Billy Lee Lewis of the Tommy Castro Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, opens his mouth wide when he looks to his left and plays a drum set.
Bird Fleming, from the left, wearing traditional African clothing, smiles as he plays a Djembe drum with a ksink attached at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual...
Bobby Adams, wearing a ball cap, looks at the photographer as he twirls a drumstick above the drum set he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Bryan Winkert looks toward the cymbal in front of his right shoulder as he plays a drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Chip Ritter, with Long John Hunter Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins at the ceiling as he lifts the right drumstick high by his head while he sits at the drum set...
Cindy Egger of the Twang Dang Poodles lifts her chin and grins as she plays the drums in front of a brick wall at the Grand Saloon.
Daniel Montero of the Evan Deace Band, wearing a headset microphone, hangs his mouth open with his tongue hanging out as he plays the drums at the Grand Emporium.
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...
Dwight Jenkins, part of the Sonny Kenner Band, wears an flat cap, plays a drum set, and sings into a microphone on his left at the Mill Creek Brewery.
Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz including Oliver Todd sitting at the piano on the far left of the photograph, then Ben Kynard blowing into a saxophone seated in front of the piano, then Henry Hoard looking...
Elija Frazer looks directly at the photographer as he plays a drum set wearing a tuxedo and smoking a pipe during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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...
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...
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...
Jürgen Welge, wearing a tuxedo, is photographed making a face while playing at the Hurricane. There is a sequin curtain behind him.
Groups Levee Town and Simplexity (Jeff Jones; GoGo Ray; Dave Wilkerson; Wes Blackman; Blaze; George Robinson; Tyson Leslie; Mark Gilmore) sit outside on steps and smile at the photographer.
Matt Ronan pleasantly looks out over the drum set he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
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.
Phil Callier, wearing a fedora and suit vest, lifts his chin and laughs as he plays a drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Scamps on stage at Crown Center ready to play, a large decorative snowflake behind them: Lucky Wesley playing the upright bass; Henry Hoard sitting and holding an alto saxophone; Rusty Tucker seated...
Scott McCuiston, of the band, Hadacol, looks down and to his right at a cymbal he is playing in a drum set at the Grand Emporium during the CD release party.
Blues and jazz musicians Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Richard Townsend, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, and Linda Shell gather together at noon on the steps of the...
Steve Mugalian, a member of the band Rod Piazza & Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, intently looks to his left towards the photographer as he plays a drum set...
