Photograph Index: A Listing of Groups, Bands and Individuals in the Photographs
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Introduction – Roots of Kansas City Jazz Style
- 18th and Vine Area Fire Department Crew in front of their station
- Henry Perry, Butcher (newspaper ad)
- Customers inside 18th and Vine pharmacy
- J.T. and T.B. Watkins (Watkins Brothers), Undertakers (newspaper ad)
- Criterion Orchestra
- Blues Shouters 1924
- Brothers Pruitt (Mulles Pruitt and The Pruitt Twins, Miles and Millus)
- Blind Boone (1 photo)
- Two Brass Concert Bands (played Linclon Theater)
- Ma Rainey (Dream Blues, Paramount record label)
- Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (Ada Brown, Bennie Moten, Mary Bradford)
- Ada Brown (with Mary Bradford in newspaper ad)
- Mary H. Bradford (with Ada Brown in newspaper ad)
- Bennie Moten (newspaper ad)
- I.B.P.O.E. Band of Kansas City
- Paynes Band of Ottawa, Kansas
- Dan Blackburn and Kansas City’s Municipal Orchestra (Dan Blackburn)
- Dan Blackburn and the Union Band (Dan Blackburn)
- Knight’s Templar Band
- Major N. Clark Smith (4 photos – 2 from flyers/ads)
- Lincoln High School Cadet Orchestra
- Lincoln Electric Park Band and Chorus (newspaper photo)
- Lincoln High School Band
- Lincoln High School Glee Club Orchestras (N. Clark Smith directing)
- Charles T. Watts (newspaper ad)
1917 – 1923: Local 627 and the Early Jazz Bands
- Dave Lewis’ Jazz Boys (Leroy Maxey, Depriest Wheeler, Dave Lewis)
- Paul Bank’s Orchestra
- Lincoln High School Band and Orchestra (Major N. Clark Smith)
- Walter Page and His Blue Devils (Reuben Lynch, Theodore Ross, James Simpson, Reuben Rodney, Ernest Williams, Leonard Chadwick, Druie Bess, Walter Page, Oran “Lips” Page, Charlie Washington, A.G. Godley)
- Leroy Maxey (1 photo)
- Benjamin “Bennie” Moten (2 photos – one in newspaper ad)
- Dan Blackburn’s Kansas City Municipal Orchestra
- Bennie Moten Radio Orchestra
- Bennie Moten Kansas City Orchestra
- Bennie Moten Victor Recording Orchestra (Thamon Hayes, Lamar Wright, Willie McWashington, Leroy Berry, Bennie Moten, Harlan Leonard, Vernon Page, Woody Walder, LaForest Dent)
- Ada Brown (1 photo – in ad opposite Mary Bradford)
- Mary H. Bradford (1 photo – in ad opposite Ada Brown)
- George E. Lee (1 photo)
- George E. Lee Singing Novelty Orchestra (George Lee, Julia Lee)
- Paul Bank’s Orchestra (2 photos) (1925 – Clifton Banks, Miles Pruitt, Robert Moody, James Everett, Paul Banks, Ed Lewis, Jasper “Jap” Allen) (1927 – Robert Simpson, Jasper “Jap” Allen, James Everett, Herbert Ashby, Paul Banks, Miles Pruitt, Alfred Denny, Clifton Banks)
- Group shot of Lincoln Theatre management before the theater
- Lincoln Theater Orchestra
Additional Photos
- Bennie Moten Band (2 photos) First Photo: (No members identified) Second Photo: (Willie McWashington, LaForest Dent, Vernon Page, Thamon Hayes, Lamar Wright, Bennie Moten, Harlan Leonard, Woody Walder)
1924 – 1928: President Shaw
- William Shaw (2 photos)
- Dan Blackburn’s Kansas City Municipal Orchestra
- George E. Lee’s Singing Novelty Orchestra (3 photos – one in Battle of Bands ad)
- Chauncy Downs and His Rinkey Dinks (2 photos)
- Paul Bank’s Syncopating Orchestra (Robert Simpson, Jasper “Jap” Allen, James Everett, Herbert Ashby, Paul Banks, Miles Pruitt, Alfred Denny, Clifton Banks)
- Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
- Bennie Moten’s Band (1925) (Willie McWashington, LaForest Dent, Vernon Page, Thamon Hayes, Lamar Wright, Bennie Moten, Harlan Leonard, Woody Walder)
