie Spivak Band (all white men) performing in a scene from the film "Pin-Up Girl." Spivak is standing on a platform in front playing trumpet while...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Shelly Manne, Kai Winding, Vido Musso, and Henry "Boots" Mussulli

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Stan Kenton Orchestra members in performance, including Shelly Manne playing drums, Kai Winding in front playing trombone, and Vido Musso and Henry...

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

Singers performing with Warren Durrett orchestra at the North American Aviation bomber plant

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Low-angle shot of an unidentified white woman singer and an unidentified white man with his arm around her waist, both singing into a microphone in...

Date Published
August-03-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Singers with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. At the far end of the stage, an...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Singers with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Warren Durrett performing at the piano with his orchestra, with an unidentified white man in a suit and an unidentified white woman in a polka-dot...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and his Orchestra

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Warren Durrett standing on a stage at the Pla-Mor Ballroom in a black jacket and gray pants, next to a Steinway & Sons piano with a chair in front of...

Date Published
May-16-1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and his Orchestra

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Warren Durrett, standing to the left of his orchestra, in front of a piano with a sign on it reading: "Warren Durrett and Orchestra." An unidentified...

Date Published
April-28-1905
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and his orchestra at Swinney Gymnasium, University of Kansas City

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Warren Durrett standing to the far right in a light suit and tie, in front of his orchestra. To the left, seated in front of the orchestra are Jim...

Date Published
October-24-1947
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and his orchestra with woman singer

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Warren Durrett performing at the piano with his orchestra, with an unidentified white woman singer seated to the right in a polka dot dress. Band...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and his orchestra, with Marilyn Maye

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Warren Durrett standing on stage at the Pla-Mor Ballroom in front of a microphone in a white suit with a bow tie. Seated to the right is singer...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

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  • Big bands
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (43)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (50)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (50)
  • Gelatin silver prints (49)
  • Group portraits (49)
  • Snapshots (32)
  • Publicity photographs (8)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Christmas cards (1)
  • Greeting cards (1)
  • New Year cards (1)
  • Postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1941-1950 (50)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (50)
  • Jazz musicians, White (46)
  • Men, White (46)
  • Women, White (34)
  • Jazz singers (31)
  • Band directors (22)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Flight attendants (5)
  • Airplanes (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Airplaines (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Dance orchestras (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Jazz audiences (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Big bands (50)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (16)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (3)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (36)
  • Webb, Laura (5)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Brentari, John (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Manne, Shelly (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (1)
  • Van Asdell, Jimmy (1)
  • Wells, Bob (Musician) (1)
  • Winding, Kai (1)

Events

  • Kangaroo Hop (1947 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (17)
  • 1950 (14)
  • 1949 (10)
  • 1947-02-03 (5)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1946-03-01 (4)
  • 1945-08-03 (3)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1905-04-28 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1945-10-19 (1)
  • 1945-11-01 (1)
  • 1945-11-30 (1)
  • 1946-06 (1)
  • 1946-09 (1)
  • 1947-04-25 (1)
  • 1947-10-24 (1)
  • 1949-05-16 (1)
  • 1950-04 (1)

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