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Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs

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Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on...

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bob Margolin and Charlie Musselwhite at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bob Margolin sits and sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, while he plays a microphoned slide dobro guitar. Charlie Musselwhite is seated to Bob...

Date Published
July-19-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Womack at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bobby Womack, wearing a cap and sunglasses, sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

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

Chris Murrell at Rhythm & Ribs

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Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Henry Townsend at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Townsend, face just visible above a piano, wears a ball cap and sings intensely into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival...

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

Irma Thomas at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Irma Thomas, wearing a sundress, smiles up and to her left as she holds a microphone in her right hand and lifts her left elbow even with her shoulder...

Date Published
July-22-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Joshua Nelson at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Joshua Nelson smiles as he holds a microphone in his right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-17-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Keb Mo at Rhythm & Ribs

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Keb Mo, wearing a fedora, scrunches his face as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Koko Taylor at Rhythm & Ribs

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Koko Taylor, from her right side, scrunches her face as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at...

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Koko Taylor at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Koko Taylor, neck and chest wet with perspiration, closes her eyes and lifts her head to her right, as she smiles and sings into a microphone she is...

Date Published
July-21-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

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

Peggy Scott Adams at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Peggy Scott Adams, wearing an Asian inspired blouse, stands facing the photographer, mouth wide open, with the microphone held low by her right side...

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Philadelphia Jerry Ricks at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Philadelphia Jerry Ricks, wearing a cowboy hat, lays his right hand on his cheek, closes his eyes, and sings into a microphone he hugs with his left...

Date Published
July-21-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Sista Monica at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Sista Monica's lips are puckered as she points to herself with her left hand and holds a microphone in her right hand during the Kansas City Blues and...

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Tony "Little Sun" Glover at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Tony "Little Sun" Glover, wearing sunglasses, looks seriously to his left as he holds an amplified harmonica with both hands during the Kansas City...

Date Published
July-16-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Willie "Popsy" Dixon at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Willie "Popsy" Dixon, of the band The Holmes Brothers, sings into a microphone during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-22-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Wilson Pickett at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Wilson Pickett crouches with his eyes closed while holding the microphone in his left hand as he performs during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
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  • Evie Quarles Collection (17)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (17)
  • Gelatin silver prints (17)
  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Group portraits (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (9)
  • 2001-2010 (8)

Subjects

  • Blues festivals (17)
  • Music festivals (17)
  • Blues musicians (16)
  • African American men (9)
  • African American women (6)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Pianists (1)
  • (-) Jazz festivals (17)
  • (-) Singers (17)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (17)
  • 18th and Vine District (4)

Subjects, People

  • Taylor, Koko (2)
  • Carter, Jimmy Lee (1)
  • Fountain, Clarence (1)
  • Glover, Tony (1)
  • Keb' Mo' (Musician) (1)
  • Margolin, Bob (1)
  • Murrell, Chris (1)
  • Musselwhite, Charlie (1)
  • Nelson, Joshua (1)
  • Pickett, Wilson (1)
  • Popsy (1)
  • Ricks, Philadelphia Jerry (1)
  • Scott-Adams, Peggy, 1948- (1)
  • Sista Monica (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Thomas, Irma (1)
  • Townsend, Henry (1)
  • Womack, Bobby (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (4)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (4)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (4)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 2005-06-18 (4)
  • 1998-07-18 (3)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 2001-07-21 (2)
  • 2001-07-22 (2)
  • 1998-07-19 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 1999-07-17 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)

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