Bob Bowman, wearing a suit and tie, studies the fingers of his left hand as they suppress the strings of a bass he is playing during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A microphone stand is...
Bram Wijnands, wearing a tux, sits at a keyboard with a microphone at his face with a sequin curtain behind him at the Hurricane:
Bryan Redmond with a furrowed brow blows into a soprano saxophone as a band member of Grand Marquee at the Grand Emporium. He faces to the left of the photographer.
Carl Fusaro plays an upright bass with a serious look on his face during the Living Blues weekend at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He wears a music-themed tie.
Carl Fusaro leans an upright bass against his left shoulder as he hugs the neck with both hands at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Cindy Egger of the Twang Dang Poodles lifts her chin and grins as she plays the drums in front of a brick wall at the Grand Saloon.
Danny Embrey turns his head to his left and smiles as he plays the guitar strapped around his neck at Crown Center. Photograph is from the waist up. He wears a printed, button-up shirt.
Dave Stephens with a microphone near his mouth, is looking up to the left at his hand with finger spread. There is a cane topper visible in the forefront of a rabbit head sculpted out of metal. There...
David Basse sings into a microphone wearing a fedora. His right hand rests on the microphone as his left hand clutches the microphone stand during the Kansas City Seven at the Grand Emporium.
Diana Krall, wearing sunglasses, behind a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Diane "Mama" Ray, holding a lit cigarette in her right hand and a microphone in her left hand, closes her eyes and sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium during the Hope House Benefit.
A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano smiling down to his left. Karrin Allyson share...
Hal Melia closes his eyes, bends slightly forward, and blows into a tenor saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes in the Grand Emporium.
James Albright bowing an upright bass, lips tightly pressed, eyes toward the floor in front of the bass, wearing an argyle sweater as he performs at Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Jim Maier closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone during Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.
Joe Cartwright turns his head to his left to look at the photographer at Crown Center. The corner of the piano is visible in the foreground.
John Wier looks at the center of a trumpet as he performs at the Grand Emporium.
Joyce Wood and an unidentified white male guitarist of the Dick Dangerous Band play their guitars at the Grand Emporium. Joyce is standing as she plays the guitar and sings into a microphone with her...
Julie Major of the Twang Dang Poodles opens her mouth wide as she turns her head to her right to sing into a microphone and plays a tambourine at the Grand Saloon.
Jürgen Welge, wearing a tuxedo, is photographed making a face while playing at the Hurricane. There is a sequin curtain behind him.
Kelley Hunt, from the left, smiles down at a keyboard as she stands behind a microphone at the Grand Emporium. A guitarist is visible looking down behind her.
Kent Means looks down as he plays the vibraphone at the Grand Emporium for Speedy Huggins Benefit.
Kristie Stremel looks over her left shoulder as she stands and plays an acoustic guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Marilyn Maye speaks into two microphones labeled as Talk Radio KCMO 710. The photograph is a close up of her face. Her glasses are markedly bifocals.
Marilyn Maye bends to speak with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden, the McFadden Brothers, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. Ronnie and Lonnie are looking up at Marilyn as they sit at a table behind...
