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Ahmad Alaadeen and the band performing at the Spirit Fest

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Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Tommy Ruskin (drums), and Will Matthews (guitar); standing on stage...

Date Published
July-05-2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Tommy Ruskin at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Tommy Ruskin at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Moore is sitting on the edge of the stage...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Carmell Jones soloing on trumpet at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Carmell Jones soloing on trumpet at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other musicians on stage from left to right: Arch...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

DownBeat Magazine shoot at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano...

Date Published
June-09-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann, Milt Abel, and Tommy Ruskin performing in Topeka

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Jay McShann performing with Milt Abel (bassist), and Tommy Ruskin (drums), at an unidentified event in Topeka, Kansas.

Date Published
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jazz musicians at the Crown Center

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Jazz musicians performing at the Crown Center on Grand Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Julie Turner singing into a microphone in...

Date Published
1992
1993
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Musicians and audience standing in the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Mike Ning, Richard Ross...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin standing near the drums, James...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Ned White...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Ned White...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Ned White...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Ned White...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Mike White playing saxophone, Tommy...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Lisa Henry...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Lisa Henry...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Bryan...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Mary...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing congas...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (91)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (94)

Genres

  • Group portraits (94)
  • Snapshots (91)
  • Portrait photographs (90)
  • Color photographs (69)
  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (25)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (93)
  • 1981-1990 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (95)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (94)
  • Double bassists (81)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (80)
  • Keyboard players (41)
  • Saxophonists (39)
  • Trumpet players (28)
  • Jazz singers (21)
  • Trombonists (8)
  • Women singers (6)
  • Jazz festivals (5)
  • Percussionists (5)
  • Guitar players (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (95)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (86)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (5)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • 43rd Street (1)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (45)
  • Hicks, Bryan (22)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (17)
  • Ning, Mike (16)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (13)
  • Barry, Ken (12)
  • Jones, Carmell (11)
  • Smith, Paul (Paul E.) (11)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (9)
  • Warner, Duck (8)
  • Saunders, Eddie (7)
  • Branstetter, Bob (6)
  • Mair, Jim, 1966- (6)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (6)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (6)
  • Spaits, Gerald (6)
  • Pearson, Al (5)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (5)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (5)
  • Embrey, Danny (4)
  • May, Rod (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Allyson, Karrin (3)
  • Battaglia, Chico (3)
  • Caldwell, Bill (Saxophonist) (3)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (3)
  • Long, Russ (3)
  • Strozier, Mark (3)
  • Bartee, Al (2)
  • Gibbs, Terry, 1924- (2)
  • Hamilton, Jeff (2)
  • Hamza, Luqman (2)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (2)
  • Leonhart, Jay (2)
  • McMahon, Mary (Musician) (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Meynier, Billy (2)
  • Peplowski, Ken (2)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (2)
  • Ruppenthal, Wayne (2)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (1)
  • Barrett, Dan (1)
  • Bell, Herman (Musician) (1)
  • Harris, Gene, 1933-2000 (1)
  • Kindred, Bob, 1940- (1)
  • Lucas, Dennis (Musician) (1)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (1)
  • Miles, Butch, 1944- (1)
  • Miller, Harry (Musician) (1)
  • Moore, Billie G. (1)
  • Morrissey, Pat (Musician) (1)
  • Strait, Todd (1)
  • Venuti, Rick (1)
  • White, Mike (Musician) (1)
  • (-) Ruskin, Tommy (95)

Events

  • Topeka Jazz Festival (2000: Topeka, Kan.) (5)
  • Spirit Festival (2003 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (77)
  • 1995 (77)
  • 1992 (6)
  • 1999 (5)
  • 2000-05-29 (5)
  • 1992-09 (2)
  • 2000-06-09 (2)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1992-10 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 2003-07-05 (1)

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