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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

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

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

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
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  • 18th and Vine District
  • Taylor, Myra

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Group portraits (5)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • 2001-2010 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • Jazz singers (6)
  • African American women (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Trombonists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • (-) 18th and Vine District (6)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Hamza, Luqman (3)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Edwards, Millie (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Moore, Mary (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Price, Geneva (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • (-) Taylor, Myra (6)

Events

  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1999-09-18 (2)
  • 2010-05-02 (2)
  • 1999-09-16 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)

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