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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Bettye Miller in a white dress

Bettye Miller posing on stage in a white dress with floral elements. Facing the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller, Terry Basso, and Milt Abel with large group

Betty Miller with Terry Basso and Milt Abel posing for a picture with a large group of other performers. One group is wearing black and white striped outfits. On a table at the center of the group is a young girl holding up a dress decorated with LPs and musical notes and the label name Foremost.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller Trio receiving a copy of their album

Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man receiving their album "A Jazz Piano Heatwave". The desk includes a full ashtray and the color comics section from the Kansas City Star showing Dick Tracey as the first comic.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller Trio posing for a photo with their album

Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man posing for a photo with their album "A Jazz Piano Heatwave". The desk includes the color comics section from the Kansas City Star showing Dick Tracey as the first comic.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0085.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel. Miller is wearing a white gown and holding a small piano on a tray in one outstretched hand. A spray of stars is behind her. Only a photograph of Abel's head is shown beside Miller represented with an illustrated body and photograph head. The image has a thick white border around it.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing bass behind her. The image has been tilted back to the left for effect. A banner reads "Merry Christmas". Includes inset photo of Terry Basso, drummer.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0082.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller and others at a club

Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with an unidentified white man who's head is turned away from the camera. There's a large bottle of champagne on ice in the center of the table. One woman is wearing a distinctive hat.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Holiday photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller playing piano while facing the camera and Milt Abel playing bass behind her. A sign on the back of the piano reads "Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!"
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0083.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Bettye Miller in a light colored dress with long gloves and smoking a cigarette seated at a table in an unidentified club with an unidentified woman and two men. Other club patrons can be seen in the background.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller signing a copy of her album

Bettye Miller autographing her LP while holding against the shoulder of an unidentified white man. Five other unidentified white men are line up behind Miller and watching.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Bettye Miller (left) and three unidentified women seated around a table at a club. All but one looking at the camera. The two women on the right have hats. Miller is holding a cigarette. Other club patrons, including one man standing, are seen behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel with another woman

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and an unidentified woman (possibly Miller's daughter, BettyeJo) seated at a small table at an unidentified club. All have drinks in front of them. The women are looking at the camera and Abel is looking over to the left of the photo.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller with twelve others around a table

Bettye Miller (standing, center) with twelve unidentified others (African American and white men and women) around a table in a club or restaurant. Miller is standing at the end of the table between two men, her arm around one's shoulders.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0092.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso

Bettye Miller in her wedding dress with the groom Milt Abel and drummer Terry Basso on either side of her. All are holding small glasses for a toast. Miller and Basso are looking toward the camera while Abel is turned to look at Miller.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and a third man

Bettye Miller seated with Milt Abel at a table. An unidentified man is crouched down between them and looking directly at the camera. Other people can be partially seen moving around behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067