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AZ One

Image

Reggae musician AZ One smiles at the photographer as he holds an electric bass guitar and sits behind a microphone.

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

BB Dickerson at the Grand Emporium

Image

B.B. Dickerson, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up as he plays an electric bass.

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

Bill Stuve at the Grand Emporium

Image

Bill Stuve's head and hands, a member of the band, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks...

Date Published
April-03-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Biscuit Miller at the Grand Emporium

Image

Biscuit Miller, of the Lonnie Brooks Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins directly at the photographer as he plays...

Date Published
February-12-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blue City Band performing

Image

Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat, leans to his left as he plays an electric bass at 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Bob Stroger, wearing a top hat, and a guitar lapel pin, looks down at the neck of electric bass he is playing during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at...

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

Buckwheat Zydeco

Image

Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco accordion player and singer, plays an accordion and sings into a microphone on a stage with five other African American...

Date Published
March-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burton Gaar

Image

Burton Gaar, bass guitarist and blues singer, sits unsmiling for a photograph wearing a sports jacket and sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Carla Robinson at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Carla Robinson looks straight ahead with a serious look on her face as she plays an electric bass at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at...

Date Published
October-17-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Fran, Myra Taylor, and Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat with a peacock feather in the hat band, crouches down to the left of a seated Myra Taylor and Carol Fran and extends...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cate Brothers

Image

Cate Brothers [band], twins Earl and Ernie, play rock and roll on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. Ernie sings into a microphone and...

Date Published
January-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cate Brothers

Image

The Cate Brothers, twins Earl and Ernie, play on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. An electric bass guitar player, possibly Ron Eoff...

Date Published
January-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chris Duarte, John Jordan, and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium

Image

Chris Duarte, John Jordan, and Little Hatch, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand on stage in a triangle facing each other...

Date Published
June-30-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

City Light Orchestra performing at City Light Restaurant and Bar

Image

A postcard of The City Light Orchestra performing: Tim Whitmer (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), LaVerne Barker (bass), David Basse (drums). The...

Date Published
1983
1986
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

City Light Orchestra performing at City Light Restaurant and Bar

Image

Carmell Jones (trumpet, LaVerne Barker (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), stand on stage at City Light Restaurant and Bar, Kansas City, MO and...

Date Published
1983
1986
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant with three other band members on the stage performing

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant stage area with his fiddle tucked under his left arm and smiles at the camera. Three other...

Date Published
1981
1985
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Coko Henderson at Roadhouse Ruby's South

Image

Coko Henderson, wearing a cowboy hat and a bedazzled shoulder strap, grimaces and looks down towards his left shoulder as he plays a bass at Roadhouse...

Date Published
February-11-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

Image

Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy smiles as she listens to Ahmad Alaadeen and a jazz combo perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ

Image

Cotton Candy smiles as she sits at a table and listens to Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified bass player, and an unidentified (electric...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Cotton Candy talks while Ahmad Alaadeen's jazz combo performs at BB's Lawnside BBQ

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified bass player, and an unidentified (electric guitar) performing at BB's Lawnside BBQ as Cotton Candy (vocals)...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Danielle Schnebelen at the Grand Emporium

Image

Danielle Schnebelen (Danielle Nicole) looks to her left over the neck of a bass she is playing at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
December-30-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Darrell Nulisch and the Crawl

Image

Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward...

Date Published
June-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, and an unidentified accordion player

Image

Dave Pegg playing the bass and singing into a microphone. Richard Thompson, sitting and playing an amplified tambourine in his right hand and a snare...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dave Pruitt and Dick Pruitt at the Grand Emporium

Image

Dave and Dick Pruitt, of the band the Bel Airs, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, focus on playing an electric guitar, an...

