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Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jim Mair at The Phoenix

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Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jim Mair at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is playing drums while smiling. Mair is...

Date Published
July-1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

America's Greatest Quartet Ink Spots

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Poster advertising concert on Sunday, May 30, 1943, at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City; concert featured the Ink Spots and Lucky Millinder and his...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Sunday, October 11, 1942, featuring Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestral...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Thursday, February 2, 1942, sponsored by Paseo Men's Service Club, featuring "The...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie and His Orchestra

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Monday, April 11, 1938, featuring Count Basie and His Orchestra along with Jimmy...

Date Published
April-11-1938
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Jazz musicians at The Phoenix

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Jazz musicians performing at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Wayne Ruppenthal playing trumpet and facing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at The Phoenix

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Jazz musicians performing at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Wayne Ruppenthal playing trumpet and facing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at The Phoenix

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Jazz musicians at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Kevin Mahogany standing and facing the right, Tyrone...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at The Phoenix

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Jazz musicians performing at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Speedy Huggins sitting at the piano, Wayne...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix

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Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano and the woman is...

Date Published
November-1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix

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Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano and the woman is...

Date Published
November-1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Kevin Mahogany and Tyrone Clark at The Phoenix

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Kevin Mahogany and Tyrone Clark at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Mahogany is singing into a microphone and closing his eyes...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Lucky Wesley at The Phoenix

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Lucky Wesley at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Wesley is holding a bass and looking to the side. An unidentified man is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Marcellus Lee at The Phoenix

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Marcellus Lee at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is singing while playing the piano. A window with the bar name is behind...

Date Published
April-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix

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Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is standing on the left, wearing a dark shirt. Both...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix

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Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is standing on the left, wearing a dark shirt. Both...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Rusty Tucker at The Phoenix

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Rusty Tucker at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Tucker is holding his bass and looking forward and smiling. Large glass...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection
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  • African American jazz musicians
  • Central Street

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (13)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (13)
  • posters (4)

Genres

  • Color photographs (13)
  • Group portraits (13)
  • Portrait photographs (13)
  • Snapshots (13)
  • Concert posters (4)
  • Posters (4)
  • Lithographs (2)
  • Screen prints (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (13)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (13)
  • Keyboard players (8)
  • Double bassists (6)
  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • Dance music (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Women singers (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (17)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (17)
  • 14th Street (4)
  • (-) Central Street (17)

Subjects, People

  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (5)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (4)
  • Ruppenthal, Wayne (3)
  • Wesley, Lucky (3)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (2)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (2)
  • Bacon, Trevor (1)
  • Bartee, Al (1)
  • Bates, Peg Lee (1)
  • Lee, Marcellus (1)
  • Mair, Jim, 1966- (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (9)
  • 1995 (9)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1993-11 (2)
  • 1938-04-11 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1993-07 (1)
  • 1994-04 (1)

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