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Ben Kynard speaking

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Ben Kynard speaking at an unidentified venue. He is talking into a microphone in his hand. Claude Williams is sitting net to him partially off camera...

Date Published
March-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, and Dick Wright

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Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, and Dick Wright at an unidentified venue. Wright is speaking into a microphone in his hand. They are sitting on chairs on...

Date Published
March-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, Dean Hampton and Dick Wright

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Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, Dean Hampton, and Dick Wright at an unidentified venue. Hampton is standing in front speaking into a microphone in his...

Date Published
March-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard...

Date Published
August-16-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Williams is holding a microphone and...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude Williams is sitting on the left...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Johnny Crawford sings as the band accompanies him

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Rusty Tucker, drummer; Ben Kynard, saxophone; Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing a Danelectro double guitar; and possibly Pearl Thuston, piano, smile...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (6)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (8)

Genres

  • Group portraits (8)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Black & white photographs (1)
  • Gelatin silver prints (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • Jazz musicians (8)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Fiddlers (3)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (3)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Wright, Dick, 1931-1999 (2)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Hampton, Dean (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (1)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (1)
  • (-) Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (8)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (8)

Events

  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1994-03 (3)
  • 1992-10 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1994-02 (1)

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