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Ahmad Alaadeen in an army uniform

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White) in Army uniform looking straight at the photographer. The hat has had red ribbing hand painted with color tint.

Date Published
1957
1959
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Air Cadets band at an unidentified venue

Image

Air Cadets band performing at an unidentified venue. The unidentified musicians are sitting in two rows, playing saxophone, trumpet, drums, and bass.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Art Blakey

Image

Headshot of Art Blakey turtleneck sweater and looking to the side.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Babs Gonzales

Image

Babs Gonzales with a cigarette looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Image

A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bassist Jerry Evans

Image

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 and Milt Abel at a check-in table

Image

Milt Abel and Bettye Miller standing in front what seems to be a check-in table for an unidentified event. Two older women are seated behind the table...

Date Published
July-1959
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel at the zoo

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel posing together for a photo while at the zoo. Abel has an arm around Miller's shoulders and they're standing in front of a...

Date Published
1958
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

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 trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

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

Bettye Miller in a hotel room

Image

Bettye Miller standing next to a large television set in a hotel room. She's wearing a black dress with pearls and facing the camera, smiling.

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

Bettye Miller in a trio

Image

Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is...

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

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

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

Bettye Miller signing a copy of her album

Image

Bettye Miller autographing her LP while holding against the shoulder of an unidentified white man. Five other unidentified white men are line up...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

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

Bettye Miller Trio posing for a photo with their album

Image

Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man posing for a photo with...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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  • African American jazz musicians
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (37)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (17)
  • Betty Crow Collection (16)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (14)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (13)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Nellie Lutcher speaking with Ralph Edwards (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with personnel listed on verso (1)

Types

  • photographs (110)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (92)
  • Gelatin silver prints (92)
  • Snapshots (58)
  • Group portraits (55)
  • Portrait photographs (42)
  • Color photographs (18)
  • Publicity photographs (18)
  • Promotional photographs (4)
  • Architectural photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (110)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (92)
  • African American men (54)
  • Pianists (48)
  • African American women (43)
  • Double bassists (36)
  • Piano (31)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (30)
  • Saxophonists (27)
  • Double bass (24)
  • Men, White (23)
  • Jazz musicians, White (21)
  • Musical instruments (19)
  • Trumpet players (17)
  • Photographs (15)
  • Drum set (14)
  • Microphone (14)
  • Portraits, Group (10)
  • Trombonists (10)
  • Porches (9)
  • Keyboard players (8)
  • Jazz singers (6)
  • Saxophone (6)
  • Television talk show hosts (6)
  • African American women jazz singers (5)
  • Band directors (5)
  • Women pianists (5)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Women jazz musicians (4)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • Autographs (3)
  • Chairs (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Portraits (3)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (3)
  • Sound recordings (3)
  • Trumpet (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Television programs (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American actors (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American couples (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Armies--Uniforms (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Fruit (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Letters (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Portrait photography (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Tangerine (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (110)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (34)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (18)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (12)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (5)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (5)
  • Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005 (5)
  • Lutcher, Nellie (5)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (4)
  • Buckner, Milt (3)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (3)
  • Crump, Bob (3)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (3)
  • Lee, Gene (3)
  • Legge, Jimmy (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (3)
  • Searcy, Roy (3)
  • Shareef, Museyf (3)
  • Shepard, Elvin (3)
  • Adderley, Cannonball (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Anderson, Frog (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Avakian, George (1)
  • Baker, Eddie (1)
  • Beckett, Fred (1)
  • Blakey, Art, 1919-1990 (1)
  • Braff, Ruby, 1927-2003 (1)
  • Bruce, Franz, 1916-1997 (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Cardell, Ray (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Ferguson, Harry (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Garner, Erroll (1)
  • Gayten, Paul, 1920-1991 (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Gonzales, Babs (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gracen, Thelma, 1922-1994 (1)
  • Gray, Wardell, 1921-1955 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Greene, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Hibbler, Robert (1)
  • Hinton, Patricia (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Buddy, 1915-1977 (1)
  • Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970 (1)
  • Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (1)
  • Jones, Thad (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • McMillan, Allan W., 1900-1991 (1)
  • Morton, Benny (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Rogers, Timmie (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (1)
  • Scott, Gerald (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Smith, Richard (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, William (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1897-1973 (1)
  • Stringer, Dean (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)
  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Walder, Herman (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)
  • Williams, Ernie (1)
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy, -1965 (1)

Events

  • Cheyenne Frontier Days (Celebration) (Cheyenne, Wyo.) (1)
  • Newport Jazz Festival (1956) (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (46)
  • 1951 (42)
  • 1995 (16)
  • 2000 (16)
  • 1955 (11)
  • 1957 (9)
  • 1952-12-31 (6)
  • 1956 (5)
  • 1959 (4)
  • 1958 (2)
  • 1969 (2)
  • 1952 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1954-07-01 (1)
  • 1955-11-01 (1)
  • 1958-08-12 (1)
  • 1959-07 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1964-03-01 (1)
  • 1979 (1)
  • 1996-03 (1)

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