Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Description
This collection focuses on the time that Bettye Miller and Milt Abel spent together as musicians, and as husband and wife. The couple was nationally known in the jazz community and performed together in cities all over the country.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Playing to a large audience

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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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
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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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
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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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
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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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
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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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
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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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
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Bettye Miller in a trio

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing double bass behind her. Both are looking at the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Lois Robers, and George Nader

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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Rod Padilla

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
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and two others

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
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Bettye Miller with Milt Abel

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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller playing piano

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
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Milt Abel playing bass

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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067