Long John Hunter, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, grins to his left as he plays an electric guitar.
Lonnie Brooks of the band, Lonestar Shootout, wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy shirt, looks up as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lonnie Brooks, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up to his left with a sweet smile as he hold a guitar across his lap.
Lonnie McFadden blows into a trumpet he is holding with a handkerchief. His eyes are closed and he is facing to the left of the photographer. A crowd is visible seated behind Lonnie wearing a tuxedo...
Louisiana Red, seated and wearing sunglasses, plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lucky Wesley's grinning face looking directly at the photographer and his left hand holding the neck of a bass at the Beaumont Club.
Luqman Hamza, back to the photographer, sits at a Yamaha piano and looks over his right shoulder to sing into the microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Luqman Hamza plays the piano, sitting sideways to the photographer's right at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.
Marcus Wright of the BWB Band, wearing a ball cap, smiles at the photographer as he plays guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Marilyn Maye bends to speak with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden, the McFadden Brothers, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. Ronnie and Lonnie are looking up at Marilyn as they sit at a table behind...
Mem Shannon, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, forms his mouth into an "O" and opens his eyes wide as he looks down at an electric guitar he is playing.
Michael Charles (role uncertain) from his right at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Michael Hill, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and his mouth tight as he plays and electric guitar.
Michael Hill looking very serious, and wearing a vest with chili peppers on it, plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Millage Gilbert, wearing a Fedora, a double-breasted suit, and sunglasses, plays the guitar as he stands behind a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Millage Gilbert, wearing a fedora, looks down at a guitar as he plays at the Grand Emporium. A microphone is visible in the top of the photograph.
Milt Abel looks intensely down to his right as he plucks an upright bass with his right hand and suppresses the strings on the neck with his left hand in a North Kansas City Park. A microphone is...
Mojo Buford, wearing a baseball cap, closes his eyes and blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in his hands, as he stands to the right of Rico McFarland who plays guitar and smiles to his left...
Mojo Buford, from the left, wearing a leather fedora, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in his hands on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. His guitar...
Myra Taylor wearing a fur lined cap and eyeglasses hanging from a necklace around her neck smiles with her hand around the shoulder of a seated Lionel Hampton. Lionel's mouth is open and he's looking...
Oliver Todd outlines his face with the back of his hands as he rests his elbows on a table at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Oliver Todd rests the left side of his face on his folded hands at a table at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
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...
Otis Clay with the Platinum Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in front of a wall of photographs and smile at the photographer.
Otis Clay, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone.
