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A.C. Reed

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Blues saxophonist A.C. Reed smiles at the camera as he sits at a high-top table with am elaborately engraved saxophone lying on its side on the table...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

AC Reed at the Grand Emporium

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AC Reed, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses and an Irish cap with stars punched into it, blows into a...

Date Published
January-12-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

AG at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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AG, wearing a fedora, plays a saxophone into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Andrew Love at the Uptown Theater

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Andrew Love of the Memphis Horns, one of the national acts to perform at the Uptown Theater, blows into a saxophone.

Date Published
October-13-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Brad Andrew at the Grand Emporium

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Brad Andrew of the Marcia Ball Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into a tenor saxophone at...

Date Published
November-26-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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

Deanna Bogart

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Deanna Bogart, a blues saxophonist, looks at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. She wears a black cowboy hat with a bead headband.

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dewey Rucker at the Grand Emporium

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Dewey Rucker, wearing a fedora, stares straight ahead as he blows into a saxophone at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
April-11-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles 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 Saunders and Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Eddie Saunders, holding his saxophone on his lap and Sonny Kenner playing a guitar, put their heads together and smile while performing at the Kansas...

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eddie Saunders at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Eddie Saunders, wearing a beret, blows into a saxophone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles 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

Eddie Shaw at the W.C. Handy Awards

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Eddie Shaw, wearing a straw fedora, closes his eyes as he stands behind a microphone and blows into a tenor saxophone that has a microphone pointed as...

Date Published
May-28-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Fathead Newman at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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David "Fathead" Newman stands and blows into a tenor saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles 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

Grand Marquis at B.B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q

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Grand Marquis during the Big Joe Turner Birthday Bash at BB's Lawnside BBQ: Bryan Redmond, wearing a zoot suit and holding a tenor saxophone stands...

Date Published
May-19-2007
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Greg Piccolo

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Blues saxophonist Greg Piccolo smiles as he wears an animal print headband and a sweater with horses and men on it. He wears a necklace with an...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Greg Piccolo

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Blues saxophonist Greg Piccolo holds up an electric guitar in his right hand and a saxophone in his left hand as he wears a dark headscarf with a wide...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Greg Piccolo at the Grand Emporium

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Greg Piccolo, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, scrunches his face as he blows into a tenor saxophone.

Date Published
October-29-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Harold Singer

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Blues saxophonist Harold Singer stands on stage blowing into a saxophone with a keyboard player behind him. He wears a sports jacket and a loosened...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Carpenter at the Grand Emporium

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Jimmy Carpenter, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses, leans over and blows into a baritone saxophone.

Date Published
October-23-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (27)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (19)

Types

  • photographs (46)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Portrait photographs (36)
  • Publicity photographs (18)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Photocopies (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (27)
  • 2001-2010 (13)
  • 1981-1990 (6)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (26)
  • African American men (25)
  • Singers (14)
  • Guitarists (7)
  • Blues festivals (6)
  • Music festivals (6)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Jazz festivals (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Keyboardists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (46)
  • (-) Saxophonists (46)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (20)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (3)
  • Salina (Kan.) (3)
  • Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (6)
  • Piccolo, Greg (3)
  • Cox, Steve (Singer) (2)
  • Oswald, Sherry (2)
  • Reed, A. C. (2)
  • Richardson, Kenny (2)
  • Sallings, Mark (2)
  • Saunders, Eddie (2)
  • Alexander, Monty (1)
  • Andrew, Brad (1)
  • Beadle, Gordon (1)
  • Bishop, Elvin (1)
  • Blazek, Allan (1)
  • Bogart, Deanna (1)
  • Boydston, Chad (1)
  • Carpenter, Jimmy (1)
  • Champlin, Bill (1)
  • Crossan, Keith (1)
  • Dr. John, 1941-2019 (1)
  • Ellis, Lance (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Finnigan, Mike (1)
  • Firmin, John (1)
  • Fulcher, Larry (1)
  • Gordon, Rosco (1)
  • Groetzinger, Red (1)
  • Hanck, Terry (1)
  • Hart, John (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Hudson, Garth (1)
  • Hugeman, Stan (1)
  • James, Doug, 1953- (1)
  • Jones, Rich (Sound engineer) (1)
  • Kazanoff, Mark (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Lataille, Rich (1)
  • Lawrence, Trevor (Trevor Anthony) (1)
  • Love, Andrew, 1941-2012 (1)
  • May, Kevin (Saxophonist) (1)
  • McKenzie, Lisa (Drummer) (1)
  • McWilliams, Herschel (1)
  • Murray, Landon (1)
  • Nalley, Kim (1)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (1)
  • Nicolier, Sammy (1)
  • Noland, Neil (1)
  • Oswald, Doug (1)
  • Rangell, Paula (1)
  • Redmond, Bryan (1)
  • Reilly, Mike, 1958- (1)
  • Reno, Johnny (1)
  • Rucker, Dewey (1)
  • Ruth, Ben (1)
  • Schuur, Diane (1)
  • Scofield, Paul (1)
  • Seals, Son (1)
  • Singer, Hal (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 Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (2)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (5th : 2002 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (6th : 2003 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Box Car Blues Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Fest (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (3)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1999-02-20 (2)
  • 1999-05-15 (2)
  • 2000-01-02 (2)
  • 2000-06-24 (2)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1987-02 (1)
  • 1988-08-05 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1998-07-18 (1)
  • 1998-10-23 (1)
  • 1998-10-29 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 1999-05-28 (1)
  • 1999-07-17 (1)
  • 1999-10-13 (1)
  • 2000-07-07 (1)
  • 2000-11-26 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-09-15 (1)
  • 2001-10-13 (1)
  • 2001-10-25 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2002-01-12 (1)
  • 2002-04-11 (1)
  • 2002-06-29 (1)
  • 2002-10-18 (1)
  • 2002-11-14 (1)
  • 2003-10-18 (1)
  • 2005-08-20 (1)
  • 2007-05-19 (1)

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