Eric Bibb stands as he sings into a microphone and plays an acoustic guitar next to Dave Bronze, who is seated and looking down while he plays an electric bass. They are a national act that performed...
Eugene Smiley stands and looks over his right shoulder as he plays the guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Eugene Smiley, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, looks at the photographer and smiles as he plays an electric guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Eugene Smiley smiles directly at the photographer, wearing a batik print shirt, as he plays a guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Eugene Smiley looks mischievously at the photographer as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Eugene Smiley, Jr. looks down to his left at the photographer as he plays a guitar at the Kansas City Blues Society 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Grand Emporium.
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.
Everette DeVan, wearing a Nehru collar shirt, looks out past the microphone and the keyboard he is playing (while playing with Bo Diddley, not in photo) at Roadhouse Ruby's South.
Everette DeVan looks down at a keyboard he plays during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
David "Fathead" Newman stands and blows into a tenor saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Felton Crews, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium After Fest Jam, looks down at the neck of the electric guitar he is playing.
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.
Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley are smiling at the photographer from their seats during the Kansas City Blues Society's 20th Anniversary at the Grand Emporium. The crowd is...
Frank Ace, wearing sunglasses, a sparkling jacket, and a cap with a spade on it, looks serious as he plays a guitar at the Grand Emporium.
George Robinson, of the band Simplexity, wearing a ball cap with a "G" on it, closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet in front of a microphone at the Levee.
Gerald Dunn stands facing right, looking down, and plays an alto saxophone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A guitarist is visible seated behind Gerald.
Gerald Dunn closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.
Gerald Dunn is blowing into an alto saxophone as he looks at Geneva Price. Luqman Hamza is playing a piano behind Geneva and turning his head to the right to look at the photographer. Geneva is...
Glen Therman, wearing a perspiration soaked shirt and a flat cap, looks intensely to his left as he plays a bass during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a microphone. Ben Kynard and an unidentified...
Harold Brown, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, happily opens his mouth wide and looks out over a drum set he is playing while he plays a shaker in this...
Henry Butler, wearing sunglasses, sits and plays a grand piano during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The stage lights are above his head. The audience is visible between the legs of the...
Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Henry Hoard sits at a table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation with a saxophone lying on the table. His right hand lies across the bell of the saxophone as his left hand rests on the table.
Henry Hoard sits at a table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation with a saxophone lying on the table. His right hand lies across the bell of the saxophone as his left hand rests on the table.
