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Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated) and others during...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry...

Date Published
May-02-2010
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

Getting ready for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Myra Taylor, Chuck Berg sit at the panel table with Bobby Watson and Ronnell Bright standing in background...

Date Published
August-19-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gig at Californo's

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Myra Taylor sits on a chair on the deck at Californo's while Millie Edwards, Geneva Price, and Lori Tucker sit on high top chairs. Bill Maness and...

Date Published
June-24-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Group playing at 18th and Vine

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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

Jay McShann with Myra Taylor

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Jay McShann leaning in and sharing a laugh with Myra Taylor during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival Media Day; both seated with people seen...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Musicians at Chuck Haddix' book signing

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair smiling to her right at the photographer. Seated behind her is Jurgen Welge. Standing behind Jurgen with his hands on...

Date Published
June-08-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Bobby Watson at the Grand Emporium

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair to the right of Bobby Watson. She holds her purse. Bobby has his left arm around her shoulders, is wearing a straw...

Date Published
May-23-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor during the Living Blues Photo Shoot

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Myra Taylor, holds on to the brim of her hat with both hands with a big grin on her face during the Living Blues Weekend Photo Shoot. A cane handle is...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor recording

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Myra Taylor sitting in a wheelchair with headphones on and singing into a microphone at the Myra Taylor Recording Session at the Airborne Audio...

Date Published
July-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Myra Taylor smiles at Unity Temple on the Plaza

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Myra Taylor smiles to her right while holding a microphone in her left hand and wearing a suit with sequin flowers at Unity Temple on the Plaza.

Date Published
February-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Ben Kynard and Lionel Hampton at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Myra Taylor wearing a fur lined cap and eyeglasses hanging from a necklace around her neck smiles with her hand around the shoulder of a seated Lionel...

Date Published
January-13-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, Sam Johnson, Mary Moore, Pearl Thuston, and Luqman Hamza gather together for a photograph

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Group shot of Sam Johnson, farthest left, Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Myra Taylor, Tim Whitmer, Kim Park, Carl Bender, James Albright and Jürgen Welge at Unity Temple on the Plaza

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair as Tim Whitmer sits behind her, Kim Park stands behind Tim Whitmer with his hands on Tim's shoulders, Carl Bender...

Date Published
June-08-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Panel for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz

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Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Myra Taylor, and Chuck Berg during the panel discussion at Generations of Jazz at Science City in...

Date Published
August-19-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Panel for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz

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Neil Tesser, Bobby Watson, Ronnell Bright, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and Myra Taylor share conversation during a panel discussion at...

Date Published
August-19-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Wild Women and Bill Maness

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The Wild Women: Myra Taylor, Lori Tucker, and Millie Edwards with Bill Maness; stand around a seated Wild Woman, Geneva Price, as they all smile...

Date Published
December-26-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Wild Women and Bill Maness at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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The Wild Women including Lori Tucker, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards, and Myra Taylor, sit on stage in chairs singing into microphones under posters of...

Date Published
June-25-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Wild Women at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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The Wild Women: Mary Moore, Myra Taylor, Millie Edwards, and Geneva Price sit close together and smile at the photographer at the Mutual Musicians...

Date Published
September-16-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
  • Clear selected
  • African American jazz musicians
  • Taylor, Myra

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (12)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (6)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (21)

Genres

  • Group portraits (18)
  • Black & white photographs (14)
  • Gelatin silver prints (14)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (10)
  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz singers (21)
  • Jazz musicians (19)
  • African American women (16)
  • Saxophonists (12)
  • Pianists (8)
  • African American men (7)
  • African American women jazz singers (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Music critics (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (21)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (12)
  • 18th and Vine District (6)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (2)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (7)
  • Edwards, Millie (4)
  • Hamza, Luqman (4)
  • Price, Geneva (4)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (3)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (3)
  • Tucker, Lori (3)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (3)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (3)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (2)
  • Bender, Carl (2)
  • Berg, Chuck (2)
  • Bright, Ronnell, 1930- (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Terry, Clark (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Moore, Mary (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Tesser, Neil (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • (-) Taylor, Myra (21)

Events

  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Generations of Jazz at Science City (2000 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000-08-19 (3)
  • 2010-05-02 (3)
  • 1999-09-18 (2)
  • 2005-06-08 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1999-09-16 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2002-02-06 (1)
  • 2003-05-23 (1)
  • 2004-06-24 (1)
  • 2006-06-25 (1)

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