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Ahmad Alaadeen and Al Pearson perform at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white flat cap, blows into a tenor saxophone while Al Pearson, standing to Ahmad's left, adjusts his trumpet slide during a...

Date Published
July-03-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Al Pearson, Sonny Kenner, and Terry Hughes perform at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival

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Ahmad Alaadeen, holding a tenor saxophone and wearing a white flat cap, looks to his left at Al Pearson. Al looks back at Ahmad as he holds a trumpet...

Date Published
July-03-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Al Pearson at Jardine's

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Al Pearson performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet on the right, next to an unidentified man playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Pearson at Plaza III

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Al Pearson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking up while playing trumpet into a microphone.

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Pearson at the Gem Theater

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Al Pearson, wearing a dark suit, closes his eyes and blows into a trumpet during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Curtains are visible in...

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

Al Pearson performs for the Jazz Carol Fest

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Al Pearson, wearing an earring and blowing into a flugelhorn at the Jazz Carol Festival at the Community Christian Church.

Date Published
December-02-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Al Pearson rehearsing

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Al Pearson rehearsing at an unidentified venue. He is playing trumpet on the left with two unidentified musicians. They are all reading from music on...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Pearson rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Al Pearson rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Pearson is standing and playing trumpet while an unidentified...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al Pearson, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, Rod Fleeman, Gerald Spaits, and Jay McShann perform

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Al Pearson (trumpet), Terry Hughes[?] (drums, partially obscured), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Rod Fleeman (guitar), Gerald Spaits (bass), Jay McShann...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Al Pearson is sitting in the back row, second from left, with a number of...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Big band performing at The Blue Room

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Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, bottom left) performing with an unidentified big band which includes Al Pearson (trumpet, far right), Earlie Braggs and likely...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoying himself in the Blue Room

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the lower level of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Jay McShann with Ahmad Alaadeen, Al Pearson, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes performing in a sunny room

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Jay McShann (piano) in the foreground from his left, with Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, background, back to camera), Al Pearson (trumpet, background, in...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Spaits and Al Pearson performing in a band shell

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Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Al Pearson (trumpet) performing at an unidentified venue with a band shell...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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

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Jay McShann (piano), an unidentified man, Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Al Pearson (trumpet), and an...

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

Jazz musicians at Plaza III

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Jazz musicians performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Ricky Anderson playing bass, Monte Musa...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al Pearson in back playing trumpet, Ned...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Jazz musicians performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. From left to right: an unidentified man playing piano, Gerald Spaits playing bass, Al...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Jazz musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are playing saxophones, trombones, and...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing 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 performing 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 looking down while...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing 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: Al Pearson playing trumpet, Tommy...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (31)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (9)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)

Types

  • (-) photographs (43)

Genres

  • Color photographs (41)
  • Group portraits (39)
  • Portrait photographs (33)
  • Snapshots (31)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (40)
  • 2001-2010 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (43)
  • Jazz musicians (43)
  • Trumpet players (42)
  • Saxophonists (24)
  • Double bassists (18)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (15)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (12)
  • Trombonists (12)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
  • Guitar players (6)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Keyboard players (5)
  • Pianists (5)
  • African American guitarists (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Music museums (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (29)
  • 18th and Vine District (13)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (12)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (7)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Spaits, Gerald (6)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (5)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (4)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (3)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (3)
  • Strait, Todd (3)
  • Hicks, Bryan (2)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (2)
  • Musa, Monte (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • Stringer, Dean (2)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (2)
  • Anderson, Ricky (1)
  • Booth, John (Musician) (1)
  • Fleeman, Rod (1)
  • Jones, Carmell (1)
  • Kavanaugh, Keith (1)
  • Perryman, Tim (1)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (1)
  • Washington, Horace, 1952-2014 (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • (-) Pearson, Al (43)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1992) (3)
  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Mississippi Valley Blues Festival (1993 : Davenport, Ia.) (2)
  • Jazz Carol Fest (2001) (1)
  • Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (29)
  • 1995 (26)
  • 1992-07-25 (3)
  • 1992-07-26 (3)
  • 1994-07 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 1993-07-03 (2)
  • 1994-02 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-02-19 (1)
  • 2001-12-02 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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