Date Published
April-23-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (46)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (35)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (34)
  • Betty Crow Collection (28)
  • Ed Dix Collection (8)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (155)

Genres

  • Group portraits (104)
  • Black & white photographs (88)
  • Gelatin silver prints (87)
  • Portrait photographs (73)
  • Color photographs (67)
  • Snapshots (40)
  • Publicity photographs (27)
  • Photocopies (3)
  • Photographic postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (97)
  • 2001-2010 (42)
  • 1981-1990 (15)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (72)
  • African American jazz musicians (65)
  • Blues musicians (61)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (57)
  • Guitarists (54)
  • Saxophonists (54)
  • Men, White (50)
  • African American men (48)
  • Keyboard players (34)
  • Singers (30)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (19)
  • Jazz singers (15)
  • Bands (Music) (12)
  • Pianists (12)
  • Trumpet players (12)
  • Harmonica players (11)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (10)
  • Jazz musicians, White (9)
  • African American guitarists (8)
  • African American women jazz singers (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • African American women (7)
  • Rock musicians (7)
  • Women singers (7)
  • Double bassists (6)
  • Guitar players (5)
  • Bass guitar (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Fiddlers (3)
  • Music festivals (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Music students (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • Blues-rock music (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Keyboardists (2)
  • Mandolinists (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Reggae musicians (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Twins (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Americana (Music) (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • British (1)
  • Brothers (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Folk-rock music (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Ocean liner passengers (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Punk rock musicians (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Taxicabs (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • Zydeco musicians (1)
  • (-) Bass guitarists (155)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (64)
  • 18th and Vine District (13)
  • Salina (Kan.) (6)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (2)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Olathe (Kan.) (1)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Weston (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (35)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (12)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (9)
  • Loon, Harry Van (7)
  • Barker, LaVerne (6)
  • Bartee, Al (6)
  • Foster, Dwight (6)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (6)
  • Shannon, Mem (6)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (6)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (5)
  • Ecker, Jay (4)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (4)
  • Hicks, Bryan (4)
  • Simon, Jeff (4)
  • Hamza, Luqman (3)
  • Holmes, Sherman (3)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (3)
  • Stroger, Bob (3)
  • Anderson, Ricky (2)
  • Basse, David (2)
  • Cate, Earl (2)
  • Cate, Ernie (2)
  • Cutler, John (Bassist) (2)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (2)
  • Holmes, Wendell, 1943-2015 (2)
  • Jones, Carmell (2)
  • Jordan, John (2)
  • Lee, Marcellus (2)
  • Miller, Biscuit (2)
  • Nicole, Danielle (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Ackley, Jeremy (1)
  • Adegbalola, Gaye (1)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (1)
  • Allyson, Karrin (1)
  • Angerer, Karl (1)
  • AZ One (1)
  • Baker, Tom Trashmouth (1)
  • Bennett, Don (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Bibb, Eric (1)
  • Bishop, Elvin (1)
  • Blazek, Allan (1)
  • Bowman, Warren, 1934-2003 (1)
  • Breihan, Jeff (1)
  • Bronze, Dave (1)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Broussard, Rick (1)
  • Champlin, Bill (1)
  • Christensen, Jack (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Christensen, Jason (1)
  • Cox, Steve (Singer) (1)
  • Daniel, Scott (Musician) (1)
  • DeMasters, Tom (1)
  • DeMent, Iris (1)
  • Dickerson, B. B. (1)
  • Doder, Keith (1)
  • Duarte, Chris (1)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (1)
  • Eakin, Mark (1)
  • Edmonson, Eddie (1)
  • Ellis, Betse (1)
  • Faircloth, Jan (1)
  • Faltinson, Ken (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Finnigan, Mike (1)
  • Fran, Carol, 1933- (1)
  • Fulcher, Larry (1)
  • Fullwood, Fully (1)
  • Gaar, Burton (1)
  • Garner, Larry (1)
  • Garoutte, Jacque (1)
  • Gawron, Nate (1)
  • Gilbert, James (Bassist) (1)
  • Gilmore, Johnny (1)
  • Gomes, Anthony (1)
  • Greenlease, Paul (1)
  • Haskell, Gordon, 1946- (1)
  • Henderson, Coko (1)
  • Herbert, Jim (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Hudson, Garth (1)
  • Hudspeth, Brandon (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Jackson, Russell (Musician) (1)
  • Jones, Calvin (Bassist) (1)
  • Jones, Rich (Sound engineer) (1)
  • Kelly, Pat (Drummer) (1)
  • Kinsey, Donald, 1953- (1)
  • Kinsey, Kenneth (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Kinsey, Ralph (Drummer) (1)
  • Knight, Jean (1)
  • Lawrence, Trevor (Trevor Anthony) (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (1)
  • McDonald, Randy (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McWilliams, Herschel (1)
  • Meade, Jimmie (1)
  • Miller, Marcus, 1959- (1)
  • Minner, Selby (1)
  • Morlan, Bill (1)
  • Mumford, Don (1)
  • Murphy, Matt (Guitarist) (1)
  • Murray, Landon (1)
  • NdegéOcello, Me'Shell, 1969- (1)
  • Ning, Mike (1)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (1)
  • Osborn, Tim (1)
  • Oswald, Doug (1)
  • Oswald, Sherry (1)
  • Pegg, Dave (1)
  • Perryman, Tim (1)
  • Peterie, Karla (1)
  • Pruitt, Dave (Guitarist) (1)
  • Pruitt, Dick (1)
  • Quarles, Evie (1)
  • Quintero, Cardy (1)
  • Rabson, Ann (1)
  • Recob, Patrick (1)
  • Reilly, Mike, 1958- (1)
  • Reynolds, Tim, 1957- (1)
  • Riccardi, Jerry (1)
  • Richardson, Kenny (1)
  • Roark, Mike (1)
  • Robinson, Carla (1)
  • Rollings, Mark (1)
  • Ross, Houston (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Scofield, Paul (1)
  • Sedovic, Mike (1)
  • Shelton, Ike (1)
  • Silva, Greg (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (1)
  • Snow, Jon (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Stuve, Bill (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Therman, Glen (1)
  • Thompson, Richard, 1949- (1)
  • Thompson, Ron (Guitarist) (1)
  • Tims, David (1)
  • Tisdale, Wayman, 1964-2009 (1)
  • Turner, Nate, 1937- (1)
  • Wade, Phil (1)
  • Weber, Ronnie James (1)
  • West, Brian (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Whitehead, Bill (Guitarist) (1)
  • Whitney, James (1)
  • Williams, Jason D. (1)
  • Williams, Rich, 1950- (1)
  • Woodford, David (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Wray, Link (1)

