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Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Diane Schuur - Bobby Watson, Jr. - Monty Alexander - Dr. John

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Diane Schuur, jazz singer and pianist, Bobby Watson, Jr., jazz saxophonist, Dr. John, jazz and blues singer, and Monty Alexander, jazz pianist, in...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie 'House Rockin' Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player and singer, smiles at the camera as he stands and lifts his arms wide while holding a saxophone across his body...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, Chicago blues saxophone player and singer, performs on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri with two unidentified African...

Date Published
February-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player, lifts his right knee and closes his eyes as he plays a tenor saxophone. He wears a vest over a button-down shirt...

Date Published
1985
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw and "The Wolf Gang"

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player and singer, smiles at the camera as he stands and holds two saxophones. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
1966
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophonist, closes his eyes as he opens his mouth wide in a close-up photograph from his right side. He holds two saxophones; one...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

Johnny Firmin with Kim Nalley

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Saxophonist John Firmin, of the Johnny Nocturne Band, squats behind vocalist Kim Nalley who sits in front of John holding his saxophone but looking...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Maurice John Vaughn

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Maurice John Vaughn, Chicago blues guitarist, singer, and saxophone player, looks at the camera as he sits holding the neck of a tenor saxophone with...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mike Reilly with several other performers

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Blues-rock guitarist Mike Reilly in a montage of color photographs with people he has appeared with. The upper left-hand photograph is Mike Reilly...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Son Seals Blues Band

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Son Seals Blues Band is a blues band performing at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. Blues guitarist and vocalist Son Seals stands in the...

Date Published
August-05-1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Steve Cox performing

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Steve "Mr. Microphone" Cox of the blues band, Four Fried Chickens & a Coke, sings into a microphone wearing a fedora and a shiny lame shirt. Sherry...

Date Published
January-02-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Terry Hanck

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Blues saxophonist and vocalist Terry Hanck sings into a microphone on a stand that he holds in his left hand as he holds a tenor saxophone in his...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tex Beneke celebrating 31st birthday

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Lillian Lane and the Crew Chiefs sing "Happy Birthday" to Tex Beneke (second from left), backed by members of the Glenn Miller band; Karen Lyon, wife...

Date Published
February-12-1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Tex Beneke celebrating 31st birthday

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Unidentified assistant theater manager, theater manager Harry Greenman, Tex Beneke, holding a piece of cake, Mrs. Sandra Beneke, Paul Regan, and...

Date Published
February-12-1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Tex Beneke with Lillian Lane and the Crew Chiefs

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Tex Beneke looking down at music and raising his hand to conduct a vocal performance on radio with Lillian Lane and the Crew Chiefs who are standing...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Saxophonists
  • Singers

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (12)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Publicity photographs (11)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Photocopies (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 1981-1990 (4)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (14)
  • African American men (11)
  • Men, White (9)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Conductors (Music) (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Keyboardists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Saxophonists (17)
  • (-) Singers (17)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • New York (N.Y.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (5)
  • Beneke, Tex (3)
  • Cox, Steve (Singer) (2)
  • Lane, Lillian (2)
  • Oswald, Sherry (2)
  • Alexander, Monty (1)
  • Bishop, Elvin (1)
  • Blazek, Allan (1)
  • Champlin, Bill (1)
  • Dr. John, 1941-2019 (1)
  • Finnigan, Mike (1)
  • Firmin, John (1)
  • Fulcher, Larry (1)
  • Groetzinger, Red (1)
  • Hanck, Terry (1)
  • Hudson, Garth (1)
  • Jones, Rich (Sound engineer) (1)
  • Lawrence, Trevor (Trevor Anthony) (1)
  • McWilliams, Herschel (1)
  • Murray, Landon (1)
  • Nalley, Kim (1)
  • Oswald, Doug (1)
  • Reilly, Mike, 1958- (1)
  • Richardson, Kenny (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Scofield, Paul (1)
  • Seals, Son (1)
  • Snow, Jon (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Vaughn, Maurice John (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • West, Brian (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Whitehead, Bill (Guitarist) (1)
  • Woodford, David (Saxophonist) (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Fest (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945-02-12 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1987-02 (1)
  • 1988-08-05 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-01-02 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2002-11-14 (1)

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