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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John Paul & the Flying Circus

Bill Dye stands behind the drum set and smiles over his right shoulder at the photographer as he holds an electric guitar. He stands beside the drummer, John Hobbs, who is wearing a drum-themed shirt and smiling at the photographer. An unidentified guitarist stands to the left of the drum set holding a guitar and looking at the photographer. Shinetop Jr. stands behind the guitarist. John Paul Drum stands in front of the drum set and the unidentified guitarist, smiling, holding an amplified harmonica and wearing a harmonica belt and a bandana around his neck at B. B.'s Lawnside BBQ.
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Scotty Boy's Steady Rollin' Band in Washington Park

Scotty Boy's Steady Rollin' Band: Mark Rollings, Bill Morlan, Scott Daniel, and Jerry Riccardi stand with their arms around each others shoulders at dusk in Washington Park in Kansas City, MO.
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Duck Warner, Hugh Ruddick, Len Bacoski, and Richard Townsend outside on a bench

Duck Warner looks serious wearing a cowboy hat, as he holds a trumpet on his leg while he sits on a bench outside. Hugh Ruddick is next to Duck on the bench but sitting on the arm of the bench with his right foot on the seat of the bench. Len Bacoski stands behind Duck and smiles. Richard Townsend stands next to Len and behind Hugh wearing a cowboy hat.
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Levee Town at the Grand Emporium

The Levee Town Band stand together for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Jimmie Meade holds a harmonica. Brandon Hudspeth smiles and holds an electric guitar. Jan Faircloth smiles right at the photographer. Jacque Garoutte holds a bass and smiles to the right of the photographer.
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King Alex Littlejohn & Band

King Alex Littlejohn smiles proudly wearing a pinstripe, double-breasted suit next to three unidentified band members. One member wears a large cross necklace, one wears a fedora, and one sits playing a piano. Two of the band members are African American men and the pianist is a white man.
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Cobalt Project take a break

Cobalt Project sits on a staircase while taking a break from performing. Bottom to top: Brandon Hudspeth, Paul Greenlease, Sue Stubbs, and Jan Faircloth.
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John Wilson at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

John Wilson, wearing a Batman ball cap and a Hawaiian print shirt, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone held in his right hand at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
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D.C. Bellamy at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

D.C. Bellamy, wearing a ball cap, sings into a microphone as he strums a guitar at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
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Rain Dogs at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q

Rain Dogs standing outside of B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Acoustic Blues Showcase. Rain Dogs (Phil Smith, Jim Herbert, Karla Peterie, Mike Roark).
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Bill Whitehead

Bill Whitehead, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, plays a guitar.
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Bird Fleming at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

Bird Fleming, from the left, wearing traditional African clothing, smiles as he plays a Djembe drum with a ksink attached at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
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Levee Town and Simplexity sit outside on the steps

Groups Levee Town and Simplexity (Jeff Jones; GoGo Ray; Dave Wilkerson; Wes Blackman; Blaze; George Robinson; Tyson Leslie; Mark Gilmore) sit outside on steps and smile at the photographer.
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Winners of the Blues Challenge, Blues Notions

Blues Notions Band stand outside the Grand Emporium as the winners of the Blues Challenge. Karl Angerer, Thomas Trashmouth Baker, Mike Sedovic, Cardy Quintero, and Tim Osborn.
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Blue 88 photo shoot

Sue Corbett kneels on the ground with her eyes closed and chin lifted. Mark Corbett, making crazy eyes, Rocky Britain, grinning, and a white man named Mark stand behind Sue in a semi-circle with their fingers splayed over her head during a photo shoot.
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Phil Callier and the Jhamm Band with John Wier on trumpet at the Grand Emporium

Phil Callier and the Jhamm Band, with John Wier on trumpet, stand in front of a wall of graffiti at the Grand Emporium.
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