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 getting a kiss from a young fan

Jay McShann holding up and getting a kiss on the cheek from an unidentified little girl (white) at a house party; both are wearing light blue clothes.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Man watches Jay McShann playing piano at Fat Tuesday's

Jay McShann playing piano at Fat Tuesday's bar with an unidentified smoking African American man looking on from a table behind McShann; a pair of crutches are propped up against the wall next to McShann.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann posing with two others

Jay McShann (right) posing for a photo together with an unidentified African American man (left) and an unidentified white man (center) in a large tent at an unknown outdoor event.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-112.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and Gene Ramey

Jay McShann posing for a photo with Gene Ramey; McShann and Ramey are grasping hands and facing the camera, smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-113.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard, saxophone; Lucky Wesley, bass; Rusty Tucker, drums).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-121.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with a cigarette

Jay McShann holding a cigarette with a crowded background in Geneva, Switzerland; McShann is facing the camera and smiling slightly.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with a bottle of wine

Jay McShann seated at dining table in an unidentified restaurant with a bottle of wine and wine glass in front of him; a painting is on the wall behind him; McShann is looking toward the left of the photo and laughing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-115.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann posing with friend George Findlay

Jay McShann posing for a photo with his friend George Findlay in front of a drugstore in Toronto, Ontario; both have an arm around each other's shoulder; a car with a canoe on the roof is reflected in the window.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann at a question and answer panel on the SS Norway

Jay McShann (far right) and five other, unidentified, men seated in a row on stage answering questions from an audience; the third man from the left is holding the microphone and speaking; likely aboard the SS Norway.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-144.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Hootie's groupies outside the changing rooms of a hotel

Hootie's groupies (from L to R): Ross, Kirby, Gloria Henderson, John Henderson, Oliver Jones, Jane Eddy; Paradise Valley; all standing in a loose group outside the changing rooms at the Paradise Valley hotel; Jane Eddy is looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-136.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and two others in Colorado Springs

Jay McShann in a tuxedo standing between an unidentified white man and woman, both of whom are turned to the side facing each other; Colorado Springs, Labor Day, 1981.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-137.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann laughing with Gene Ramey and unidentified woman

Jay McShann laughing with Gene Ramey and an unidentified African American woman; McShann and the woman are facing each other with Ramey between them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano

Photo from behind of Jay McShann playing piano with microphone in front of him at an unidentified venue.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-141.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann near a potted tree and artificial lei

Jay McShann standing near a potted tree and an artificial lei in red and yellow; looking over the right and not smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-139.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann on a park bench in Geneva

Jay McShann seated on outdoor bench in Geneva; an unidentified African American man is leaning over to speak with him; other people can be partially seen on either side of the bench and trees are seen behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-147.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152