- Bennie Moten’s Band (2 photos)
- Walter Page and His Blue Devils (In Battle of Bands ad opposite George E. Lee Band)
- “Black and White Revue” group photo in front of Gayety Theater
- Bennie Moten (1 photo)
1929 – 1935: Territorial Bands and New Headquarters
- Bennie Moten Band (4 photos)
- Andy Kirk (5 photos)
- Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy (3 photos)
- Group shot 1930 in front of Local 627 : George Lee Orchestra, Bennie Moten’s Orchestra, William Shaw, Paul Banks’ Rhythm Aces
- Mary Lou Williams (2 photos)
- Jap Allen’s Cotton Club Orchestra
- George Morrison Orchestra {newspaper ad}
- Hattie McDaniel (1 photo)
- Jesse Stone and His Blues Serenades ( Thamon Hayes Band?) (Ed Lewis, Sam “Baby” Lovett, Jesse Stone, Richard Smith, Herman Walder, Vic Dickensen, Woody Walder, Harlan Leonard, Booker Washington, Vernon Page)
- Winston Holmes (1 photo)
- Jesse Stone (1 photo)
- Pla-Moor Ballroom Interior Dance shot
- T Holder and the Dark Clouds of Joy
- George E. Lee (1 photo)
- Pha Terrell (1 photo)
- Walter Page and His Blue Devils (3 photos) First Photo: (Reuben Lynch, Theodore Ross, James Simpson, Reuben Rodney, Ernest Williams, Leonard Chadwick, Druie Bess, Walter Page, Oran “Lips” Page, CharlieWashington, A.G. Godley) Second Photo: (“Lips” Page, Clar Benton, Walter Page, Buddet Coleman, Jones L. Grant, Ernest Williams, Bill Owen, Willie Lewis) Third Photo: (members not identified) Extra Photo: (opposite George Lee Band in Battle of Bands ad)
- Harlan Leonard (1 photo)
- Thamon Hayes Band
- William “Count” Basie (2 photos)
- George E. Lee Band (2 photos – one on battle of bands ad)
- Eddie Durham (1 photo)
- Julia Lee (1 photo)
- Sam “Baby” Lovett (1 photo)
- Herman Walder (1 photo)
Additional Photos
- Mary Lou Williams (3 photos)
1936 – 1941: 627 Stomp
- William “Count” Basie (2 photos)
- William Shaw (1 photo)
- Harlan Leonard (1 photo)
- Bus Moten (1 photo)
- Big Joe Turner (2 photos)
- Pete Johnson (2 photos)
- Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy (Andy Kirk, Ken Kersey, Laverne Barker, Ed Thigpen, Fats Novarro, Howard McGhee)
- Tommy Douglas (1 photo)
- Jay McShann (1 photo)
- Jay McShann Band [1941] (Bill Nolan, Walter Brown, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, Bob Mabane, Bernard “Buddy” Anderson, unknown, John Jackson, unknown, Orville “Piggy” Minor, unknown, Gus Johnson, Gene Ramey)
- Jay McShann Band rhythm section (Jay McShann, Gene Ramey, Gus Johnson)
- Jay McShann Band
- Harlan Leonard’s Rockets [1940] (Harlan Leonard, Myra Taylor)
- Count Basie Band [1945] (Count Basie, Rodney Richardson, Jimmy Rushing, Shadow Wilson, George Dorsey, Preston Love, Karl George, Buddy Tate, Ed Lewis, J.J. Johnson, Rudy Rutherford, Harry Edison)
- Andy Kirk and His Orchestra (Mary Lou Williams, Pha Terrel, Andy Kirk)
- Charlie Parker (1 photo)
- Dave Dexter, Jr. (2 photos)
- Inside left cover of Decca 1941 album Kansas City Jazz : Buck Clayton, Don Byas, Lem Johnson, Eddie Barefield. John Harrington, Dick Wilson, Theodore Donelly, Andy Kirk, Dave Dexter, Abe Bolar, A.G. Godley, Pete Johnson, Buster Smith, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Rushing.
- Inside right cover of Decca 1941 album Kansas City Jazz : Walter Page, Joe Keys, “Big Jim” Lawson, Henry Wells, Clarence Trice, Freddie Green, Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Harold Baker, Jo Jones, Hot Lips Page, John Collins, Booker Collins, Lester Young, Edward Inge, Rudy Powell, Ben Thigpen, Floyd Smith, Joe Turner, Herschel Evans.
