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Ahmad Alaadeen and Ben Kynard at the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, and Ben Kynard during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City...

Date Published
August-29-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen and Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Alaadeen is wearing a dark jacket and is smiling. Kynard is...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Ben Kynard during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, warming up, and Ben Kynard, wearinga fedora and holding a tenor saxophone, lean against a car during the "21-Sax...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Ben Kynard with a couple of younger sax players during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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An unidentified young saxophonist, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearinga ball cap, Ben Kynard, and another unidentified young saxophonist, both wearing fedoras...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Ben Kynard and a young protégé during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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An unidentified young man, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and Ben Kynard, wearing a fedora, play saxophones during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ben Kynard and Ahmad Alaadeen play saxophones with another saxophonist at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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An unidentified saxophonist in a ball cap plays a saxophone along side Ben Kynard and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, at Charlie Parker's...

Date Published
August-29-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ben Kynard and Joe Williams at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting

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Ben Kynard and Joe Williams at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City. Kynard is standing and holding a...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard and Marcellus Lee at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard and Marcellus Lee at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing in the center, wearing a blue...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard and Oliver Todd at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard and Oliver Todd at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing and looking to the right. He is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard and Ray Reed sitting outdoors

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Ben Kynard and Ray Reed sitting outdoors on a stone wall. Kynard is wearing a white jacket and is looking forward and laughing while pointing at Reed...

Date Published
July-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival

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Ben Kynard sitting in front of a large crowd at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. People are sitting in lawn chairs and walking around. Kynard is...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard standing at the front of a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is wearing a blue track suit and...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning...

Date Published
February-1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing among audience members in a blue suit and tie. A table with...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He is standing in front of a row of musicians playing...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ronnie McFadden is playing saxophone on the left end of a...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard performs at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ben Kynard's face with his eyes closed, cheeks bulged out, as he blows into a saxophone mouthpiece at Mutual Musicians Foundation.

Date Published
November-07-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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 visits The Blue Room

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Ben Kynard likely at the Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
February-09-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, and an unidentified sax player wearing a straw fedora, during...

Date Published
August-29-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, and Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in...

Date Published
August-29-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite

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Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, and Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, play saxophones during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie...

Date Published
August-29-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012
  • 1991-2000

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (29)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (14)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (5)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (49)

Genres

  • Color photographs (44)
  • Group portraits (43)
  • Portrait photographs (31)
  • Snapshots (31)
  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1991-2000 (49)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (47)
  • Saxophonists (44)
  • Jazz musicians (41)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (24)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (9)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • African American men (6)
  • Music museums (6)
  • Keyboard players (5)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Fiddlers (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Baseball caps (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (32)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (31)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (14)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (9)
  • Bartee, Al (6)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (6)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (6)
  • Saunders, Eddie (4)
  • Strayer, Kerry, 1957-2013 (4)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (4)
  • Lee, Marcellus (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Richardson, Logan, 1980- (3)
  • Washington, Horace, 1952-2014 (3)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (3)
  • Crow, Betty (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • McFadden, Lonnie (2)
  • McFadden, Ronnie (2)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Wright, Dick, 1931-1999 (2)
  • Farney, Mary Ellen (1)
  • Fusaro, Carlo (1)
  • Hampton, Dean (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hart, Elsa (1)
  • Knowles, Wes (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Reed, Ray (1)
  • Samuels, Nobel (1)
  • Strait, Todd (1)
  • (-) Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (49)

Events

  • 21-Sax Salute (1996 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Charlie Parker Symposium (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • 21-Sax Salute (1995 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1995 (16)
  • 1991 (14)
  • 1994-02 (6)
  • 1996-08-29 (5)
  • 1999-03-27 (5)
  • 1992-10 (3)
  • 1994-03 (3)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1994-07 (1)
  • 1998-02-09 (1)
  • 1999-10-24 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2000-11-07 (1)

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