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Actor Conrad Janis speaking

Image

Actor Conrad Janis speaking during an event for USAir at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel; an unidentified white man is on the left and an...

Date Published
January-1983
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Benny Carter's wild pants

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Full length photo of Benny Carter leaning against signs advertising concerts, holding a bag wearing distinctive pants featuring a pattern based on...

Date Published
1975
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Nat Pierce with a large drink

Image

Nat Pierce with Buck Clayton in front of a large advertising sign for Pacharn Natural (liquor), with text: Tu copa natural, and pretending they are...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Steve Voce

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Buck Clayton and Steve Voce standing by a sign for Abbotsford Road; Buck holding some sheet music open above the sign; both facing the camera.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Doug Dobell

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Buck Clayton standing with Doug Dobell under the sign for his record shop, Dobell's, in London, England.

Date Published
August-1985
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Nat Pierce on Ave. C

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Nat Pierce, holding his trumpet, standing with Buck Clayton on either side of a signpost on Ave C in New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Nat Pierce, Harry Edison, and Jean-Pierre Vignola

Image

Buck Clayton seated outside of a restaurant, possibly in France, Quebec or Switzerland, with Nat Pierce, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Jean-Pierre Vignola...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cheathams and friend

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified African American man in a hotel lobby; part of a luggage cart and the front doors...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cliff Leeman in San Francisco

Image

Cliff Leeman standing on a street in San Francisco, California; a sign reading "Dragon Lady" visible behind him.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Clora Bryant next to Curtis Peagler

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Clora Bryant standing next to and looking at Curtis Peagler who is wearing a red hat, sunglasses, and has his arms outspread in mid-clap; Red...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant playing trumpet with a mute

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Cora Bryant playing trumpet and using a mute at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; a sign reading "Jazz Showcase" is hanging on the wall behind her; also...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler and others at the Blue Note

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Clora Bryant, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), Dinky Morris (saxophone) and an unidentified double bassist on stage at the Blue...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard playing saxophones

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Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard playing saxophones at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler is wearing red suspenders, sunglasses, and a red beret...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and Ironman Harris performing together

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Dinky Morris (saxophone) in a red hat and Ironman Harris (drums) on stage together at the Blue Note in New York City; instruments, microphones, and...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and Jeannie Cheatham on stage

Image

Dinky Morris, in a red vest and matching hat, playing soprano saxophone on stage in front of a microphone; behind is an unidentified bassist and...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris at the Jazz Showcase

Image

Dinky Morris playing saxophone at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; he's wearing a red vest and matching hat; facing the left of the photo; a sign reading...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris on stage

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Dinky Morris in a red hat and holding his saxophone on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; sound and lighting equipment and part of a drum set...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris playing soprano saxophone

Image

Dinky Morris, wearing a red vest and matching hat, playing soprano saxophone on stage; part of the Jazz Showcase's sign is on the wall above him; he's...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Ed Dix playing saxophone in a bar

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Ed Dix playing saxophone in an unidentified bar. An unidentified bearded white man playing guitar is next to Dix.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix shaking hands with a Japanese Rotary Club member

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Ed Dix shaking hands with a Japanese man during a Rotary Club event in Japan. An unidentified white man is standing behind Dix holding a small Rotary...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Eddie Condon in San Francisco

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Eddie Condon standing on a street in San Francisco, California across from an indoor bocce ball court.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Fans with the band

Image

Jeannie Cheatham, Jimmy Cheatham, Dinky Moore, and Curtis Peagler on stage with an unidentified group of people including one woman holding a toddler...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller playing piano while facing the camera and Milt Abel playing bass behind her. A sign on the back of the piano reads...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Jay McShann at the Oslo Jazz Festival

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Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway; a sign with the...

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann at the Oslo Jazz Festival

Image

Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway; a sign with the...

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (33)
  • Jay McShann Collection (20)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (10)
  • Ed Dix Collection (3)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (69)

Genres

  • Snapshots (65)
  • Color photographs (50)
  • Group portraits (48)
  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (19)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Cityscape photographs (3)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (42)
  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 1971-1980 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (61)
  • African American men (25)
  • Saxophonists (25)
  • Microphone (20)
  • Pianists (19)
  • Saxophone (19)
  • Men, White (18)
  • Piano (18)
  • Trombonists (17)
  • Hats (16)
  • Musical instruments (16)
  • Trumpet players (16)
  • African American women musicians (15)
  • Jazz musicians, White (13)
  • Audiences (12)
  • Banners (11)
  • Trumpet (10)
  • Women pianists (9)
  • Double bassists (8)
  • Trombone (8)
  • Double bass (7)
  • African American women jazz singers (6)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (6)
  • Streets (6)
  • Women, White (6)
  • Advertising (5)
  • Clarinetists (5)
  • Drum set (5)
  • Berets (4)
  • Clarinet (4)
  • Posters (4)
  • Women jazz musicians (4)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Buildings (3)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Sunglasses (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Music rehearsals (2)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Suspenders (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Applause (1)
  • Authors (1)
  • Barbershops (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Billiard parlors (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Doors (1)
  • Easels (1)
  • Fans (Persons)--Societies and clubs (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Fruit (1)
  • Hair ornaments (1)
  • Hotel lobbies (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Japanese (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Male actors (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Merchants (1)
  • Musicologists (1)
  • Music stores (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Nightclubs (1)
  • Older men (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Political campaigns (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • School buses (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Tangerine (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Tote bags (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (69)
  • (-) Signs and signboards (69)

Subjects, Geographic

  • San Francisco (Calif.) (2)
  • Dunedin (N.Z.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (19)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (18)
  • Morris, Dinky (16)
  • Peagler, Curtis (15)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (14)
  • Woodard, Rickey (14)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (9)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (6)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (5)
  • Pierce, Nat (3)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Cheatham, Doc (1)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
  • Dobell, Doug, 1917-1987 (1)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (1)
  • Janis, Conrad (1)
  • Leeman, Cliff (1)
  • Meyers, Mary (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Steiner, Ernst (1)
  • Steiner, Lotti (1)
  • Vignola, Jean-Pierre (1)
  • Voce, Steve (1)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (1)

Events

  • Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival (1989 : Madarao, Japan) (3)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (2)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (2)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (1)
  • Sarasota Jazz Festival (3rd : 1982 : Sarasota, Fla.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1989-06 (26)
  • 1981 (10)
  • 1990 (10)
  • 1964-03-01 (3)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1989-08 (3)
  • 1991 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 1984 (2)
  • 1992-08 (2)
  • 1995-07-05 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1949-03 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1965-08-20 (1)
  • 1972-08 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1981-03-08 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1983-01 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1985-08 (1)
  • 1990-10 (1)
  • 1996-10-16 (1)
  • 2009-09-26 (1)

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