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Image of Taiko drummers performing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, July 2015
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Taiko drummers performing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, July 2015

During the summer of 1932, the Seattle Buddhist Church held the city's first Bon Odori festival. Bon Odori is a Japanese dance which is part of the observance of Obon, a Buddhist memorial service. The joyful dance, which celebrates the Buddhist tradition of selfless giving, expresses gratitude to departed family members. Over the years, the festival grew to include flower…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC433
Date:2015
Image of Panelists for program on racial integration of Musicians' Association of Seattle, January 23, 2018
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Panelists for program on racial integration of Musicians' Association of Seattle, January 23, 2018

The American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," was founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM Local 76. Local 493 was at the heart of Seattle's vibrant jazz scene, and its E. Jefferson Street "clubhouse," the Blue Note, was a lifeline…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC657
Date:2018
Image of Overton Berry and Jeff Davies performing at the Swedish Club, Seattle, February 9, 2018
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Overton Berry and Jeff Davies performing at the Swedish Club, Seattle, February 9, 2018

Overton Berry (1936-2020) was a popular Seattle jazz pianist with a long career spanning the late Jackson Street jazz club period in the early 1950s to shortly before his death in 2020. Born in Texas, Berry moved to Seattle with his family in 1945. He studied classical piano as a child and formed his first jazz trio with two of…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC659
Date:2018
Image of Overton Berry performing at the Swedish Club, Seattle, February 9, 2018
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Overton Berry performing at the Swedish Club, Seattle, February 9, 2018

Overton Berry (1936-2020) was a popular Seattle jazz pianist with a long career spanning the late Jackson Street jazz club period in the early 1950s to shortly before his death in 2020. Born in Texas, Berry moved to Seattle with his family in 1945. He studied classical piano as a child and formed his first jazz trio with two of…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC660
Date:2018
Image of DJ Rok Phizzle at the Sea Monster Lounge, Seattle, April 27, 2018
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DJ Rok Phizzle at the Sea Monster Lounge, Seattle, April 27, 2018

Rok Phizzle is a musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, DJ, and head of Future Funk Entertainment, a music production business in Seattle. Here, Rok Phizzle DJ's at the Sea Monster Lounge. He also performed that same evening with the band Funky 2 Death (F2D). Two members of the band, Jason Cameron (left) and Mark Mattry play in the background. As of…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC674
Date:2018
Image of Funky 2 Death performing at Sea Monster Lounge, Seattle, April 27, 2018
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Funky 2 Death performing at Sea Monster Lounge, Seattle, April 27, 2018

Funky 2 Death (F2D) is a Seattle band playing funk and rock music. Originating as the house band at the Sea Monster Lounge, F2D has played at many of Seattle's iconic venues and been featured at festivals, and they still play regular shows at the Sea Monster. This image shows F2D performing at the Sea Monster on April 27, 2018.…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC678
Date:2018
Image of Souvenir photo folder from the Basin Street Club, Seattle, circa 1945
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Souvenir photo folder from the Basin Street Club, Seattle, circa 1945

Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished from World War II up until the early 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement broke down barriers barring African Americans from living and working in the larger community. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of patrons and friends, then returning the following week to sell the…
ID Number:2014.49.13.5.02
Date:Circa 1945
Image of Buddy Brashear sitting on living room couch, circa 1950
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Buddy Brashear sitting on living room couch, circa 1950

Musician Buddy Brashear played piano with Billy Tolles and his Men of Jive. Here Brashear, wearing dark glasses, is seated on a sofa, probably at his home, reading. Next to him is a console-style television set. Vinyl LP record albums are stored in a shelf and also laid out on the shag carpet in front of the TV. A storage…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder17.004
Date:Circa 1960
Image of Woman dancing, Seattle, circa 1955
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Woman dancing, Seattle, circa 1955

An unidentified dancer strikes a pose on a stage or in a studio.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder17.008
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Two young women students with a Post Office Department staff member, Seattle, circa 1956
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Two young women students with a Post Office Department staff member, Seattle, circa 1956

Two unidentified female Catholic high school students, wearing uniforms, stand in a library with a uniformed man from the Post Office Department. The unidentified man and one of the students hold a book together.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder27.001
Date:Circa 1956
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