Jay McShann Collection

Description
The Jay McShann Collection was gifted to the LaBudde Special Collections Department by the McShann Family in July 2009, and contains items spanning 1916-2006. This collection contains a images from across McShann's career as a jazz pianist and band leader, as well as selected family photos.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Jay McShann looking at photos with unidentified woman

Unidentified white woman and Jay McShann looking at photographs at his table in an unidentified restaurant in Switzerland; the woman is standing next to the table and leaning over.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-276.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann at a restaurant table with Eddie Jones

Jay McShann seated next to Eddie Jones at a table in an unidentified restaurant in Brocken, Germany; McShann is leaning over, pointing something out to Jones.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-269.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and Eddie Jones with a fan

Jay McShann and Eddie Jones seated at an unidentified restaurant and posing for a photo with an unidentified white man seated between and behind them; Brocken, Germany.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-270.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Group photo with Nobel "Duke" Samuels, Terry Hughes, Mr. Whitekeys, and Jay McShann

Group shot outside (L to R): Nobel Samuels, Terry Hughes, Mr. Whitekeys (club owner), and Jay McShann in Anchorage, Alaska; large hill with a red building in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-274.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann posing for a photo with unidentified man in red

Unidentified white man in red sweatshirt and sweatpants posing for a photo next to Jay McShann at an unidentified residence in Bern, Switzerland; the man in red has turned his head to look at McShann.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-271.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann, Terry Hughes and unidentified woman outside in Alaska

Terry Hughes, an unidentified white woman in a plaid shirt, and Jay McShann posing for a photo together outside in Anchorage, Alaska with a red building and fencing behind them; Hughes is holding a camera and both men are wearing hats; facing the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-272.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Nobel "Duke" Samuels making a new friend

Nobel "Duke" Samuels kneeling and petting through a fence a small black calf; smiling with head turned back to the camera; during a visit to a farm in Anchorage, Alaska.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-273.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann posing for a photo with unidentified older man

Jay McShann in a light blue suit standing next to an unidentified older white man in glasses and a white cap, white shirt, and black tie; outside and other people and cars can be seen behind them; unidentified event.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-281.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with Terje Venaas at the Oslo Jazz Festival

Jay McShann, seated, with bassist Terje Venaas leaning over him at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival; Oslo, Norway; part of Venaas' bass can be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-036.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann at the Oslo Jazz Festival

Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway; a sign with the festival's logo is on the wall behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-037.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann receiving an award at the Wichita Jazz Festival

Jay McShann receiving an award during the Wichita Jazz Festival; unidentified African American man standing next to McShann and lifting his glasses to dry his eyes.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-038.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann posing for a photo with four others

Jay McShann posing for a photo with four unidentified men (threee African American, one white; two on either side of him).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-039.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with Bert and Gwen Bauer

Jay McShann standing with Bert and Gwen Bauer of York, Nebraska; McShann is standing a little in front of the Bauers; both Jay and Bert and looking over to the left and Gwen is holding a drawing in her hands and looking directly at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-041.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano and laughing

Jay McShann playing piano and laughing during a performance in Ann Arbor, Michigan; McShann is looking over toward the right of the photo and the heads of two audience members can be seen as well.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-042.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Musicians playing in the upstairs room of the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Seven members of an orchestra playing in the upstairs room of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri; four saxophonists and three trumpet players are pictured along with a partial view of someone standing to the side watching; from top left to right are Richard Smith, Rusty Tucker, unidentified and from bottom left to right are Arthur Jackson, Herman Walder, two unidentified.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152