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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Unknown jazz trumpet players at unknown venue

Four unidentified jazz trumpet players with their instruments (three white women in matching outfits and one white man in a gray suit with glasses); the three women from the right of the photo are laughing together, the man is looking at the camera and woman beside him is looking straight ahead; an unidentified African American woman in a hat and coat is seated in front of them looking ahead of her.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Duke Ellington at an honor event

Duke Ellington (left) with unidentified white men and women (one African American man); members of the press around seen around them with cameras, and microphones; they are standing by a large stone hearth with modern painting above it.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-044.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano outside

Jay McShann playing piano outside at an unidentified event; facing the right of the photo with trees seen behind him; photo taken from below looking up at McShann.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-046.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann posing for a photo with unidentified man

Jay McShann posing for a photo with unidentified white man; standing with arms around each other and facing the camera, smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-040.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano

Jay McShann at piano looking down at the keyboard; photo taken looking at McShann from over the top of the piano.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-032.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano

Jay McShann playing piano with a large microphone above him; facing the left of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-030.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Group photo at the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Awards

Group shot taken at the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards in Los Angeles: 3rd row (l-r) unidentified, Bonnie Raitt, Isley Brothers, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Ron Isley, unidentified; 2nd row (l-r) Earl "Speedo" Carroll, Gary K. Lewis, Doris Troy, Bo Diddley, Arlene Smith, Dave Bartholomew, Bobby Womack; 1st row (l-r) Johnnie Taylor, Renee Minus White, Suzan Jenkins, and Jim FiField with others.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-061.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann masters class

Unidentified white man with a microphone seated next to Jay McShann by a piano during a masters class for the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program, Mannes College of Music; New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-062.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann in a group photograph in Sarasota, Florida

Group shot taken during the Sarasota Jazz Festival: Buddy Tate (extreme left), Milt Hinton (seventh from left), Jay McShann (third from front right); Sarasota, Florida; some group members are holding musical instruments.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-059.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann holding his Pioneer Award

Jay McShann holding his 1996 Pioneer Award plaque from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation; standing in front of a plastic sheet with the Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards logo repeated over and over.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-060.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano with unidentified man holding a tambourine

Unidentified African American man with half-moon tambourine seated next to Jay McShann playing piano with microphone nearby at Jazz City (the Jazz City International Jazz Festival); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-063.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann at his piano with unidentified man holding a tambourine

Unidentified African American man with half-moon tambourine seated next to Jay McShann who is leaning back to joke with him from his piano at Jazz City (the Jazz City International Jazz Festival); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-064.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and friends on the SS Norway

Jay McShann (center) posing for a photo with Aaron Bell (right) and an unidentified man with a camera around his neck wearing shorts; possibly on board the SS Norway (or somewhere on their way to the ship).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and Aaron Bell in a cabin on the S.S. Norway

Aaron Bell, Jay McShann seated side by side posing for a photo on the bed in a cabin onboard the SS Norway; Bell's arm is around McShann's shoulders; looking at the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann performing with Woody Herman

Jay McShann playing piano with Woody Herman playing clarinet during an unidentified event; a saxophonist and trombonist can be partly seen next to them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152