Roma Firman furrows her brow as she sings into a microphone held in her right hand as she splays the fingers of her left hand toward the crowd during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
Ronnie McFadden stands blowing into the saxophone in a suit at Crown Center.
Roy Searcy leans on the piano with his hands crossed so that his face is visible between the keyboard and the lifted lid at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He wears a hat with a slim metal band.
Rusty Tucker closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet at Unity Temple on the Plaza. The photograph is from the elbows up.
Rusty Tucker, his right side to the camera, blows into a muted trumpet with his cheeks bulged out and his eyes closed at the Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Sandy Brown, from her right, plays a piano with her mouth to a microphone during the 2nd Annual Kansas City Blues Society Acoustic Showcase at B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ.
Sharon James, sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
Shawn Cassidy looks over the bell of a trumpet he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Sonny Kenner, looks down at the neck of the guitar he's playing during the Living Blues Party Gem, Theater. The guitar is scratched and worn. Sonny wears a suit with an open-collar shirt.
A photograph shot up towards Steve Patke playing the clarinet into a microphone at the Hurricane.
Tim Perryman, wearing a striped suit with wide lapels, blows into a trombone at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams; 93rd birthday party.
Tim Whitmer sitting at a baby grand piano with his hands on the keys and looking to his right with a smile at the photographer at the American Heartland Theater:
Tim Whitmer, from the left side, is sitting at the piano with headphones on during a recording session at Airborne Audio Productions wearing sandals, shorts, and a Hawaiian print shirt.
Tyrone Clark stands with his right side facing the photographer as he plucks the upright bass at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday party.
Tyrone Cox, wearing a Mutual Musicians T-shirt, looks to his left as he plucks the guitar at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Wallace Jones' left side, eyes closed, as he plays the drums at Unity Temple on the Plaza.
