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.
Member of
LaBudde Special Collections
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and drummer

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and drummer

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
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and drummer

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
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Bettye Miller smiling at the camera

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

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
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Bettye Miller greeting fans

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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