Bobby Watson at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Bobby Watson, looking directly at the photographer, blows into a microphoned alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Chris Layton at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Chris Layton looks intently directly at the photographer and out over a drum set he is playing during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Eddie Tigner at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Eddie Tigner, wearing a Route 66 ball cap, looks seriously out over a microphone while he plays a keyboard during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Elvin Bishop at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Elvin Bishop, wearing overalls, looks intently at an electric guitar he's playing during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Harry Hypolite at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat, leans back as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A profile shadow is visible behind him.
Irma Thomas at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Irma Thomas, wearing a sundress, smiles up and to her left as she holds a microphone in her right hand and lifts her left elbow even with her shoulder during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
King Clarentz at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
King Clarentz, wearing a headband, Dashiki, knee-high laced boots with jeans tucked into the boots, smiles from his seat on stage as he plays an electric guitar during Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Koko Taylor at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Koko Taylor, neck and chest wet with perspiration, closes her eyes and lifts her head to her right, as she smiles and sings into a microphone she is holding in her right hand during the Kansas City...
Lazy Lester at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Lazy Lester's face is barely visible behind his hands which are clasping an amplified harmonica. His eyes are closed and he's wearing a straw fedora during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Little Smokey Smothers at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Little Smokey Smothers, wearing a bowler hat and overalls, looks to his left as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Philadelphia Jerry Ricks at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Philadelphia Jerry Ricks, wearing a cowboy hat, lays his right hand on his cheek, closes his eyes, and sings into a microphone he hugs with his left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival...
Sean Costello at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Sean Costello, perspiring heavily, smiles to his right as he stands and plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Sherman Holmes at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Sherman Holmes of the band, The Holmes Brothers, eyes squeezed closed, wearing a Dashiki, plays an electric bass during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. There are perspiration drips visible on...
Wendell Holmes at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Wendell Holmes of the band, The Holmes Brothers, closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings, mouth wide open, into a microphone, and plays a keyboard during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Willie "Popsy" Dixon at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Willie "Popsy" Dixon, of the band The Holmes Brothers, sings into a microphone during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.