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Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Details
Description
A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums as he wears sunglasses. In front of Bill and to his left is a seated unidentified sax player blowing into his alto saxophone. To his left in the center of the stage is an unidentified bass player with his head slightly bent forward but his eyes looking up straight at the photographer. Behind the bass player and to his left is William Fisher playing the piano and looking out between the piano and the lifted lid. In front of William Fisher and slightly to his left is an unidentified seated trumpet player blowing into his horn. Around the edge of the stage is a scalloped stage decoration of two horse heads facing each other with a jockey's cap in between them. On the door to the back right there is a "J" over a "C" logo on the window to indicated the Jockey Club.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Drummers (Musicians)
Saxophonists
Double bassists
Pianists
Trumpet players
Bars (Drinking establishments)
African American men
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Stamped on back, "JAMES B. GANTT. VA. 2739. 500 W. 34th St. Kansas City 2, Mo.", 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
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-011.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
James B. Gantt

Man looks to the ceiling as he plays the piano

Details
Description
An unidentified African American man wearing a suit turns to his right and looks up to the ceiling as he sits at the piano and plays with his left hand. A cowbell lays on top of the piano. The piano lid is open.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American men
Musicians
Pianists
Time Period
1951-1960
Notes

No date; possibly 1950s, Related photo range "Al's Tournament 77 - 78" #429 - #487, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 8 x 11 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-475.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Maureen Smith playing the piano

Details
Description
Maureen Smith stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands with her hands on the keys of a upright piano. She wears earrings, a floral print blouse, a solid suit jacket and a matching mid-length pleated skirt with flat shoes with ankle straps. A printed signature on the bottom left says, "Bloom Chicago."
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Piano
African American women
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Chicago (Ill.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Chicago (Ill.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1950, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Maureen Smith.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-013.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Bloom (Chicago)

Memphis Slim

Details
Description
Jazz pianist Memphis Slim's head and shoulders are visible and he does not smile as he holds a microphone across his chest with his right hand and sits at a piano at an unidentified venue. There is a wall mural behind him of mountains and sky. A Schlitz beer sits on a table in the foreground. Memphis Slim wears a light colored shirt, necktie, and suit jacket.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1929
1931
Subject, Old
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Piano
African American men
Time Period
1921-1930
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930, Handwritten on back, "Memphis Slim." Handwritten just below the photograph, "Memphis Slim.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 8 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-015.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Double bassists
Jazz singers
Saxophonists
Drummers (Musicians)
Trumpet players
African American jazz musicians
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Kan.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Kansas City (Kan.)
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
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-010.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Cornelius Strickland

Priscilla Bowman at the piano

Details
Description
"Priscilla Bowman sitting at the piano; at 3212 N. 36th, Kansas City, Kan."
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection
Date Published
1974-07
Subject, Old
Women singers
Rhythm and blues musicians
Pianists
African American women
Time Period
1971-1980
Notes

July 1974 Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 9 x 11 cm
Genres
Color photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Unidentified man playing piano at Club Trocadero

Details
Description
"Unidentified African American man playing piano; Club Trocadero; Kansas City, Missouri."
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection
Date Published
Subject, Old
Rhythm and blues musicians
Musicians
Pianists
Piano
African American men
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

No date; likely between 1951 and 1960, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_bowman_photo-10.tif
Genres
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Gelatin silver prints
Type
photographs
English
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Woman smiling as she stands by a piano

Details
Description
An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands by a baby grand Vose & Sons - Boston piano with her right hand resting just above the piano keys; her left hand behind her back. She has a flower in her hair on the right side above her ear. She wears a necklace, a wrist watch on her right wrist, and a full-length, full-skirt light-colored evening gown with puffed sleeves, a sweetheart neckline and a wide waistband. She wears light-colored open-toed shoes. An opened piece of music is on the piano. A picture of a palm-lined street is on the wall above the piano. A floor lamp behind her is mostly obscured. There is an upholstered chair behind and to the left of her.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American women
Pianists
Piano
Time Period
1951-1960
Notes

