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Don Bennett at the Grand Emporium

Image

Don Bennett of the Marcia Ball Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from below left, grins at the photographer as he plays...

Date Published
November-26-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Ed Dix in a tux with three others

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Ed Dix (right) posing for a photo with three unidentified white male musicians (drummer, double bassist, bass guitarist). All are holding their...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix performing with three others

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Ed Dix (right) performing with bass guitarist Jeff Simon, double bassist Jay Eckert, and an unidentified white male drummer. Unidentified venue.

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix performing with three others

Image

Ed Dix (right) performing with bass guitarist Jeff Simon, double bassist Jay Eckert, and an unidentified white male drummer. Unidentified venue.

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix performing with three others

Image

Ed Dix (right) performing with bass guitarist Jeff Simon, double bassist Jay Ecker, and an unidentified white male drummer. Unidentified venue.

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix performing with three others

Image

Ed Dix (right) performing with bass guitarist Jeff Simon, double bassist Jay Ecker, and an unidentified white male drummer. The drummer is looking...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Eric Bib and Dave Bronze at the Grand Emporium

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Eric Bibb stands as he sings into a microphone and plays an acoustic guitar next to Dave Bronze, who is seated and looking down while he plays an...

Date Published
February-25-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Four Fried Chickens & a Coke at the Grand Emporium

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Four Fried Chickens and a Coke pose for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Back row: Holding a bass is Landon Murray. Wearing a fedora and a tie is Bill...

Date Published
November-14-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Four unidentified musicians at the Radisson Hotel

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Four musicians performing at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. The man on the left is playing trumpet while facing left. A man...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Frank Smith, Jerry Leonard, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform at JJ's Restaurant

Image

In a photograph up from the floor in front of the stage at JJ's Restaurant, 910 West 48th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, to the stage, Frank Smith...

Date Published
August-01-1981
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Fully Fullwood

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Jamaican bass player Fully Fullwood looks forward as he plays the bass. He wears a cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fully Fullwood...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Fuzz Jones at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, wearing a ball cap, stands and sings into a microphone while playing an electric bass at the Annual Blues Masters at the...

Date Published
October-19-2007
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Glen Therman at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

Image

Glen Therman, wearing a perspiration soaked shirt and a flat cap, looks intensely to his left as he plays a bass during the Kansas City, Kansas Street...

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Gordon Haskell

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British rock bassist and vocalist Gordon Haskell looks down with a smile and scratches his forehead with his left hand. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Greg Silva at the Grand Emporium

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Greg Silva, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, purses his lips and leans forward as he plays an...

Date Published
January-15-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Guitarist and bassist performing in Chicago

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An unidentified African American man holding a tenor guitar while wearing mix-matched clothing and a derby hat stands to the right and gives a...

Date Published
1958
1959
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Hamza Luqman and LaVerne Barker rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Luqman Hamza (piano) and LaVerne Barker (bass), wearing a ball cap, rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ahmad Alaadeen...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Hamza Luqman, LaVerne Barker, and Ahmad Alaadeen rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Luqman Hamza (piano), LaVerne Barker (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified drummer rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

James Albright recording

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James Albright looks seriously at the neck of a bass guitar as he stands in front of a microphone wearing headphones at the Myra Taylor recording...

Date Published
July-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

James Gilbert at the Gem Theater

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James Gilbert, in an open-collared shirt, rolls his lips and looks down to his left at the neck of the bass as he plucks the string with his right...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

James Whitney at Mill Creek Brewery

Image

James Whitney looks to his right at the photographer with a gleam in his eyes as he sings into the microphone and plays a bass at Mill Creek Brewery...

Date Published
March-01-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jason D. Williams

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Rock pianist and vocalist Jason D. Williams stands on stage behind a microphone with his eyes closed and his mouth wide open. He wears a beige sweater...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jay McShann at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jay McShann in a ball cap seated at a piano and talking to someone out of the picture; an unidentified African American male bass guitarist is...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Bryan...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians performing at a Halloween event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Todd Wilkinson playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow 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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