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Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater

Image

Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Adam Page at the Gem Theater

Image

Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and George Benson, both in tuxedos, hanging out backstage at the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin'...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner enjoying the panel discussion

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner sit at a table and smile during a panel discussion during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen greeting his friend

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Standing outside a building among parked cars, possibly Sonny Kenner, from his right side, motions toward Ahmad Alaadeen. Ahmad is laughing and...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen listens to others perform

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Close-up of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, (with Sonny Kenner, bottom left) with his eyes closed as he listens while performing at the Mutual...

Date Published
August-27-1994
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Fiddler Williams, and George Benson visiting Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, George Benson stand in front of a wall of photographs of members and performers at...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and Bobby Watson backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, his back to the photographer, speaks with George Benson as Bobby Watson, wearing a derby hat, stands in a doorway...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, George Duke, Harry Belafonte, George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

George Duke with his arm around the shoulder of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Harry Belafonte, and George Benson (mostly out of frame), hanging...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, George Duke, Harry Belafonte, George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, with his back to the photographer, George Duke, laughing, Harry Belafonte, looking through his wallet, and George Benson standing off...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Bill Carter at the Club Mardi Gras

Image

Bill Carter, wearing a straw hat, looks out as he plays a guitar at the Club Mardi Gras, 19th & Vine, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
September-09-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bill Carter at the Gem Theater

Image

Bill Carter, wearing a fedora and a light-colored tux with dark lapels and sides stripes, faces forward with his eyes shifted to the right, as he...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Blue Room

Image

David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, sits and sings into a microphone as he holds a guitar...

Date Published
January-24-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Doug Hemphill at the Gem Theater

Image

Doug Hemphill, wearing a zip-neck sweater, a large cross necklace and a sports jacket, stands looking out as he plays a "Flying V" guitar during the...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eugene Smiley at the Gem Theater

Image

Eugene Smiley stands and looks over his right shoulder as he plays the guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long during a panel discussion

Image

Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long stand behind a table and look at the photographer during a panel discussion...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long during a panel discussion

Image

Frank Smith, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Russ Long stand behind a table and look at the photographer during a panel discussion...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen (fedora and sunglasses), Sonny Kenner (plaid shirt), Everette DeVan (black suit and grey shirt), Orestie "Rusty" Tucker (pin-striped...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

George Duke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

George Duke, grinning at Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat with his back to the photographer and blurry because of movement, and George Benson...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Group playing at 18th and Vine

Image

Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a...

Date Published
September-16-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater

Image

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (31)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (18)

Types

  • photographs (49)

Genres

  • Group portraits (33)
  • Color photographs (30)
  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (19)
  • Portrait photographs (14)
  • Snapshots (6)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (42)
  • 2001-2010 (5)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (39)
  • Jazz musicians (39)
  • African American men (27)
  • Saxophonists (27)
  • African American guitarists (20)
  • Pianists (15)
  • Blues musicians (14)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (9)
  • Jazz singers (9)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Musical instruments--Maintenance and repair (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • African American politicians (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Organists (2)
  • Politicians (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • African American male singers (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Motion picture locations (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Music museums (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Guitarists (49)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (28)
  • (-) 18th and Vine District (49)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (25)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (22)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (9)
  • Duke, George (6)
  • Belafonte, Harry, 1927- (5)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (5)
  • Hamza, Luqman (4)
  • Brown, Leonard L. (Leonard Lewis), 1946- (3)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (3)
  • Gilbert, Millage (3)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (3)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (3)
  • Weilert, Fidelis (Dooley), 1914-2007 (3)
  • Anderson, Ricky (2)
  • Carter, Bill (Guitarist) (2)
  • Cleaver, Emanuel, II, 1944- (2)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (2)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (2)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (2)
  • Page, Adam (Guitarist) (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (2)
  • Bruce, Franz, 1916-1997 (1)
  • Cox, Tyrone (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Edwards, Honeyboy (1)
  • Fusaro, Carlo (1)
  • Heath, Albert (1)
  • Heath, Percy, 1923-2005 (1)
  • Hemphill, Doug (1)
  • Hill, KC Kelsey (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Keb' Mo' (Musician) (1)
  • KoolAide (1)
  • Lee, Marcellus (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Mumford, Don (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Purrone, Tony (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Smiley, Eugene (1)
  • Strayer, Kerry, 1957-2013 (1)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Weiler, Fidelis (Dooley), 1914-2007 (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)

Events

  • Living Blues Party (2000) (10)
  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (9)
  • Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (8)
  • Charlie Parker Symposium (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation\'s 90th Birthday Jam (1994 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • "The Heath Brothers: Jammin' at the Gem" (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Coda Jazz Fund Benefit Concert (2004 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000-01-22 (11)
  • 1998-09-11 (9)
  • 1999-05-12 (8)
  • 1999-03-26 (4)
  • 1994-08-27 (3)
  • 1999-09-18 (3)
  • 2004-05-15 (2)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1999-03-27 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 1999-09-19 (1)
  • 2000-09-09 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2002-01-24 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2005-06-18 (1)

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