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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

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Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together. Miller has a microphone set up near her face and she's looking into the...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing on stage

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Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and leaning over toward Milt Abel playing double bass. An unidentified African American man is on drums behind...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing on stage

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and facing the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass and an unidentified African American man is...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

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Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Milt Abel playing bass

Image

Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. He appears to be in a living room with floral patterned curtains behind him.

Date Published
April-11-1965
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Milt Abel playing bass

Image

Milt Abel playing double bass with a microphone in front of him. There's a curtain behind him and he's facing to the right of the photo.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection
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  • Microphone
  • Abel, Milt, 1928-

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (6)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Snapshots (6)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Portrait photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Double bass (6)
  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • African American men (5)
  • Double bassists (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Musical instruments (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Piano (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • (-) Microphone (6)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (4)
  • (-) Abel, Milt, 1928- (6)

Date Published

  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1965-04-11 (1)

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