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 with unidentified man

Unidentified man in a grey suit with eyeglasses with an arm around Jay McShann's shoulders; both seated, with the unidentified man turned to look at McShann.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann standing next to a wooden statue

Jay McShann wearing a t-shirt, name badge, and suspenders posing for a photo next to a painted wooden statue of a waiter at an unknown restaurant.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-106.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with unidentified man

Jay McShann seated in a private home and showing an unidentified white man in shorts next to him something in a photograph; curtains and a lamp can be seen behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-096.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with Norman Marshall Villeneuve

Jay McShann and Norman Marshall Villeneuve posing together for a photo; both facing the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-097.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Cake for Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann

Photo of a cake in a box on top of a cabinet with writing reading "Ralph Sutton & Jay McShann The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players" and a keyboard draw in black frosting below the writing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-130.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Gus Johnson playing drums

Gus Johnson playing drums and wearing a light blue suit; red curtain background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-131.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with Ralph Sutton, Gus Johnson, and others in a living room

Unidentified white man, unidentified white woman, Ralph Sutton, Jay McShann, Gus Johnson, unidentified African American man seated in a circle and talking in the living room of a private residence; a large clock is on the wall behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-124.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Gus Johnson and Jay McShann examining a photo album

Gus Johnson standing next to Jay McShann as they examine a photo album together; Ralph Sutton is seen behind them resting on a couch; private residence.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-125.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with Ralph Sutton and his wife Sunnie

Mrs. Ralph Sutton, Ralph Sutton, and Jay McShann seated together on a bench at the Camelback Inn Jazz Party; Ralph has an arm around Jay's shoulder and Jay is laughing at something; another man can be partially seen in the foreground of the photo.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann sharing a laugh with Ralph Sutton

Jay McShann and Ralph Sutton seated together on a couch and sharing a laugh; McShann is holding a thin volume in his hands; Elkhart, Indiana.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-127.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and Ralph Sutton outside

Jay McShann and Ralph Sutton standing together outside against a stand of trees, fallen trees, and a compost heap; each has an arm around the other.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-134.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Ralph Sutton, Milt Hinton, Jay McShann, and Gus Johnson

Ralph Sutton, Milt Hinton, Jay McShann, and Gus Johnson all posing together for a photograph in an room labeled "Convention Plaza Ballroom Center" in New Jersey; all are looking over to the left of the photo and McShann is laughing; both Hinton and Johnson are wearing bolo ties.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-135.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and Gus Johnson on stage

Jay McShann playing piano and Gus Johnson playing drums on stage at unidentified concert; photo taken from below the stage looking up and there is a row of flowers along the edge of the stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-132.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano in Austria

Jay McShann playing piano with a hat resting on top of it and an unidentified man reflected in mirror looking on; Austria.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-129.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Ralph Sutton playing piano

Ralph Sutton playing piano and looking over at the camera; a microphone is in front of him and a row of purple and white petunia's are in the foreground.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-133.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152