Evie Quarles Collection

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This collection consists of 866 images captured by Kansas City-based blues and jazz photographer, Evie Quarles. Quarles provided annotations for the photographs, identifying people, place, date, and event, rendering the collection highly discoverable to researchers.

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Carl Fusaro at Mutual Musicians Foundation

Carl Fusaro plays an upright bass with a serious look on his face during the Living Blues weekend at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He wears a music-themed tie.

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Everette DeVan at the Gem Theater

Everette DeVan looks down at a keyboard he plays during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Oliver Todd, Ben Kynard, Carl Fusaro, Henry Hoard, Marcellus Lee and Elmer Price perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Oliver Todd seated at and playing a white baby grand piano with his right side toward the photographer is looking intently at the wind players. Standing in front of the piano is an unidentified white male guitarist. Standing to the guitarist's left is Ben Kynard standing and blowing into a tenor saxophone as he looks down at a music stand. Behind and to the left of Ben is Carl Fusaro. Carl is seated behind a music stand as he plays the double bass and looks at the trumpet player. In front of Carl and to Ben's left is Henry Hoard who is blowing into an alto saxophone and looking down at a music stand. Just behind Henry's head, Marcellus Lee's head is visible. To Henry's left, Elmer Price stands and blows into a trumpet as he looks down at a music stand. All are wearing suits and ties at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. There are two tables and four chairs in the foreground. A wood-paneled wall, amplifiers, speakers, and photographs on the wall are visible behind the band.

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays a fiddle

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the strings as he pulls a bow across an amplified fiddle at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He is wearing a fedora with a feather hat band, a tie with a fiddle on it, and a name tag that says, "Claude Williams, Mutual Musicians Foundation & Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz, Inc."

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Millage Gilbert at the Grand Emporium

Millage Gilbert, wearing a fedora, looks down at a guitar as he plays at the Grand Emporium. A microphone is visible in the top of the photograph.

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Kenny Glover performs at the Gem Theater

Kenny Glover, wearing an open double-breasted suit, looks straight at the photographer as he plays a tenor saxophone into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Kenny Glover and Tim Perryman at the Gem Theater

Kenny Glover stands and looks down as he gets ready to blow into a saxophone as Tim Perryman stands and blows into a trombone as they play into their respective microphones during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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James Gilbert at the Grand Emporium

James Gilbert, wearing a plaid long-sleeved shirt, looks down at the neck of a bass as he plays at the Grand Emporium.

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Eugene Smiley at the Grand Emporium

Eugene Smiley, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, looks at the photographer and smiles as he plays an electric guitar at the Grand Emporium.

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora. Standing to Little Hatch's left is Millage Gilbert wearing a double breasted suit and a fedora. Millage is smiling directly at the photographer. To the left of Millage is Debbie Dennis who is seated and laughing during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Jim O'Neal, James Fraher, and Dawayne Gilley hold a photograph

Jim O'Neal, James Fraher, and Dawayne Gilley hold The Big Picture which is a photograph from September 18, 1999, of the Kansas City Jazz and Blues people in front of the Mutual Musician Foundation Building.

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Brody Buster at the Grand Emporium

Brody Buster smiles over his right shoulder has he holds a Lee Oskar 2nd G harmonica at the Grand Emporium. He is standing behind a microphone.

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Marcus Wright at the Grand Emporium

Marcus Wright of the BWB Band, wearing a ball cap, smiles at the photographer as he plays guitar at the Grand Emporium.

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Jason Willming at the Grand Emporium

Jason Willming, wearing a suit, tie, and flat cap, closes his eye as he plays an electric guitar at the Grand Emporium.

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Chris Duarte and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium

Chris Duarte, smiling as he holds an electric guitar, faces Little Hatch to his left while Little Hatch faces Chris and talks into the microphone at the Grand Emporium. The bass player is visible behind and between Chris and Little Hatch. There is a harmonica in Little Hatch's right hand.

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