[ Gallery One ]
- Jay McShann Band (Bob Mabane, Charlie Parker)
- Gene Ramey (1 photo)
- Jay McShann Band [1940] (unknown, Jay McShann, Gene Ramey, unknown, Bob Mabane, unknown, unknown, Orville “Piggy” Minor)
- Murl Johnson (1 photo)
- Count Basie Band brass section (Dickie Wells, Buck Clayton, unknown, Eddie Durham)
- Count Basie Band members (Herschel Evans, Jo Jones, Earl Warren, unknown)
- Count Basie Band members (Walter Page, Freddie Green, Herschel Evans, Jo Jones, Earl Warren, unknown.)
- Julia Lee (1 photo)
- Sam Baby Lovett (1 photo)
- Union Band (Clyde Washington, Orville Minor)
[ Gallery Two ]
- WPA Band
- WPA Dance Band
- Harlan Leonard’s Rockets
- Bill Martin’s Group (Prince Albert, Bill Searcy, Paul Gunther, Lowell Pointer, Curtyse Foster, Roy “Buck” Douglas, Bill Martin, Ray “Bill” Douglas, Christianna Buckner)
- Lawrence Keys (1 photo)
- Samuel Baby Lovett (1 photo)
- Julia Lee (1 photo)
- Herman Walder and the Rocket Swing Unit
- Tommy Douglas Orchestra
1942 – 1950: The War Years and Aftermath
- James Petrillo (1 photo)
- Jay McShann Band
- Harlan Leonard’s Rockets (Harlan Leonard, Myra Taylor)
- Myra Taylor (1 photo)
- Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore (1 photo)
- Members Upstairs at gathering in 627 building
- Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends
- Jimmy Keith Group (Elbert Coots Dye, Ike Witt, Gerald Hunter, Maurice Wheeler, Edward “Lil’ Phil” Phillips, Jimmy Keith)
- Four Tons of Rhythm (Bill Saunders, Jim “Big Daddy” Walker, Clint Weaver, Frog Claiburn)
- Jesse Price Band (Jesse Price, Laverne Barker, Franz Bruce, Robert Jr. Williams)
- Tommy Douglas Band
- Oliver Todd’s Hottentots
- Bill Martin’s Band (Bill Martin, Lawrence Keys, Curtyse Foster)
- Union officials at 627 : Richard Smith, William Shaw, LaForest Dent
- Installation of Union officers at 627 : Carroll Jenkins, Herman Walder, Richard Smith, Franz Bruce, John Church, R.H. Colman, Unknown
- Richard Smith (1 photo)
[ Gallery ]
- Myra Taylor (2 photos)
- Jesse Price (2 photos)
- Julia Lee (1 photos)
- Air Cadets Band
- Kansas City Trio (Herman Walder, unknown, Edward “Lil’ Phil” Phillips)
- Terrace Casino Orchestra (Louis Porell)
- Union officials ceremony at 627 : R.H. Coleman, Richard Smith, unknown, Mr. Franklin, Herman Walder, Arthur Jackson, Elmer Payne, Franz Bruce, John Church
- City Pep Band (Richard Smith, Nick Payne, Jack Johnson, Joshua Reeves, LaForest Dent, Clyde Newman)
- Andy Kirk Band
1950 – 1960: A New Generation and President
- Jay McShann (3 photos)
- Ben Webster (1 photo)
- Jimmy Witherspoon (2 photos)
- Bettye Miller (1 photo)
- Milt Abel (1 photo)
- Lucky Enois (1 photo)
- Eddie Baker (1 photo)
- Pearl Thurston (1 photo)
- Harold Gadson (1 photo)
- Bob Wilson (1 photo)
- Herman Walder (1 photo)
- Larry Cummings (Luqman Hamza) (1 photo)
- Eddie Saunders (1 photo)
- Ronnie McFadden (1 photo)
- Lonnie McFadden (1 photo)
- Earl “Bang Bang” Jackson (1 photo)
- Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White) (2 photos)
- Willie Rice Orchestra (1 photo)
- The Five Aces: Jeep Gridiron (guitar), Lucky Wesley (bass), Larry Cummings (Luqman Hamza), Eddie Saunders (saxophone), and Rico Kemp (guitar)
- Lucky Enois Group: Lucky Enois, Eddie Saunders and Jimmy Waters
