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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

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

Bettye Miller Trio posing for a photo with their album

Image

Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man posing for a photo with...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller Trio receiving a copy of their album

Image

Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man receiving their album "A...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Terry Basso, and Milt Abel with large group

Image

Betty Miller with Terry Basso and Milt Abel posing for a picture with a large group of other performers. One group is wearing black and white striped...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bob Brookmeyer in front of a house

Image

Bob Brookmeyer seated outside a house posing for a photo. An unidentified man is walking along a dirt path in the background.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob Brookmeyer playing tennis

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Bob Brookmeyer on a tennis court holding up a racket above his head. He's shirtless and wearing shorts.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob Brookmeyer seated

Image

Bob Brookmeyer seated in a chair with hands folded in his lap and legs crossed. A tapestry is on the wall behind him. He is looking over to the left...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob, Warren Durrett, Milo, and Hazel at Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado

Image

Man named Bob in a sweater, smiling, with Warren Durrett to his left, in glasses. To their right, a man named Milo has his hands on his haps, and a...

Date Published
1951
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Buck Clayton and company

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Count Basie standing with Dicky Wells, Buddy Tate, Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Freddie Green and Earle Warren in Harlem, New York.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Humphrey Lyttelton

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Humphrey Lyttelton standing with Buck Clayton just outside of a door in Southampton, England.

Date Published
1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Ruby Braff on stage

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Buck Clayton and (likely) Ruby Braff both playing trumpet on stage; a hand and part of a trombone (likely Benny Morton) can be seen in front of them...

Date Published
July-01-1954
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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 playing trumpet

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet next to an unidentified drummer who's face is covered at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified man in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man, and Patty Tucker in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and three men in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified white man in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand. Two other...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double bassist and drummer

Image

Unidentified white male double bassist and drummer performing on stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed and Mary Dix back to back

Image

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

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed and Mary Dix in the car

Image

Ed and Mary Dix (likely) in a convertible (possibly a Packard Eight convertible) with the top down and looking over at the camera. A sign for a hotel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed and Mary Dix on a boat

Image

Ed and Mary Dix embrace while on a boat on a lake. Trees on the shore are seen over Ed's shoulder. Both are looking at the camera.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

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  • Jazz musicians, White
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (52)
  • Ed Dix Collection (27)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (11)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with personnel listed on verso (1)

Types

  • photographs (101)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (101)
  • Gelatin silver prints (101)
  • Snapshots (62)
  • Group portraits (54)
  • Portrait photographs (47)
  • Publicity photographs (25)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Glamour photographs (1)
  • Postcards (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (101)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (100)
  • Men, White (82)
  • Women, White (37)
  • Jazz singers (28)
  • African American jazz musicians (21)
  • Band directors (21)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (19)
  • Sound studios (19)
  • African American men (17)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (16)
  • Pianists (16)
  • African American women (13)
  • Double bassists (13)
  • Saxophonists (13)
  • Piano (10)
  • Double bass (9)
  • Drum set (9)
  • Musical instruments (8)
  • Porches (7)
  • Microphone (6)
  • Trumpet players (6)
  • Lakes (5)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (3)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Pipe smokers (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Tobacco pipes (3)
  • Bathing suits (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Boats and boating (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Docks (2)
  • Parks (2)
  • Sound recordings (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Fathers and sons (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Homes (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Married people (1)
  • Mothers and sons (1)
  • Mountains (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Tennis courts (1)
  • Tennis players (1)
  • Tennis rackets (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians, White (101)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (1)
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Roosevelt National Forest (Colo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (26)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (22)
  • Maye, Marilyn (17)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (11)
  • Tucker, Patty (Singer) (9)
  • Brown, Corky (7)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (6)
  • Johnston, Carol (Singer) (6)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (5)
  • Dix, Mary (5)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (4)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Allen, Rose Marie (Musician) (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928- (1)
  • Braff, Ruby, 1927-2003 (1)
  • Cardell, Ray (1)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Dix, David Edward (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gracen, Thelma, 1922-1994 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Buddy, 1915-1977 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Morton, Benny (1)
  • O'Dell, Janice (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (1)
  • Stringer, Dean (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)
  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Tucker, Jimmy (Musician) (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)

Events

  • Cheyenne Frontier Days (Celebration) (Cheyenne, Wyo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (85)
  • 1960 (81)
  • 1956 (4)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1954-07-01 (1)
  • 1955-02-01 (1)
  • 1955-09-26 (1)
  • 1955-11-01 (1)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1958-08-12 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1964-03-01 (1)

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