No date; likely circa 1950, See also P24., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 18 x 13 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-025.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Details
Description
A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums as he wears sunglasses. In front of Bill and to his left is a seated unidentified sax player blowing into his alto saxophone. To his left in the center of the stage is an unidentified bass player with his head slightly bent forward but his eyes looking up straight at the photographer. Behind the bass player and to his left is William Fisher playing the piano and looking out between the piano and the lifted lid. In front of William Fisher and slightly to his left is an unidentified seated trumpet player blowing into his horn. Around the edge of the stage is a scalloped stage decoration of two horse heads facing each other with a jockey's cap in between them. On the door to the back right there is a "J" over a "C" logo on the window to indicated the Jockey Club.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Drummers (Musicians)
Saxophonists
Double bassists
Pianists
Trumpet players
Bars (Drinking establishments)
African American men
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Stamped on back, "JAMES B. GANTT. VA. 2739. 500 W. 34th St. Kansas City 2, Mo.", 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
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-011.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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LaBudde Special Collections

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Image Credit
James B. Gantt

Man looks to the ceiling as he plays the piano

Details
Description
An unidentified African American man wearing a suit turns to his right and looks up to the ceiling as he sits at the piano and plays with his left hand. A cowbell lays on top of the piano. The piano lid is open.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American men
Musicians
Pianists
Time Period
1951-1960
Notes

No date; possibly 1950s, Related photo range "Al's Tournament 77 - 78" #429 - #487, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 8 x 11 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-475.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Maureen Smith playing the piano

Details
Description
Maureen Smith stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands with her hands on the keys of a upright piano. She wears earrings, a floral print blouse, a solid suit jacket and a matching mid-length pleated skirt with flat shoes with ankle straps. A printed signature on the bottom left says, "Bloom Chicago."
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Piano
African American women
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Chicago (Ill.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Chicago (Ill.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1950, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Maureen Smith.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-013.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Bloom (Chicago)

Memphis Slim

Details
Description
Jazz pianist Memphis Slim's head and shoulders are visible and he does not smile as he holds a microphone across his chest with his right hand and sits at a piano at an unidentified venue. There is a wall mural behind him of mountains and sky. A Schlitz beer sits on a table in the foreground. Memphis Slim wears a light colored shirt, necktie, and suit jacket.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1929
1931
Subject, Old
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Piano
African American men
Time Period
1921-1930
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930, Handwritten on back, "Memphis Slim." Handwritten just below the photograph, "Memphis Slim.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 8 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-015.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Double bassists
Jazz singers
Saxophonists
Drummers (Musicians)
Trumpet players
African American jazz musicians
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Kan.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Kansas City (Kan.)
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
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-010.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Cornelius Strickland

Priscilla Bowman at the piano

Details
Description
"Priscilla Bowman sitting at the piano; at 3212 N. 36th, Kansas City, Kan."
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection
Date Published
1974-07
Subject, Old
Women singers
Rhythm and blues musicians
Pianists
African American women
Time Period
1971-1980
Notes

July 1974 Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 9 x 11 cm
Genres
Color photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Unidentified man playing piano at Club Trocadero

Details
Description
"Unidentified African American man playing piano; Club Trocadero; Kansas City, Missouri."
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection
Date Published
Subject, Old
Rhythm and blues musicians
Musicians
Pianists
Piano
African American men
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

No date; likely between 1951 and 1960, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_bowman_photo-10.tif
Genres
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Gelatin silver prints
Type
photographs
English
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Woman smiling as she stands by a piano

Details
Description
An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands by a baby grand Vose & Sons - Boston piano with her right hand resting just above the piano keys; her left hand behind her back. She has a flower in her hair on the right side above her ear. She wears a necklace, a wrist watch on her right wrist, and a full-length, full-skirt light-colored evening gown with puffed sleeves, a sweetheart neckline and a wide waistband. She wears light-colored open-toed shoes. An opened piece of music is on the piano. A picture of a palm-lined street is on the wall above the piano. A floor lamp behind her is mostly obscured. There is an upholstered chair behind and to the left of her.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American women
Pianists
Piano
Time Period
1951-1960
Notes

No date; likely circa 1950, See also P24., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 18 x 13 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-025.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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