Judith Blair
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Publicity photo of Judith Blair looking up and facing slightly away from camera. Blair is wearing a white satin dress with sash.
Date Published
1925
1930
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Jazz singers
Judy Lane headshot
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Headshot of Judy Lane, seated, in a sleeveless dress and long gloves. Text below reads "Judy Lane with Danny Hale Quartet."
Date Published
1947
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Julie Major at the Grand Saloon
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Julie Major of the Twang Dang Poodles opens her mouth wide as she turns her head to her right to sing into a microphone and plays a tambourine at the...
Date Published
November-11-2000
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Julie Turner headshot
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Headshot of Julie Turner in a dress, looking towards camera.
Date Published
1961
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Karrin Allyson at Rhythm & Ribs
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Karrin Allyson sings into a microphone held with her left hand during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Date Published
June-17-2005
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Katherine Davis and Erwin Helfer
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Katherine Davis sits on the floor in front of Erwin Helfer. Erwin sits on a piano bench and bends down to smile and hold the hands of Katherine. An...
Date Published
1991
2000
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Kelley Hunt at the Grand Emporium
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Kelley Hunt, from the left, smiles down at a keyboard as she stands behind a microphone at the Grand Emporium. A guitarist is visible looking down...
Date Published
November-28-1998
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Kenny Sargent
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Illustration of Kenny Sargent featuring his head and upper chest. Sargent is looking forward and smiling, wearing a tuxedo and white bowtie.
Date Published
1937
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Kevin Mahogany at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival
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Kevin Mahogany performing with unidentified musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri...
Date Published
1991
1995
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Kevin Mahogany at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival
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Kevin Mahogany performing with unidentified musicians at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri...
Date Published
1991
1995
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Kevin Mahogany singing at the Levee Bar & Grill
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Kevin Mahogany singing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other musicians on stage from left to right: Gerald Spaits...
Date Published
1991
1995
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Kevin Mahogany singing at the Levee Bar & Grill
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Kevin Mahogany singing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other musicians on stage from left to right: Gerald Spaits...
Date Published
1991
1995
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Kevin Mahogany singing at the Levee Bar & Grill
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Kevin Mahogany singing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other musicians on stage from left to right: Tommy Ruskin...
Date Published
1991
1995
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King Pleasure and Popeye Maupin in Cincinnati, Ohio
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King Pleasure on the left, Popeye Maupin in the center, and an unidentified African American man on the right, stand arm in arm with big grins in...
Date Published
1967
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L.C. "Speedy" Huggins, Russ Long, and Julie Turner perform at the City Light Restaurant and Bar
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L.C. "Speedy" Huggins (drums), and unidentified African American male bass player, an unidentified white female sax player, Russ Long (piano), and...
Date Published
1991
2000
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Lady Red at the Grand Emporium
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Lady Red, from the left, closes her eyes and sings into a microphone she's holding in her right hand while her fingers on her left hand are splayed...
Date Published
January-08-2000
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Larry Holloway, on the bass, and Richard Ross, singing, perform at the Levee
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Richard Ross stands and smiles as he sings into a microphone he is holding in his left hand. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Richard...
Date Published
1991
2000
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Laura Webb headshot
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Headshot of Laura Webb, printed text below reads "Laura Webb, featured with Warren Durrett and his orchestra."
Date Published
1945
1949
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Laura Webb singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra
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Laura Webb on stage in a shirt and long skirt, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra (all white men). Durrett is at...
Date Published
1945
1950
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Lavay Smith at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
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Lavay Smith, wearing a tropical sundress and a flower in her hair, smiles as she sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas...
Date Published
July-22-2000
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Lawrence Wright at the Gem Theater
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Lawrence Wright, wearing a tuxedo, sings into a microphone as he plays a keyboard during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. He's facing to the...
Date Published
January-22-2000
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Lena Horne
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Lena Horne, from her left side with her right hand to her neck, in a publicity photo signed to Ahmad.
Date Published
1981
1990
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Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, Robert Watson, Sr., and Marilyn Maye
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Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, Robert Watson, Sr., and Marilyn Maye (mostly obscured) seated during Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem...
Date Published
May-20-2006
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Lillian Lane
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Publicity photo of Lillian Lane leaning to the side and looking up with a neutral expression. Lane is wearing a dress with ruffles around the...
Date Published
1941
1945
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Linda Shell at the Gem Theater
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Linda Shell wears a tiara as she sings into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. She is facing to the photographer's right.
Date Published
January-22-2000
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