Jim Maier closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone during Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.
Jim O'Neal, in front of shelves of books at KC Public Downtown Library, smiles toward the photographers.
Jim O'Neal, James Fraher, and Dawayne Gilley hold The Big Picture which is a photograph from September 18, 1999, of the Kansas City Jazz and Blues people in front of the Mutual Musician Foundation...
Music authors Jim O'Neal and Dawayne Gilley stand on either side of photographer, James Fraher, at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. All three are holding a framed, poster-sized...
Jim Bott, of the band the Fabulous Thunderbirds, one of the national acts to perform at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, wearing a sun hat and Mardi Gras beads, lifts his chin and smiles as he...
Jimmie Vaughan, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and grimaces as he plays an electric guitar.
Jimmie Vaughan holds his mouth wide open and his eyes closed as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmy Carpenter, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses, leans over and blows into a baritone saxophone.
Jimmy D. Lane, wearing a cowboy hat, looks over his left shoulder as he tunes his guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmy D. Lane, wearing a cowboy hat and a guitar on the state of Mississippi necklace, seriously looks forward as he plays the guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jimmy Lee Robinson, wearing a cowboy hat and a bolo tie, looks down and sad behind a microphone as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmie Lee Robinson closes his eyes and purses his lips as he plays guitar at Club Paradox during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jimmy Thackery, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of a guitar that he is playing.
Jimmy Way, of the Chris Duarte Group, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stares intently straight ahead as he plays a cymbal on the drum set he is playing. Locks of hair stick...
Joanna Connor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles over her right shoulder as she plays an electric guitar.
Jody Williams closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar with "Jody" painted on the pick guard and also embroidered on his guitar strap at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue...
Joe Beard looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Joe Bonamassa, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grits his teeth as he plays a Flying V electric guitar.
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.
Joe Louis Walker, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, lifts his head and smiles as he plays an electric guitar.
John Albertson, weekend bartender, smiles at the photographer from behind the bar at the Grand Emporium.
John Bridgewater wearing a fedora, leather vest, and an animal print shirt, looks down at his hands as he sweats and plays a guitar at the Grand Emporium.
John Cephas, wearing a fedora, sings into a microphone as he plays an acoustic guitar during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
John Cutler of the band Parlay, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, head wrapped in a bandana, watches his hand on the neck of an electric bass that he is playing.
John Cutler of the band, Parlay, wearing a bandana around his head, looks at the fingers of his left hand on the neck of a bass as he plays at the Grand Emporium.
