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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Group of unidentified teens and children dancing outside

Group of unidentified African American and white teenagers and children dancing outside of a building; unidentified location and event.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann and unidentified woman

Jay McShann seated next to an unidentified white woman in a blue outfit; she is looking at the camera and McShann is looking at her.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann posing for a photo with two men

Jay McShann (left) posing for a photo with Graham, and blues musician Anson Funderburgh amongst the audience at an unidentified event; other attendees can be seen behind them; all three looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-142.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann at a patio table

Jay McShann with a glass of water seated at an outdoor patio table with a black and white striped awning; plants and trees can be seen behind him; McShann is smiling hugely and looking to the left of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-138.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Bob Haggart playing bass

Bob Haggart playing bass in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; a microphone is set up in front of him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-148.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann smoking seated at a dining table

Jay McShann smoking while seated at a round dining table in an unidentified restaurant with red carpeting; Jay is pulled out a bit from the table and looking over to the right of the photo; an unidentified bearded white man is in the next chair behind McShann; likely in Geneva, Switzerland.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-174.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Bruce Ricker, Jay McShann and an unidentified bearded man posing for a photo

Bruce Ricker, Jay McShann, and unidentified bearded white man holding a cigarette posing together for a photo at an unidentified location with Egyptian hieroglyphics décor on one wall; all looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-167.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann performing with Milt Abel and unidentified drummer

Jay McShann playing piano with bassist Milt Abel (likely) and an unidentified African American male drummer at an unidentified event; chairs and a potted plant are behind the trio.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-168.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann playing piano outside in Nice, France

Jay McShann playing piano on an outdoor stage in Nice, France; trees and a stage light can be seen behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-164.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann smiling for the camera

Close up shot of Jay McShann smiling for the camera and an unidentified event in Brownsville, Nebraska; other people can be seen behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-165.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann laughing and shaking hands

Jay McShann seated on a brown leather couch next to an unidentified white man with glasses; each are holding drinks in their hands and they are shaking hands, laughing, with McShann's head turned to look at the man; other people can be partially seen farther down the couch.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-166.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Marilyn Moore seated with microphone and headphones

Marilyn Moore seated on a low couch next to a turn-table and holding a microphone and wearing headphones; looking over to the right of the photo and wearing a red and white patterned wrap over a white dress and showing a fair bit of décolletage; Paris, France.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Joe Newman and Marilyn Moore

Joe Newman seated on a low couch with Marilyn Moore next to him; Newman's holding a microphone and wearing headphones; Moore is wearing a red and white patterned wrap over a white dress; both looking over to the right of the photo; Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-173.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann with Jim Galloway and two others posing for a photograph

Unidentified white woman, unidentified white man, Jay McShann, and Jim Galloway holding a saxophone posing together for a photo at unknown event.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-171.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152
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Jay McShann in a hat

Jay McShann wearing a black hat and leaning with one arm against a coat rack with a trench coat hanging from it; turned to the left of the photo; somewhere in Austria or Germany.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_mcshann_photo-170.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0152