Guy Forsyth, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks intensely forward as he sings into a microphone and plays a dobro.
Hal Melia closes his eyes, bends slightly forward, and blows into a tenor saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes in the Grand Emporium.
Hank Walther, of the band Roomful of Blues, one to the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, leans over a keyboard he is playing and looks seriously at his hands on the...
Harold Brown, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, happily opens his mouth wide and looks out over a drum set he is playing while he plays a shaker in this...
Henry Butler, wearing sunglasses, sits and plays a grand piano during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The stage lights are above his head. The audience is visible between the legs of the...
Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Henry Hoard sits at a table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation with a saxophone lying on the table. His right hand lies across the bell of the saxophone as his left hand rests on the table.
Henry Hoard sits at a table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation with a saxophone lying on the table. His right hand lies across the bell of the saxophone as his left hand rests on the table.
Henry Townsend, face just visible above a piano, wears a ball cap and sings intensely into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Herb Palmer shakes Roger Naber's hand during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium. Roger wears a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and...
Honey Piazza, a member of the band, Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up over her right shoulder as she sits and plays a keyboard. A guitar neck and a...
Howard Scott, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a "War" baseball cap backwards and a necklace in the shape of the state of Texas, leans over his...
Hubert Sumlin, wearing a fedora with a striped hatband and sunglasses, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar as he performs during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Ike Turner grins as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Illinois Jacquet, wearing a checked suit jacket, profile of his left side, holds a tenor saxophone and snaps his fingers during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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.
James Armstrong, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and puckers his mouth as he plays an electric guitar.
James Cotton, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a Blind Willie's baseball cap, looks very surprised as he looks over his left shoulder while holding a harmonica and...
James Fraher looks down at a camera he's setting up on a tripod in the doorway of the Mutual Musicians Foundation for the Living Blues Weekend Photo Shoot.
James Fraher, Ramonda Doakes. John Brisbin, Dawayne Gilley stand arm in arm in the doorway of the Mutual Musicians Foundation, 1823 Highland Avenue to participate in the Living Blues Weekend Photo...
James Gilbert, in an open-collared shirt, rolls his lips and looks down to his left at the neck of the bass as he plucks the string with his right hand during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater...
James Gilbert, wearing a plaid long-sleeved shirt, looks down at the neck of a bass as he plays at the Grand Emporium.
James Harman, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sings into a microphone he's standing behind.
James Harman, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from below, he closes his eyes and scrunches his face as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in both of his hands.
James Whitney looks to his right at the photographer with a gleam in his eyes as he sings into the microphone and plays a bass at Mill Creek Brewery. A picture of, likely, Duke Ellington is on the...
