Al Pearson, wearing a dark suit, closes his eyes and blows into a trumpet during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Curtains are visible in the background.
Al Pearson, wearing an earring and blowing into a flugelhorn at the Jazz Carol Festival at the Community Christian Church.
Bob Enos, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, shrugs his shoulders and smiles as he cringes and holds a trumpet in his right hand.
Boney Fields, one the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a bowler hat, blows into a trumpet he holds with a handkerchief.
Craig Cohick, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet at the Grand Emporium. The photo is at an angle and basically shows Craig's face and hands.
From his right side, Dave Duffield looks over the bell of a trumpet he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
George Robinson, of the band Simplexity, wearing a ball cap with a "G" on it, closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet in front of a microphone at the Levee.
John Wier looks at the center of a trumpet as he performs at the Grand Emporium.
Kermit Ruffins, wearing a fedora, from his right side, blows into a trumpet lifted high during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lester "Duck" Warner sit and plays a trumpet in a fedora hat in front of a drum set at Mississippi Graces in Kansas City, KS.
Lester "Duck" Warner, wearing a fedora and a bead necklace, blows into a trumpet at a microphone at the Grand Emporium. The photograph includes Lester from the chest up.
Lonnie McFadden blows into a trumpet he is holding with a handkerchief. His eyes are closed and he is facing to the left of the photographer. A crowd is visible seated behind Lonnie wearing a tuxedo...
Mark Pender, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his left, holds a trumpet high as he plays the instrument.
Mark Pender is leaning back and blowing into a trumpet held high at the Grand Emporium.
Oliver Todd outlines his face with the back of his hands as he rests his elbows on a table at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Oliver Todd rests the left side of his face on his folded hands at a table at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Pat Morrissey looks down as he holds a trumpet vertical to his chest with a handkerchief in his left hand, but the mouthpiece on his lips, as his right hand reaches for the bell of the trumpet at...
Paul "The Bone Doctor" Scofield, wearing a fedora, closes his eyes as he blows into a flugelhorn at the Grand Emporium.
Rusty Tucker closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet at Unity Temple on the Plaza. The photograph is from the elbows up.
Rusty Tucker, his right side to the camera, blows into a muted trumpet with his cheeks bulged out and his eyes closed at the Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Shawn Cassidy looks over the bell of a trumpet he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Wayne Jackson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks straight ahead as he holds a trumpet high that he blows into.