Events

  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (5th : 2002 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (10th : 2007 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • "Behind the Beat" (Madison, Wis.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (6th : 2003 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (1)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)
  • Topeka Jazz Festival (2005 : Topeka, Kan.) (1)
  • Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise II (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (38)
  • 2000 (22)
  • 1995 (20)
  • 2001 (10)
  • 1992-10 (9)
  • 2004-11 (9)
  • 2004 (6)
  • 2010 (6)
  • 1983 (4)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1986 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1996 (3)
  • 1997 (3)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1987-01 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1999-09-02 (2)
  • 2002-10-18 (2)
  • 2003-11-05 (2)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1985-08 (1)
  • 1987-03 (1)
  • 1987-06 (1)
  • 1987-07 (1)
  • 1992-01 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1993-03-20 (1)
  • 1993-06-21 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1994-01-07 (1)
  • 1996-03-01 (1)
  • 1998-03-01 (1)
  • 1998-05-26 (1)
  • 1998-06-30 (1)
  • 1998-07-11 (1)
  • 1998-11-24 (1)
  • 1998-12-03 (1)
  • 1999-02-11 (1)
  • 1999-02-26 (1)
  • 1999-03-11 (1)
  • 1999-04-03 (1)
  • 1999-04-23 (1)
  • 1999-05-15 (1)
  • 1999-06-08 (1)
  • 1999-09-05 (1)
  • 1999-11-29 (1)
  • 1999-12-09 (1)
  • 2000-01-15 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2000-02-12 (1)
  • 2000-02-25 (1)
  • 2000-06-09 (1)
  • 2000-06-24 (1)
  • 2000-07-07 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2000-11-09 (1)
  • 2000-11-26 (1)
  • 2001-02-18 (1)
  • 2001-07-06 (1)
  • 2001-07-22 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2001-10-12 (1)
  • 2002-09-05 (1)
  • 2002-11-14 (1)
  • 2002-11-20 (1)
  • 2002-12-30 (1)
  • 2003-08-03 (1)
  • 2003-10-17 (1)
  • 2004-03-10 (1)
  • 2004-06-05 (1)
  • 2005-05-28 (1)
  • 2007-10-19 (1)
  • 2007-10-20 (1)

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