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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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador plaque at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Fest. Blanche Williams stand between them wearing sunglasses. The plaque states, "In recognition of the great contributions you have made to Kansas City & it's reputation for jazz excellence. Claude "Fiddler" Williams. From your friends The K.C. Jazz Ambassadors 2000" and has an gold eighth note over a wavy staff. Mike is wearing a Mardi-Gra type necklace with musical instruments hanging from it. An unidentified man is standing behind Claude.

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Everett Freeman, Jr. at the piano in the Blue Room

Everett Freeman, Jr. sitting sideways to the piano and smiling at the photographer with his left elbow resting on the keyboard at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.

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Luqman Hamza at the piano in the Blue Room

Luqman Hamza plays the piano, sitting sideways to the photographer's right at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.

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Myra Taylor wins the best female blues artist from Living Blues Magazine

Dawayne Gilley stands and seriously hands keys to Jim O'Neal behind the head of a seated and laughing Myra Taylor. Myra is holding two Living Blues Magazine award plaques which state, "Living Blues Magazine 2002 Readers Poll Critics Award presented to Myra Taylor. Best Blues Artist (Female) at Washington Park in Kansas City, Mo on Blue Sunday. A drum set is behind them and a water cooler with eyeglasses and drinks sit to Myra's right. Jim is wearing a Myra Taylor T-shirt.

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Marilyn Maye speaks with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden at Club 427

Marilyn Maye bends to speak with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden, the McFadden Brothers, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. Ronnie and Lonnie are looking up at Marilyn as they sit at a table behind Talk Radio 710 KCMO microphones. Behind them on a stage are likely, Patty, and a pianist whose face is seen through the uplifted lid of the baby grand piano.

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Bobby Watson helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 93rd birthday

Bobby Watson holds an alto saxophone and smiles to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams closing his eyes and playing the fiddle at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, for Fiddler's 93rd Birthday Party. The head of an unidentified African American man wearing glasses is visible behind Fiddler's head.

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Gerald Dunn, Luqman Hamza, and Geneva Price at the Blue Room

Gerald Dunn is blowing into an alto saxophone as he looks at Geneva Price. Luqman Hamza is playing a piano behind Geneva and turning his head to the right to look at the photographer. Geneva is standing and singing into a microphone as she looks at the photographer in the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.

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Myra Taylor and Buck O'Neil at the Blue Room

Myra Taylor is seated and laughing with her eyes closed while holding a microphone with her right hand and holding her left hand around the shoulder of Buck O'Neil. Buck is also holding a microphone and looking to the photographers right at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns 93

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is smiling as he speaks into a microphone while standing in front of a drawing of himself playing the fiddle that. The drawing was given to him as a gift for his 93rd birthday at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.

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Mike Murphy and Marilyn Maye smile for the photographer at Club 427

Radio broadcaster, Mike Murphy, has his arms around Marilyn Maye and likely, Patty, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. The bar is visible behind them.

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Myra Taylor and Bobby Watson at the Grand Emporium

Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair to the right of Bobby Watson. She holds her purse. Bobby has his left arm around her shoulders, is wearing a straw hat and an earring, and has a saxophone lying on his lap at the Grand Emporium. He holds a crumpled paper in his hand. There are unidentified people sitting and standing behind them.

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Myra Taylor performs at Knuckleheads

Myra Taylor sits and performs with a bass player and an unidentified couple behind her at Knuckleheads Lounge on the occasion of her 89th birthday.

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Gerald Spaits at the American Heartland Theater

Gerald Spaits, eyes closed, slightly leans into a upright bass as his left hand suppresses the strings above his right hand plucking the strings at the American Heartland Theater.

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Bobby Watson performs at Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday

Bobby Watson, wearing an earring, blows into an alto saxophone in front of a microphone at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine for the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday party.

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Jay McShann taking a bow at the KC Spirit Fest

Jay McShann is standing between the piano bench and the piano, smiling and taking a bow outdoors at the Kansas City Spirit Festival. Gerald Spaits, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Will Matthews stand to Jay's left.

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