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Azumah

Image

South African band Azumah, comprised of one woman and four men. They are in traditional clothing and standing in front of two palm trees. Printed in...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

Image

Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of Haitian men and women, sit in a group in traditional clothing and look directly at the...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of Haitian men and women, sit in a group in traditional clothing and look directly at the...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

Image

Boukman Eksperyans, a band of ten Haitian men and women, stand in a group in traditional clothing and smile directly at the photographer. Printed in...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of ten Haitian men and women, stand in a group in traditional clothing on the steps of what might be...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of eleven Haitian men and women, sit on brick walls in a group in traditional clothing and smile...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe

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Nigerian singer Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe rests his head on his hand and smiles at the camera. He wears traditional clothing. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Infrared Rockers

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Infrared Rockers, an American reggae band comprised of four African American men and one African American woman all wearing traditional clothing...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Cheatham greeting Ravi Shankar

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Jimmy Cheatham greeting a seated Ravi Shankar; Cheatham is wearing a black hat and Shankar is dressed in orange silk robes and wearing eyeglasses...

Date Published
November-1997
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Mahotella Queens

Image

The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, stand on the Grand Emporium stage performing for...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens and the band

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The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance and sing on the Grand Emporium stage...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens and the band

Image

The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance on the Grand Emporium stage performing for...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Michael Ray

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Michael Ray, funk, soul, and jazz trumpet player, grins and holds his trumpet up by his face while he holds his right hand, fingers splayed, below the...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mongoose

Image

Mongoose, a band of six Black, possibly African, men stand outside on stairs, one band member of each step, in front of palm trees. They wear...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mongoose

Image

Mongoose, a band of six Black, possibly African, men stand outside among palm trees wearing traditional clothing.

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

O.J. Ekemode

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Nigerian Afrobeat saxophonist O.J. Ekemode leans a tenor saxophone on his left shoulder as he wears traditional clothing and cap. Printed in the...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Pascal Bokar

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Pascal Bokar, a French African man who plays AfroBlueGrazz music, smiles as he holds a guitar. He wears blue traditional African clothing.

Date Published
1994
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Pig Farmer

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Pig Farmer, an American band comprised of three white men from Savannah, Missouri and St. Joseph, Missouri, area perform country, classic rock and...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sonny Okosuns

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Nigerian singer and guitarist Sonny Okosuns stands with his hands shaped into claws by his shoulders as he wears traditional clothing. Printed in the...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sweet Baby J'ai

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Sweet Baby J'ai, jazz singer, stands on stage with a double bass player and a drum set on either side of her. She plays a rubboard and wears a...

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified group

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An unidentified group of six black men in traditional clothing gather together for a photograph. Four stand arm-in-arm grinning at the camera. One man...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Ethnic costume
  • 1991-2000

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (20)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (21)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Publicity photographs (15)
  • Color photographs (6)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Negatives (3)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • (-) 1991-2000 (21)

Subjects

  • Black people (16)
  • Men (14)
  • Bands (Music) (13)
  • Women (9)
  • Musicians (8)
  • Haitians (5)
  • Fans (Persons) (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Nigerians (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • African American men (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Africans (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Music--African influences (2)
  • Afrobeat (1)
  • Alternative country musicians (1)
  • Americana (Music) (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • French (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Indian musicians (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Sitar players (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • South Africans (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • (-) Ethnic costume (21)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Ekemode, Orlando Julius (1)
  • Okosuns, Sonny (1)
  • Osadebe, Stephen Osita (Chief), 1936-2007 (1)
  • Ray, Michael (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Sweet Baby J'ai (1)
  • Thiam, Pascal Bokar (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (9)
  • 1994 (8)
  • 2004 (4)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1998 (3)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1997-11 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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