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...
Jason Willming, wearing a suit, tie, and flat cap, closes his eye as he plays an electric guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Jay McShann is laughing so hard his eyes are closed at Grand Emporium. He's wearing a suit and tie and his right suspender is visible under his suit jacket. The wall decorations are visible behind him...
Jeff Jones looks at the photographer as he plays the keytar at the Grand Emporium.
Jessie Mae Hemphill, wearing an elaborate cutwork jacket and a bejeweled cap, smiles over her left shoulder at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blue Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase...
Jim Maier closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone during Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
John Hammond, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into a harmonica on holder and plays an acoustic guitar.
John Hammond, from his right side, is seated and craning his head upward to reach the microphone while he strums a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. He has a harmonica holder and...
