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Sonny Kenner at the Gem Theater

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Sonny Kenner, looks down at the neck of the guitar he's playing during the Living Blues Party Gem, Theater. The guitar is scratched and worn. Sonny...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Sonny Kenner closes his eyes and smiles as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Spirit Festival

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Sonny Kenner performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is playing an electric guitar and...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Spirit Festival

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Sonny Kenner performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is playing an electric guitar and...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Spirit Festival

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Sonny Kenner performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is holding a microphone while talking...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Spirit Festival

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Sonny Kenner performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is playing an electric guitar and...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Spirit Festival

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Sonny Kenner performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is playing an electric guitar and...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is singing into a microphone and holding one arm in the air...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is playing an electric guitar and singing into a microphone...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Sonny Kenner and an unidentified man at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is playing an electric guitar while...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is playing an electric guitar and singing into a microphone...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is standing and playing an electric guitar with his eyes closed...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is standing and playing an electric guitar with his eyes closed...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Sonny Kenner performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. He is singing into a microphone while holding an electric guitar. Two boys are standing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Sonny Kenner performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. He is singing into a microphone while holding an electric guitar. Two boys are standing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Sonny Kenner playing electric guitar at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is looking up and to...

Date Published
August-27-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner performing for a Mutual Musicians Foundation event

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Sonny Kenner with two unidentified musicians performing for a Mutual Musicians Foundation event. Kenner is playing guitar on the left. The man in the...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner performing for a Mutual Musicians Foundation event

Image

Sonny Kenner with two unidentified musicians performing for a Mutual Musicians Foundation event. Kenner is playing guitar on the left. The man in the...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Sonny Kenner performs on the Country Club Plaza

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Sonny Kenner (guitar), wearing a pith helmet, closes his eyes as he plays with an unidentified drummer during a performance at an outdoor concert on...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza

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Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet and bending his knees as he sings into a microphone, performs with an unidentified drummer, Ahmad...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza

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Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet, bending his knees, and raising his right arm as he sings into a microphone, performs with an...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza

Image

Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet and bending his knees as he sings into a microphone, performs with an unidentified drummer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner smiling

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Sonny Kenner, from his left, grins while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine...

Date Published
May-12-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson perform on stage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

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Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Al Pearson (trumpet), and an unidentified bass player standing on stage...

Date Published
July-25-1992
July-26-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson share a laugh as Jay McShann takes the stage

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Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, and Al Pearson (trumpet) share a laugh onstage at the Kansas City Blues and...

Date Published
July-25-1992
July-26-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (54)
  • Betty Crow Collection (49)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (7)

Types

  • photographs (110)

Genres

  • Group portraits (96)
  • Color photographs (84)
  • Snapshots (61)
  • Portrait photographs (53)
  • Black & white photographs (26)
  • Gelatin silver prints (26)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (102)
  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (107)
  • Jazz musicians (83)
  • Guitarists (60)
  • Saxophonists (57)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (47)
  • Guitar players (47)
  • African American guitarists (41)
  • Double bassists (38)
  • Pianists (24)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (18)
  • African American men (17)
  • Trumpet players (12)
  • Jazz festivals (10)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Bass guitarists (6)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (6)
  • Blues musicians (5)
  • Keyboard players (5)
  • African American male singers (4)
  • African American Muslims (4)
  • Awards (4)
  • Black Muslims (4)
  • Musical instruments--Maintenance and repair (4)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Music festivals (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Dance music (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Housing (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Organists (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Motion picture locations (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Music museums (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Representative government and representation--U.S. states (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women politicians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (56)
  • 18th and Vine District (24)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (50)
  • Hamza, Luqman (14)
  • Barker, LaVerne (8)
  • Jenkins, Dwight (8)
  • McShann, Jay (8)
  • Bartee, Al (7)
  • Pearson, Al (7)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (6)
  • Saunders, Eddie (5)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (5)
  • Falah, Tayammum (4)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (3)
  • Brown, Leonard L. (Leonard Lewis), 1946- (3)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (3)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (3)
  • Moore, Billie G. (3)
  • Roberts, Ron (3)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (3)
  • Spaits, Gerald (3)
  • Strait, Todd (3)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (3)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (3)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (3)
  • Washington, Horace, 1952-2014 (3)
  • Weilert, Fidelis (Dooley), 1914-2007 (3)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (2)
  • Foster, Dwight (2)
  • Jones, Carmell (2)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (2)
  • Mumford, Don (2)
  • Roulette, Adolph (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (2)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (1)
  • Berkley, Richard L., 1931- (1)
  • Bland, Marsha (1)
  • Bruce, Franz, 1916-1997 (1)
  • Cooper, Bonnie Sue (1)
  • Cox, Donald (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (1)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Strayer, Kerry, 1957-2013 (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Weiler, Fidelis (Dooley), 1914-2007 (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Wright, Dick, 1931-1999 (1)
  • (-) Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (110)

Events

  • Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (8)
  • Charlie Parker Symposium (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City Jazz Heritage Awards (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Spirit Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1992) (4)
  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation\'s 90th Birthday Jam (1994 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1994) (1)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)
  • Mississippi Valley Blues Festival (1993 : Davenport, Ia.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (51)
  • 1995 (38)
  • 2000 (10)
  • 1999-05-12 (8)
  • 1991-08-23 (5)
  • 1994-08-27 (5)
  • 1971 (4)
  • 1975 (4)
  • 1992-07-25 (4)
  • 1992-07-26 (4)
  • 1993-08 (4)
  • 1999-03-26 (4)
  • 1995-04-26 (3)
  • 1999-09-18 (3)
  • 1989 (2)
  • 1991-08 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 1999-06-19 (2)
  • 2000-06-24 (2)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1992-07 (1)
  • 1993-07-03 (1)
  • 1994-07-29 (1)
  • 1994-07-31 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1998-03-01 (1)
  • 1999-03-27 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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