- Orestis Tucker Band: Orestis Tucker, trumpet; Art Jackson, tenor sax; Bill Jones, drums; Frank Smith, piano; Gerald Scott, bass
- The Scamps: Roy Searcy (piano), Jeep Gridiron (guitar), Art Jackson (tenor sax), Roy Johnson (bass) and Earl Robinson (drums)
- Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1 photo)
- Ed Lewis (1 photo)
- R.H. Coleman (2 photos)
- Richard Smith (5 photos)
- The Richard Smith Orchestra
- Henry “Red” Allen (1 photo)
- Vic Dickenson (1 photo)
- Local 627 Officers:Clint Weaver, LaForest Dent, Herman Walder, Arthur Jackson, Rutherford Coleman, Richard Smith, Elmer Payne
- Carroll Jenkins (1 photo)
[ Gallery One ]
- Jay McShann (2 photos)
- Publicity still from The Last of the Blue Devils (Laurence Barker, Big Joe Turner, Jesse Price, Baby Lovett, unknown, unknown, Jay McShann, Count Basie)
- Bob Wilson (2 photos)
- Bob Wilson Trio
- Bob Wilson Group (Bob Wilson, Cleophus Berry, unknown, Paul Gunther, Oliver Todd, Franz Bruce)
- Willie Rice (1 photo)
- Willie Rice Quartet (Willie Rice, Kirby, unknown, Bobby Stafford)
- The Blue Note Four (Charlie Gastchet, Eddie Saunders, Brian Morahan, Carol Brown)
- Bettye Miller (1 photo)
[ Gallery Two ]
- The Scamps (Willie Rice, Sam Alexander, Art Jackson, Earl Robinson, James Whitcomb)
- The Scamps 1950 (Wyatt Griffin, Frank Martin, Art Jackson, Earl Garnett, Ed Fontaine)
- Lucky Enois (1 photo)
- Orestie “Rusty” Tucker Group (Orestie Tucker, Arthur Jackson, Bill Jones, Gerald Scott, Frank Smith)
- Unknown band
- Unknown band (possibly Richard Smith on trumpet)
- Group photo (Fred Beckett, Frog Anderson, Robert Hibbler, Harry “Ma” Ferguson, William Smith)
- Five Kansas Citians (Clarence Davis, Bill Nolan, Jack Johnson, Elbert “Coots” Dye, Curtyse Foster)
1960 – 1970: Merger Local 34 and 627
- Claude “Fiddler” Williams (1 photo)
- Luqman Hamza (2 photos)
- Kansas City Jazz Quartet + One (Tony Oliver, Ben Kynard, Oliver Todd, unknown)
- John Coltrane (1 photo)
- R.H. Coleman (1 photo)
- Richard Smith (3 photos)
- Ernie Williams (2 photos)
- Eddie Saunders (1 photo)
- Paul Gunther (1 photo)
- L.C. “Speedy” Huggins (1 photo)
- Booker Washington (1 photo)
- Milton Morris (1 photo)
- Earl Robinson (1 photo)
- Ahmad Alaadeen (2 photos)
- Herman Walder (1 photo)
- Franz Bruce (1 photo)
- Carroll Jenkins (2 photos)
- Willie Rice (1 photo)
- Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1 photo)
- Milt Abel (1 photo)
- Larry Cummings (1 photo)
- Bettye Miller (1 photo)
- Harold Gadson (1 photo)
- Tommy and the Derbys
- National American Federation of Musicians
[ Gallery One ]
- Luqman Hamza (1 photo)
- Lucky Wesley (1 photo)
- Ernie Williams (1 photo)
- Mrs. R.H. Coleman (2 photos)
- Richard Smith (6 photos)
- Bettye Miller (1 photo)
- Carroll Jenkins (1 photo)
- R. H. Coleman (1 photo)
- Earl Thomas (1 photo)
- Mrs. Rutherford (1 photo)
[ Gallery Two ]
- Richard Smith (1 photo)
- Ted Dreher (1 photo)
- Wendell Brown (1 photo)
- Larry Phillips (1 photo)
- Kansas Conference of Musicians
- Jeep Gridiron (1 photo)
- Lorenzo Manley Group (Lorenzo Manley, Frank Williams, Eddie Silvers, John Mosley)
- Parade Park Municipal Band (Richard Smith, LaForest Dent)
- Elbert “Coots” Dye (1 photo)
- Bill Nolan (1 photo)
