Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a Kufi cap, speaks into a microphone attached to a podium during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Ahmad Alaadeen, only head to hands visible, blows into a soprano saxophone at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine for the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday party.
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.
Arthur Jackson, wearing a tuxedo and a beret, closes his eyes as he blows into a tenor saxophone at the Speed Huggins Benefit in the Grand Emporium.
Baby Lee, from the left, sings into a microphone she holds with her right hand and points with her left hand at Divas Night Out at the Grand Emporium.
Ben Kynard's face with his eyes closed, cheeks bulged out, as he blows into a saxophone mouthpiece at Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Bettye Jo Miller, wearing an animal print dress, laughs and claps her hands from behind a microphone at the piano at the Phoenix.
Blaze, makes fists, purses her lips and dances during the KC Blues and Jazz After Fest Jam at the Grand Emporium.
Bobby Watson, wearing a fedora and suspenders, closes his eyes as he plays an alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Bobby Watson, looking directly at the photographer, blows into a microphoned alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Bobby Watson, facing to the right of the photographer, blows into a saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes in the Grand Emporium.
Bobby Watson, wearing an earring, blows into an alto saxophone in front of a microphone at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine for the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday party.
Brenda Walker, wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a zebra print coat, blows into a flute very close to a microphone at the Grand Emporium.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the photographer as he plays a fiddle into a microphone from 710 Talk Radio at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine. A telephone is in the foreground.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands, smiles, and pulls the bow across the strings of his fiddle during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a checked suit, looks down as he plays a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the strings as he pulls a bow across an amplified fiddle at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He is wearing a fedora with a feather hat band, a tie with a fiddle...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays the fiddle at Club Mardi Gras for his 92nd Birthday. He's wearing a striped suit and looks down at the bow crossing the strings.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams is smiling as he speaks into a microphone while standing in front of a drawing of himself playing the fiddle that. The drawing was given to him as a gift for his 93rd...
Cotton Candy, wearing a dramatic hat and looking directly at the photographer, sings into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Cotton Candy Washington sings into a microphone she is holding while she performs at the Grand Emporium.
Cotton Candy Washington slants her eyes to the right with a smile on her face as she hold an unlit cigarette with long, long finger nails, long long earrings, and wearing a very fashionable hat at the...
Elija Frazer looks directly at the photographer as he plays a drum set wearing a tuxedo and smoking a pipe during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Everett Freeman, Jr. sitting sideways to the piano and smiling at the photographer with his left elbow resting on the keyboard at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.
