Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel. The bassist's face is mostly turned away from the camera; Miller is smiling widely or laughing while bent over the piano. A microphone is on the porch between the piano and drums and a hat has been placed on the porch railing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel. Miller is smiling widely while looking over to the left of the photo. A microphone is on the porch between the piano and drums and a hat has been placed on the porch railing. The head of a white male audience member can be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel. Miller is smiling widely while looking over her shoulder to the left of the photo. A microphone is on the porch between the piano and drums and a hat has been placed on the porch railing. The head of a white male audience member can be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel. Miller is smiling widely while looking at the bassist. A microphone is on the porch between the piano and drums and a hat has been placed on the porch railing. The head of a white male audience member can be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel. Miller is smiling widely while looking at the bassist. A microphone is on the porch between the piano and drums and a hat has been placed on the porch railing. The blurry head of a man in the audience is partially seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0020.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double bass. Miller is smiling widely while looking at the bassist. A microphone is on the porch between the piano and drums and a hat has been placed on the porch railing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing double bass behind her. Both are looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0022.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing in front of a large crowd of white men and women standing in front of them. Photo taken from behind Miller's piano looking toward the crowd.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is seen only from the side. Unknown venue.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0024.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel playing double bass in what appears to be a private home. He is facing the right of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0025.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
An unidentified white man, Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and an unidentified African American woman standing in a group together with a big band playing behind them. The unidentified man's eyes are closed and Miller and Abel are facing the camera, smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0026.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller seated in front of a microphone while playing piano. She's looking at the camera and smiling widely.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0027.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano with an audience of white men and women behind her and to the side of her. Unidentified event. A small lamp is on the piano and a large column is to the side of the piano.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0028.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel, double bass, and Bettye Miller, piano, playing in front of an audience (primarily white men seen). The photo is taken from behind and to the side of Miller and Abel. Abel is wearing a fringed leather vest.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0029.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, piano, Milt Abel, double bass, and Rod Padilla, drums, performing in the lounge of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Two rows of Promotional photos are on the wall behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0030.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel playing double bass. There's a curtain behind him and he's facing to the right of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0031.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel playing double bass with a microphone in front of him. There's a curtain behind him and he's facing to the right of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0032.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, seated at a piano with Milt Abel holding his double bass. George Nader is leaning on the piano with Lois Roberts standing next to him. Miller and Abel are looking at the camera, Roberts and Nader are looking at Miller.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0033.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing a xylophone set up next to her piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass at the right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0034.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar. Photo taken from the side of the ensemble with Jones looking over toward Miller.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0035.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar. Photo taken from the side of the ensemble with Jones looking away and Abel mostly hidden behind his bass.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0036.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and facing the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass and an unidentified African American man is on drums behind them. Microphones are also set up on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0037.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and leaning over toward Milt Abel playing double bass. An unidentified African American man is on drums behind them. Microphones are also set up on stage and an unidentified white girl from the audience is seen in the foreground.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0038.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass visible.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0039.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller on piano performing on stage with Milt Abel on double bass next to her.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0040.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0041.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. Abel's back is to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0042.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller on piano with Milt Abel on bass performing together on stage. Part of a drum set can also be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0043.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller on piano with Milt Abel on bass performing together on stage. Part of a drum set can also be seen. Both are smiling widely.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0044.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano on stage and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is partially seen playing bass beside the piano. Part of a drum set can also be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0045.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. A vibraphone is also on stage with them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0046.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. A vibraphone is also on stage with them. The drummer's face is hidden by a cymbal.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0047.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0048.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0049.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0050.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. Photo taken from the drummer's side and at a distance.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0051.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. Miller is smiling at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0052.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel on bass, Bettye Miller on piano, and an unidentified man on drums performing together on stage. Miller is turned toward Abel and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0053.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller greeting fans. She's speaking with a white man and an African American man holding a hat and possibly a performance program looks on.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0054.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
View from below the stage of Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, bass, performing. Miller has her back to the camera. A drum set and vibraphone can also be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0055.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel, bass, with Bettye Miller, vibraphone, performing on stage. Miller is standing and seen from the side and below the stage level.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0056.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass performing in a living room.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0057.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller seated at the piano during a performance and turned to the camera smiling. Milt Abel can be seen on bass behind her, also looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0058.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Abel seated on at a piano and turned around to look at the camera over her shoulder. Milt Abel is standing with his bass beside her, also looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0059.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. He appears to be in a living room with floral patterned curtains behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0060.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel playing bass in front of a wall of photographs at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is seated to the left of the photograph and the hand of a drummer holding a drumstick can be seen at the right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0061.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together. Miller has a microphone set up near her face and she's looking into the camera. There is a tambourine at Abel's feet.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0062.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. The photo is taken from the behind an audience, of which two members' heads are seen. They have drinks on a table in front of them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0063.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Milt Abel playing bass in front of a microphone. Photo taken from the side with members of the audience shown (white men and women). The woman at the far left is smoking a cigarette.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0064.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller playing piano and turning around to look over at the camera. An unidentified bassist (likely Milt Abel) is partially seen next to her. Three audience members (two white women and a white man) are seen beyond her.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0065.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, bass, performing together. There is a cymbal from a drum set in the foreground of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0066.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Promotional portrait photo of Bettye Miller seated at the piano and leaning in toward the camera, smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Promotional photo of Betty Miller standing in front of a piano.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Bettye Miller posing on stage in a white dress with floral elements. Facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking to a large crowd with a drawing of mountains and the words "I've Been to the Mountain Top" in the wide border under the photograph. The speech was given April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0192.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Promotional photo of Louis Jordan and Dottie Smith. The text reads "Louis Jordan's Tympany '5'" and "Dottie Smith".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0193.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Promotional photo of an unidentified trio of white men in suits examining a score together.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0194.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Promotional photo of Carmell Jones wearing a tuxedo and holding his trumpet to his lips. Text in the border reads "Carmell Jones International Recording Artist".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0195.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Promotional photo of Stanley Morgan's Ink Spots. They're wear tuxedos with three members seated and two standing behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0196.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
Portrait of Willie Dixon at the Lone Star, Kansas City, Missouri. He's wearing a hat and is in front of a microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0197.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
