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Ahmad Alaadeen in an army uniform

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Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White) in Army uniform looking straight at the photographer. The hat has had red ribbing hand painted with color tint.

Date Published
1957
1959
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen with the Pete Diggs band

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Pete Diggs Band (Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, trumpet, Bill Jones, drums, Willie Rice, trumpet, Gene Carter, saxophone, Diggs, vibraphone, Ahmad Alaadeen...

Date Published
1953
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Air Cadets band at an unidentified venue

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Air Cadets band performing at an unidentified venue. The unidentified musicians are sitting in two rows, playing saxophone, trumpet, drums, and bass.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

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A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Buck Clayton with Bud Johnson and others

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Budd Johnson, saxophone and unidentified white musicians in a band.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, George Avakian, Sammy Kaye and others judge a performance

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Buck Clayton seated on a judging panel with George Avakian, Sammy Kaye and an unidentified man with a crowd behind them.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cannonball Adderley

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Close up, unfocused publicity photo of Cannonball Adderley wearing suit and holding saxophone.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Cannonball Adderley performing

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Low angle publicity photo of Cannonball Adderley wearing suit and playing saxophone.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Parker

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Publicity photo of Charlie Parker playing saxophone and looking straight ahead. Parker is wearing a white button shirt and suspenders.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

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Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Coleman Hawkins and Buck Clayton performing at the Newport Jazz Festival

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Coleman Hawkins, playing his saxophone with smiling eyes toward the trombonist next to him (only the trombone is visible) and Buck Clayton playing his...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie Orchestra at an unidentified venue

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Count Basie Orchestra performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right Count Basie playing piano, Rodney Richardson playing bass, Jimmy Rushing...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ed and Mary Dix back to back

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Ed and Mary Dix seated back to back look at the camera laughing.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix from the side

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Side profile of Ed Dix wearing a suit and tie. Floral curtains on the window beside him.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix with a drink

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Ed Dix holding a drink in an etched glass and making a face of some sort.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

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Jazz saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson looks slightly to the right and smiles at the camera as he hugs a saxophone to his body.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

George Salisbury, Dean Stringer, and Bill Trumbauer

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George Salisbury playing piano in a studio with Dean Stringer holding a saxophone, Bill Trumbauer holding a trumpet, and several unidentified white...

Date Published
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jay McShann, David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, Betty Ann Bryant, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Duncan enjoy a meal at Johnson's Grill

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Jay McShann, David Daahoud Williams (looking down in hat), Luqman Hamza (Larry Cummings), Betty Ann Bryant, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Duncan sit and...

Date Published
1953
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jazz musicians at an unidentified venue

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Jazz musicians at an unidentified venue. Back row, left to right: Fred Beckett and Frog Anderson. Front row, left to right: Robert Hibbler, Harry "Ma"...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Lorenzo Manley Band at an unidentified venue

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Lorenzo Manley Band performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right: Manley playing piano, Frank Williams playing guitar, Eddie Silvers...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Orestie "Rusty" Tucker Band at the Orchid Room

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Orestie "Rusty" Tucker Band at the Orchid Room on 12th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Rusty Tucker playing trumpet, Arthur...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Pepper Neely Trio performing

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Pepper Neely Trio performing at an unidentified venue. Three musicians are playing piano, saxophone, and drums. A sign on the drum set reads...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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  • Saxophonists
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (8)
  • Ed Dix Collection (8)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (5)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (38)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (30)
  • Gelatin silver prints (30)
  • Portrait photographs (18)
  • Snapshots (15)
  • Group portraits (13)
  • Color photographs (8)
  • Publicity photographs (8)
  • Promotional photographs (2)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (38)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (33)
  • African American jazz musicians (27)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (14)
  • Jazz musicians, White (13)
  • Trumpet players (12)
  • Men, White (11)
  • African American men (9)
  • Double bassists (9)
  • Saxophone (9)
  • Photographs (7)
  • Keyboard players (6)
  • Portraits, Group (6)
  • Trombonists (6)
  • Pianists (5)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • Autographs (3)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Trombone (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Chairs (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Armies--Uniforms (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Married people (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Saxophonists (38)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • 12th Street (1)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Paseo Boulevard (1)
  • Vine Street (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (8)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (3)
  • Crump, Bob (3)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (3)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (3)
  • Lee, Gene (3)
  • Legge, Jimmy (3)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (3)
  • Shareef, Museyf (3)
  • Shepard, Elvin (3)
  • Adderley, Cannonball (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Anderson, Frog (1)
  • Avakian, George (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Beckett, Fred (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Carter, Gene (1)
  • Diggs, Pete (1)
  • Dix, Mary (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Ferguson, Harry (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gray, Wardell, 1921-1955 (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Hibbler, Robert (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Buddy, 1915-1977 (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Sr. (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Rice, Willie (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (1)
  • Scott, Gerald (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Smith, William (Musician) (1)
  • Stringer, Dean (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)

Events

  • Newport Jazz Festival (1956) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (17)
  • 1960 (17)
  • 1995 (8)
  • 2000 (8)
  • 1955 (4)
  • 1959 (4)
  • 1953 (2)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1957 (1)

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