Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater
Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Adam Page is visible behind...
Amazing Grace and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium
Amazing Grace walks towards Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, with open arms during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the Kansas City juke joints called...
Ann Rabson, Andra Faye, and Gaye Adegbalola at the Grand Emporium
Ann Rabson, Andrea Faye, and Gaye Adegbalola, a national act to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand on stage, arm in arm, grinning at the unseen audience.
Anson Funderburgh and Lee McBee at the Grand Emporium
Anson Funderburgh and Lee McBee, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, perform together. Anson looks to his left towards Lee whose eyes are closed as he blows into an amplified...
Anson Funderburgh, Sam Myers, and Lee Oskar the Grand Emporium
Sam Myers, wearing a harmonica belt filled with harmonicas and clutching a harmonica he is blowing into, stands in the middle of the stage between Anson Funderburgh, playing a guitar to Sam's back...
Becky Wilson, Christopher Hearne, Jr., and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium
Becky Wilson and Christopher Hearne, Jr. present Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, a certificate during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the music venues...
Betty Crow, Sonny Kenner, and Lionel Hampton at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Betty Crow is speaking to someone that is not visible to the right of the photograph. She stands behind Sonny Kenner who is bent slightly and smiling straight ahead. He is leaning over a seated Lionel...
Bill Carter's Blues Revue at the Grand Emporium
Bill Carter's Blues Revue, a blues band, sit or stand in front of a wall of signatures and smile or look solemnly at the photographer at the Grand Emporium.
Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium
Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the photographer.
Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs
Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them during...
Blue 88 at the Grand Emporium
Blue 88, a blues band including Mark Corbett and Sue Corbett, possibly bassist Ron Rummage and drummer Joe Weaver, stand on stage holding their instruments at the Grand Emporium during the Blues...
Blue 88 photo shoot
Sue Corbett kneels on the ground with her eyes closed and chin lifted. Mark Corbett, making crazy eyes, Rocky Britain, grinning, and a white man named Mark stand behind Sue in a semi-circle with their...
Bob Margolin and Charlie Musselwhite at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Bob Margolin sits and sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, while he plays a microphoned slide dobro guitar. Charlie Musselwhite is seated to Bob's left playing the harmonica during the Kansas...
Bobby Bland and Lee Oskar at the Grand Emporium
Bobby Bland, Lee Oskar, and others perform as one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium. Bobby Bland looks to his left shoulder towards Lee Oskar as Lee looks down and plays an amplified...
Bobby Carson at the Grand Emporium
Bobby Carson on stage, speaks into a microphone looking left with a keyboard player, drummer, and guitarist behind him. A large crowd is in front of the stage at the Grand Emporium.
Bobby Watson and Claude "Fiddler Williams at Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday
Bobby Watson, with pony tail and holding an alto saxophone, smiles to his left at Claude" Fiddler" Williams who is playing the fiddle with his eyes closed at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine on the occasion...
Bobby Watson helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 93rd birthday
Bobby Watson holds an alto saxophone and smiles to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams closing his eyes and playing the fiddle at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, for Fiddler's 93rd Birthday Party. The...
Brody Buster and Rico McFarland at the Grand Emporium
Brody Buster and Rico McFarland, members of the James Cotton Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sit together as they perform. Brody, wearing a baseball cap backwards...
Bruce Iglauer, Tom Baker, Connie Humiston, and Brenda Haskins at the Grand Emporium
Recording executive Bruce Iglauer, with Tom Baker, Connie Humiston, and Brenda Haskins, smile at the photographer as they gather at the bar at the Grand Emporium during it's last days.
Carl Weathersby at the Grand Emporium
Carl Weathersby stands in the middle of the audience playing his guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Chris Duarte and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium
Chris Duarte, smiling as he holds an electric guitar, faces Little Hatch to his left while Little Hatch faces Chris and talks into the microphone at the Grand Emporium. The bass player is visible...
Chris Duarte, John Jordan, and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium
Chris Duarte, John Jordan, and Little Hatch, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand on stage in a triangle facing each other. Chris plays an electric guitar and lifts his...
Chuck Haddix signing his book for fans
Chuck Haddix seated at a table signing copies of his book at Unity on the Plaza, his left side to the camera, with an unidentified gentleman, standing with his hand over his mouth, beside Chuck behind...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador plaque at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Fest. Blanche...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora. Standing to Little Hatch's left is Millage...