Bernard Allison, wearing a cowboy hat with a wide hat band, smiles at the photographer as he plays an electric guitar on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. An unidentified white male...
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.
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...
The Brody Buster Band, a blues band, pose in front of a brick wall.
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, 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...
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...
A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano smiling down to his left. Karrin Allyson share...
Duck Warner looks serious wearing a cowboy hat, as he holds a trumpet on his leg while he sits on a bench outside. Hugh Ruddick is next to Duck on the bench but sitting on the arm of the bench with...
Four Fried Chickens and a Coke Band, a blues band, performing on a stage. The photograph is from above and to the left of the band.
Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Oliver Todd seated at and playing a white baby grand piano with his right side toward the photographer is looking intently at the wind players. Standing in front of the piano is an unidentified white...
Phil Callier and the Jhamm Band, with John Wier on trumpet, stand in front of a wall of graffiti at the Grand Emporium.
Pinetop Perkins, wearing a fedora with a flower in the hat band, looks seriously down at the keys he is playing. Bob Margolin wearing sunglasses also looks serious as he stands to Pinetop's left and...
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand side by side looking at the necks of the guitars they are playing. Smokin' Joe looks serious. Bnois...
Washboard Chaz Leary, Lionel Young, and Lee Oskar, are one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium After Festival Jam. Washboard Chaz is wearing a bowler hat and laughing to his left...