- Arthur Jackson (1 photo)
- B.C. Kynard Trio (Ben Kynard, Bobby Stafford, Reginald Hodge)
- Herman Bell (1 photo)
- Vince Bilardo (1 photo)
[ Gallery Three ]
- Mid-1960s unidentified group
- Jimmy Cunnell (1 photo)
- Claude Williams Combo
- Unknown group
- Roy Johnson (1 photo)
- Bill Saunders (1 photo)
- Art Jackson (1 photo)
- Emmett Finney Quartet
- Quotations and the Quotations Revue
- Ace and His Spades (Ace is playing the guitar)
- Al Duncan (1 photo)
[ Gallery Four ]
- Emmett Finney (1 photo)
- Art Jackson (1 photo)
- Mugsy Spanier (1 photo)
- Louis Powell Group (Dusty Barron, Geraldine, Louis Powell, Jack Johnson)
- “Bumps” Bunnie Love (1 photo)
The Mutual Musicians Foundation: The Tradition Jams On
- Group Photo in front of the Mutual Musicians Foundation building, 1999
[ Gallery One ]
- Ahmad Alaadeen (5 photos)
- Charles “Crook” Goodwin (1 photo)
- Big Joe Turner (1 photo)
- Myra Taylor (1 photo)
- Sandy Brown Quartet (Wallace Jones, Sandy Brown, unknown, Ben Kynard)
[ Gallery Two ]
- Herman Walder (1 photo)
- Swearing in officers ceremony : Toni Oliver, Dickie Hunter, Milt Abel, Rufus Crawford,
- Marion Watkins, Claude “Fiddler” Williams
- Jimmy McConnell (2 photos)
- Donald Cox (2 photos)
- MMF Board Meeting : Dickie Hunter, Claude Williams, Milt Abel, Toni Oliver, Marion Watkins, Rufus Crawford
- Arthur Jackson (1 photo)
- Jazz Brokers (Jackie Anderson)
- Unidentified Saxophonist
- Unidentified
- Unidentified Saxophonist
- Unidentified Guitarist
[ Gallery Three ]
- Gus Johnson (1 photo)
- “Speedy” Huggins (1 photo)
- The Scamps (Lucky Wesley, Rusty Tucker, Elbert “Coots” Dye, Arthur Jackson)
- Last of The Blue Devils publicity still: (Laurence Barker, Big Joe Turner, Jesse Price, Baby Lovett, unknown, unknown, Jay McShann, Count Basie)
- Carroll Jenkins (1 photo)
- Paul Quinichette (1 photo)
- The Blue Note Four (Charlie Gastchet, Eddie Saunders, Brian Morahan, Carol Brown)
- Eddie Saunders (1 photo)
- Ronnie McFadden (1 photo)
- Lonnie McFadden (1 photo)
- Joe Thomas (1 photo)
[ Gallery Four ]
- Jazztet + One (Marcellus Lee, Oliver Todd, Gary Nelson, Ben Kynard, Elmer Price) (2 photos)
- Jimmy McConnell (1 photo)
- Bud Johnson (1 photo)
- Bobby Stafford (1 photo)
- Laverne Barker (1 photo)
- Unknown (could be Earl “Bang Bang” Jackson)
- Buddy Tate (1 photo)
- Roy Searcy (1 photo)
- Claude “Fiddler” Williams (1 photo)
- Idiomatics (Jackie Anderson)
- Marcellus Lee (1 photo)
- L.C. “Speedy” Huggins (1 photo)
[ Gallery Five ]
- Jay McShann (1 photo)
- Proclamation of MMF as Cultural Landmark : Mayor Richard Berkley, Herman Walder, Joe Thomas, Arthur Jackson, Carroll Jenkins
- Baby Lovett (1 photo)
- Joe Thomas (photo)
- Luqman Hamza (1 photo)
- Lucky Wesley (1 photo)
- Jazztet + One
- Claude “Fiddler” Williams (1 photo)
- Luqman Hamza
- Jazztet + One (Toni Oliver, Ben Kynard, Oliver Todd, unknown, unknown)
- Oliver Todd (1 photo)
- Marcellus Lee (1 photo)
[ Gallery Six ]
- Myra Taylor (1 photo)
- Dawayne Gilley (1 photo)
- Lester Duck Warner
- Art Smith’s Jazz Band (Art Smith, Art Jackson, Herman Walder, Charles “Crook” Goodwin)
- Duke Samuels (1 photo)
- L.C. “Speedy” Huggins
- Franz Bruce
- Big Band
- Angie (?) on trombone (1 photo)
- Herman Bell (1 photo)
- David Dahoud (1 photo)