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Jazz musicians at Southmoreland Park

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Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Tim Whitmer playing piano, Richard...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at Southmoreland Park

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Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright standing in front of...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the City Light Jazz Club

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Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Richard Ross playing drums while looking down...

Date Published
October-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the City Light Jazz Club

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Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Richard Ross (partially off camera) playing drums...

Date Published
October-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the City Light Jazz Club

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Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Richard Ross playing drums, Gerald Spaits playing...

Date Published
October-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Musicians and audience standing in the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Mike Ning, Richard Ross...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow 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, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow 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, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow 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: Jürgen Welge playing drums, Jos...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow 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: Jürgen Welge playing drums, Jos...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow 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: Jürgen Welge playing drums (off camera...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing 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: Al Pearson playing trumpet, Tommy...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Bryan Hicks looking back...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing 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, Rod May...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing 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, Rod May...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing 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: Barry Gould playing drums, Bob Bowman...

Date Published
October-05-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix

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Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is standing on the left, wearing a dark shirt. Both...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix

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Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is standing on the left, wearing a dark shirt. Both...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Richard Ross at the Levee Bar and Grill

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Richard Ross at the Levee Bar and Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is holding a microphone while singing. Mike Ning is playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

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Richard Ross stands and smiles out at the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, as he performs with an...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

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Richard Ross, jazz singer, smiles at the audience as he stands behind a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Keyboard players
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist)

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (20)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Group portraits (22)
  • Color photographs (20)
  • Portrait photographs (20)
  • Snapshots (20)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (20)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (22)
  • Jazz musicians (20)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (18)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (17)
  • Double bassists (17)
  • Jazz singers (6)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Keyboard players (22)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (22)
  • Central Street (2)

Subjects, People

  • Ruskin, Tommy (8)
  • Ning, Mike (6)
  • Hicks, Bryan (4)
  • Long, Russ (4)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (3)
  • Machtel, Jos, 1962- (3)
  • Spaits, Gerald (3)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (3)
  • Wijnands, Bram, 1965- (3)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (2)
  • Mair, Jim, 1966- (2)
  • May, Rod (2)
  • Smith, Paul (Paul E.) (2)
  • Strozier, Mark (2)
  • Anderson, Ricky (1)
  • Auwarter, Doug (1)
  • Bartee, Al (1)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (1)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (1)
  • De Marchi, Ray (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Gould, Barry (1)
  • Hill, Rich (Musician) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Morrissey, Pat (Musician) (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Perryman, Tim (1)
  • Ray, Diane (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • (-) Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (22)

Date Published

  • 1991 (14)
  • 1995 (12)
  • 1992-09 (4)
  • 1991-10 (3)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1991-10-05 (1)

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