Description
Jimmy Witherspoon singing with unidentified jazz musicians at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is looking forward and singing into a microphone in his hand. An unidentified man is playing clarinet on the right. Jay McShann and other people are sitting behind the musicians.
Note
1994-08-27T04:00:00Z
Date Issued
1994-08-27
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : color print ; 11 x 16 cm
Genre
Color photographs
Snapshots
Group portraits
Member of
Betty Crow Collection
Time Period
1991-2000
Subject (Name)
Mutual Musicians Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.)
Witherspoon, Jimmy
McShann, Jay
Subject (Topical)
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
Jazz musicians
African American jazz musicians
Clarinetists
Keyboard players
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
local_history_index:18th and Vine District
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Note
Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.
To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0243
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections
Related Finding Aid
Betty Crow Collection