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Bettye Miller playing piano in sunglasses

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Close up view of Bettye Miller playing piano while wearing sunglasses. The keyboard is seen as a reflection in her lenses.

Date Published
1973
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Buck Clayton with Count Basie

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Count Basie with Buck Clayton in white hat and sunglasses.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Joe Newman

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Joe Newman, wearing a hat and dark glasses embracing Buck Clayton; both facing the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cheathams, Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris and friend

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham with Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, wearing sunglasses, and one other, unidentified man posing for a photo together...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant next to Curtis Peagler

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Clora Bryant standing next to and looking at Curtis Peagler who is wearing a red hat, sunglasses, and has his arms outspread in mid-clap; Red...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant speaking with Curtis Peagler

Image

Curtis Peagler and Clora Bryant seated and speaking with each other; Clora on the right is looking toward Curtis, in sunglasses, on the left; at the...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant, Jimmy Cheatham, Curtis Peagler, and friend

Image

Unidentified African American man in a red beret (likely a fellow musician) seated next to Curtis Peagler, Jimmy Cheatham, and Clora Bryant at the...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler and Dinky Morris

Image

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone in front of Dinky Morris seated at a table; another, unidentified, African American man seated next to Morris can be...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler and Dinky Morris

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Curtis Peagler with Dinky Morris; both wearing red hats; Peagler wearing sunglasses and red suspenders; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler is...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard playing saxophones

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Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard playing saxophones at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler is wearing red suspenders, sunglasses, and a red beret...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler on break

Image

Curtis Peagler standing with his saxophone while holding a white coffee mug; he's wearing a black shirt, sunglasses, red suspenders, and a red beret...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone

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Curtis Peagler playing saxophone amongst a set of tables with audience members around him; wearing a red hat and suspenders with sunglasses at the...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone

Image

Curtis Peagler wearing sunglasses and a red hat playing saxophone at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; facing to the left.

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone

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Curtis Peagler playing saxophone and facing the right of the photo; he's wearing a black leather jacket, red bow tie, and sunglasses; at the Jazz...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Don Byas outside

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Don Byas, in a suit and tie, outside wearing sunglasses with his jacket over his arm and holding a pipe; roofs can be seen behind him.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Earl Hines with pipe

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Earl Hines with sunglasses, bow tie, and pipe seated at a restaurant, ketchup bottle seen in the foreground.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Illinois Jacquet

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Illinois Jacquet on stage with sunglasses playing saxophone with an unidentified bass player in New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ironman Harris and friend

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Ironman Harris (left) in a red shirt and sunglasses speaking with a seated African American man (right) at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann and George on a beach in Nice, France

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Jay McShann seated next to George [surname unknown] on a stone beach in Nice, France; McShann is wearing a brown shirt and pants with shoes; George is...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and his driver Ray Reed

Image

Jay McShann with his driver Ray Reed outside the Peachtree Restaurant (18th street) in Kansas City, Missouri; Reed is wearing a ball cap and dark...

Date Published
May-07-2005
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann posing for a photo with his cousin Gloria McShann

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Jay McShann posing for a photo with his cousin Gloria McShann; Gloria is wearing a large white hat with black trim and sunglasses; both facing the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann seated on a couch with Duke Robillard

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Jay McShann seated next to Duke Robillard in sunglasses and a white hat; McShann is looking at him and he's looking at the camera; 2004 Western...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann speaking with unidentified man in Geneva

Image

Jay McShann seated and speaking with an unidentified African American man in sunglasses and holding a pipe; both turned to face the other; Geneva...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann speaking with unidentified woman

Image

Jay McShann having a conversation with unidentified African American woman he's seated next to on a wicker sofa; she's turned to the left of the photo...

Date Published
March-1993
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann standing in Charley King's house

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Jay McShann standing in a room of Charley King's house in Wichita, Kansas; facing the camera and holding a drink in one hand; an unidentified white...

Date Published
October-1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (19)
  • Jay McShann Collection (7)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (35)

Genres

  • Snapshots (31)
  • Group portraits (26)
  • Color photographs (25)
  • Black & white photographs (10)
  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Photomechanical prints (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (19)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (33)
  • Saxophonists (16)
  • Hats (12)
  • African American men (11)
  • Saxophone (10)
  • Suspenders (7)
  • African American women musicians (6)
  • Berets (6)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Conversation (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Signs and signboards (3)
  • Sofas (3)
  • Tobacco pipes (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Bow ties (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • Applause (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Baseball caps (1)
  • Bathing suits (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Chauffeurs (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Mugs (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Sandals (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (35)
  • (-) Sunglasses (35)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)
  • Nice (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Peagler, Curtis (13)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Morris, Dinky (6)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (4)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (4)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (4)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Woodard, Rickey (3)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bigard, Barney (1)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Byas, Don (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Davis, Miles (1)
  • Forrest, Jimmy, 1920-1980 (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • Hucko, Peanuts (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • King, Charley (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Newman, Joe (1)
  • Reed, Ray (1)
  • Robillard, Duke (1)

Events

  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (1)

Date Published

  • 1989-06 (17)
  • 1971 (4)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1980-10 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1993-03 (1)
  • 2004-03 (1)
  • 2005-05-07 (1)

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