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Ahmad Alaadeen is ready to play the saxophone

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Ahmad Alaadeen stands outside wearing a straw fedora hat and holding an alto saxophone ready to play. The date, "08/24/2008" is printed by the camera on the lower right-hand corner of the photograph.

Date Published
2008-08-24

All play except Marcus Belgrave

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Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, turns his head and smiles at Claude "Fiddler" Williams as Claude plays his fiddle in the center of the stage. Claude's head is turned away from the camera as he looks at his...

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2001-04-10

Audience smiles as they listen

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The audience of white men, women, and children, smiles as they listen to a jazz combo play on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' birthday. One man has two boys seated with him. Todd Bolton is...

Date Published
2003-02-11

Audience watches a formal event

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In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, unidentified African American men and one unidentified African American woman stand on stage during the Tony Williams Jazz...

Date Published
2001-09-01

Audience watches a formal event

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In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, four unidentified African American men and one unidentified African American woman stand on stage as the African American...

Date Published
2001-09-01

Band listens to Bobby Watson and Tyrone Clark play

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The band watches Bobby Watson play an alto saxophone in a tent with open sides. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool in the left foreground of the photograph with her side to the camera...

Date Published
2001-09-15

Band warms up

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In Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes), Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, faces away from the camera and obscures Dan Pliskow, double bass, as the...

Date Published
2001-04-13

Banners used for advertising in Birmingham, England

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A close-up photograph of two banners hanging on the exterior of the Birmingham Strathallan Hotel, 225 Hagley Road in Birmingham, England. The top banner reads, "JAZZ CABARET DINNER, CLAUDE 'FIDDLER'...

Date Published
1980

Barbara and Spencer Barefield

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Barbara and Spencer Barefield stand arm-in-arm with their heads together to smile at the camera as they stand in a yard in front of a wooden fence. The date, "4 14 '01,"," is imprinted by the camera...

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2001-04-14

Barbara, Spencer IV, and A. Spencer Barefield

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The Barefield family: Barbara, A. Spencer IV, and A. Spencer, stand together in a yard in front of a wooden fence and smile at the camera. The parents lean toward their child in the center. Barbara...

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2001-04-14

Barefield family pet a Saint Bernard

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Barbara and A. Spencer Barefield bend over to pet each end of a Saint Bernard as their son, 14-year-old A. Spencer Barefield IV, stands between them with his hands on the dog's back. All raise their...

Date Published
2001-04-14

Big Bill Bissonnette sits in the green room

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Big Bill Bissonnette smiles at the camera as he sits beside an unidentified colleague in the green room. Both wear vests. The man on the right wears a bow tie. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the...

Date Published
2001-04-12

Big Bill Bissonnette takes the solo

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Big Bill Bissonnette closes his eyes as he takes the trombone solo on stage on the farthest right of the photograph as the other band members check their music on the music stands in front of them...

Date Published
2001-04-10

Blanche Williams holds a jack-o-lantern

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Blanche Williams stands outdoors with a big grin on her face as she holds a jack-o-lantern. She wears a denim jumpsuit. A demolished building spreads across the lot behind her.

Date Published
1981
1990

Blanche Williams shows a bird decoration

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Blanche Williams stands by a double window gesturing towards a bird decoration and smiling at the camera. A carved cabinet is behind her with African art objects displayed on top. The date, "1 12 '01...

Date Published
2001-01-12

Blanche Williams sits at a dining table

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Blanche Williams sits sideways in her chair while she talks at a dining table with a glass of juice and a calculator sitting on the placemat on the table at her place. A china cabinet, the doorway to...

Date Published
1999-09-25