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Ahmad Alaadeen, Terry Hughes, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing during a concert in Palm Beach, Florida; Jay McShann may be...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

At the airport in Dunedin, New Zealand

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Vic Dickenson standing with an unidentified group of musicians at the Dunedin, New Zealand airport; seen are a drum kit, banjo, trombone and a bass in...

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard

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Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bassist Jerry Evans

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Jerry Evans with hand on the neck of his bass as if playing; he's wearing a suit and leaning in toward the right.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Betty Miller performing on stage

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Bettye Miller playing piano on stage and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is partially seen playing bass beside the piano. Part of a...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller on piano performing on stage with Milt Abel on double bass next to her.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing double bass behind her. Both are looking at the camera.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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Milt Abel, bass, with Bettye Miller, vibraphone, performing on stage. Miller is standing and seen from the side and below the stage level.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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View from below the stage of Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, bass, performing. Miller has her back to the camera. A drum set and vibraphone can...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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Bettye Miller on piano with Milt Abel on bass performing together on stage. Part of a drum set can also be seen. Both are smiling widely.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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Bettye Miller on piano with Milt Abel on bass performing together on stage. Part of a drum set can also be seen.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing with an unidentified drummer. A large philodendron is behind the drummer. An extra bow is lying on the piano.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, bass, performing together. There is a cymbal from a drum set in the foreground of the photo.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

Image

Bettye Abel seated on at a piano and turned around to look at the camera over her shoulder. Milt Abel is standing with his bass beside her, also...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass performing in a living room.

Date Published
April-11-1965
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

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Bettye Miller smiling at the camera while playing piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt shaker on the piano in front of...

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

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling while playing piano and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt...

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

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing together. Abel is positioned behind Miller who is looking to the right of the photo. Very...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Both looking at the...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Taken at an angle.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Photo taken from...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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  • African American jazz musicians
  • Double bass

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (76)
  • Jay McShann Collection (54)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (49)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (5)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (188)

Genres

  • Snapshots (156)
  • Group portraits (155)
  • Color photographs (94)
  • Black & white photographs (92)
  • Gelatin silver prints (92)
  • Portrait photographs (31)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Promotional photographs (5)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (47)
  • 1971-1980 (43)
  • 1961-1970 (28)
  • 1991-2000 (28)
  • 1951-1960 (24)
  • 2001-2010 (7)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (3)

Subjects

  • Double bassists (181)
  • Jazz musicians (175)
  • African American men (137)
  • Piano (127)
  • Pianists (121)
  • Musical instruments (84)
  • Men, White (74)
  • Drum set (70)
  • African American women (69)
  • Jazz musicians, White (69)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (55)
  • Microphone (39)
  • Saxophonists (34)
  • Saxophone (33)
  • Audiences (23)
  • Trumpet players (22)
  • Trombonists (20)
  • Trumpet (17)
  • Trombone (15)
  • Women pianists (13)
  • Women jazz musicians (12)
  • African American women jazz singers (10)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Guitarists (9)
  • Porches (9)
  • Guitar (8)
  • Hats (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Living rooms (6)
  • Bands (Music) (4)
  • Clarinetists (4)
  • Long hair (4)
  • Vibraphone (4)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • African American women musicians (3)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Clarinet (3)
  • Eyeglasses (3)
  • Plants, Potted (3)
  • Women jazz singers (3)
  • Banners (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Cymbals (2)
  • Electronic piano (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Sheet music (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Television specials (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American college teachers (1)
  • African American music teachers (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Applause (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Banjo (1)
  • Banjoists (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Furniture (1)
  • Gay actors (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hair ornaments (1)
  • Headphones (1)
  • Hearing aids (1)
  • Hispanic Americans (1)
  • Jazz--Instruction and study (1)
  • LGBTQ actors (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Philodendrons (1)
  • Pickup trucks (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Xylophone (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (188)
  • (-) Double bass (188)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (2)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (65)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (59)
  • McShann, Jay (49)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (25)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (22)
  • Callender, Red (13)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (8)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (8)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (7)
  • Spaits, Gerald (7)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (6)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (6)
  • Morris, Dinky (6)
  • Gunther, Paul (5)
  • Peagler, Curtis (5)
  • Young, Snooky (5)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (4)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (4)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (4)
  • Smith, Nolan (4)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (3)
  • Crump, Bob (3)
  • Lee, Gene (3)
  • Legge, Jimmy (3)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (3)
  • Shareef, Museyf (3)
  • Shepard, Elvin (3)
  • Vinson, Eddie (3)
  • Woodard, Rickey (3)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (2)
  • Boss, Bob (2)
  • Duvivier, George (2)
  • Eicher, Greg (2)
  • Hinton, Milt (2)
  • Johnson, Reggie (2)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Kirby, John, 1908-1952 (2)
  • Lucas, Clyde (2)
  • Ramey, Gene (2)
  • Robillard, Duke (2)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (2)
  • Wallace, Sippie (2)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Basso, Terry (1)
  • Brown, Bam (1)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (1)
  • Cheatham, Doc (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Fields, Ernie, Jr. (1)
  • Gaillard, Slim (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Garland, Ed (1)
  • Gould, Bud (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Johnson, Lew (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • Nader, George, 1921-2002 (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Packer, John (Bassist) (1)
  • Padilla, Rod (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Penland, Ralph (1)
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (1)
  • Riley, Herman, 1933-2007 (1)
  • Roberts, Lois, 1941- (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Smith, Bobby (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Smith, Stuff (1)
  • Stewart, Slam (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Thompson, Dan (Musician) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Venaas, Terje, 1947- (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Woode, Jimmy (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (5)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (4)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (2)
  • Women's Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Kan.) (2)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (1)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (30)
  • 1971 (28)
  • 1980 (28)
  • 1990 (26)
  • 1961 (23)
  • 1970 (23)
  • 1951 (18)
  • 1960 (18)
  • 1991 (9)
  • 2000 (9)
  • 1989-06 (7)
  • 1997-04-28 (7)
  • 1976 (5)
  • 1984 (5)
  • 1957 (4)
  • 1980-12 (4)
  • 2009-09-26 (4)
  • 1940 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1980-04 (3)
  • 1983 (3)
  • 1985-08-16 (3)
  • 1995-07-05 (3)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1965-04-11 (2)
  • 1978-03-19 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1993-03 (2)
  • 2004-03 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1964-03-01 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1965-09 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • 1982-06 (1)
  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1989-07 (1)
  • 1992-08 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1993-07-03 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 2003-05-21 (1)

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