627 Stomp
Jay McShann Band
Members of the Jay McShann Band. Left to right: Bob Mabane and Charlie Parker. Photo courtesy of the Kansas City Museum Association. Goin’ to Kansas City Collection, PC35.
Gene Ramey
Photo from the Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection, Department of Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library.
Jay McShann Band
Jay McShann Band at the Century Room, circa Jan./Feb. 1940. Left to right: unknown, Jay McShann, Gene Ramey, unknown, Bob Mabane, unknown, unknown, Orville “Piggy” Minor.
Murl Johnson
Drummer Murl Johnson.
Count Basie’s brass section
Circa 1937. Left to right: unknown, Dickie Wells, Buck Clayton, unknown, and Eddie Durham. Photo from the Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection, Department of Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library.
Members of the Basie Band
Left to right: Herschel Evans, Jo Jones, and Earl Warren, circa 1937. Photo from the Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection, Department of Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library.
Members of The Basie Band
Left to right: Walter Page, Freddie Green, Herschel Evans, Jo Jones, Earl Warren and unknown, circa 1937. Photo from the Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection, Department of Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library.
Julia Lee
Left to right: unknown, Julia Lee and Sam Baby Lovett.
Union band
Union band on stage in an auditorium featuring Clyde Washington on piano and Orville Minor on trumpet.