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Repository
LaBudde Special Collections
Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right at the photographer as she sits with her hands on the piano keys. To the right is the unidentified bass player. In the center front is Myra Taylor with her arms spread as she smiles and sings into a microphone on the stand in front of her. She wears a full-length evening gown. To her left behind her on the stage is Curtyse Foster wearing a tuxedo and blowing into a saxophone. To Curtyse's left and behind him on stage is Bill Nolan smiling and playing the drums. To Bill's left and in front of Bill on the stage, Elmer Price blows into a trumpet. There is a derby hat hanging on a stand in front of Elmer Price. The front corners of the stage are decorated with organ pipes.
Date Note
No date; likely 1950s
Member of
Image Credit
Cornelius Strickland
Date Published
1951
1960
Time Period
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-010.tif
Notes
No date; likely circa 1950s, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Stamped on back, "PHOTOGRAPHS BY Cornelius Strickland, 845 Everett Ave., ATwater 2403." Handwritten on back, "Myra Taylor - vocals. Curtyse Foster - sax. "Bumps" Bunnie Love - piano. Bill Nolan - drums. Elmer Price - trumpet. - bass.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Subject (Geographic)
English
Rights
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