Bob Bowman, wearing a suit and tie, studies the fingers of his left hand as they suppress the strings of a bass he is playing during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A microphone stand is...
Bram Wijnands, wearing a tux, sits at a keyboard with a microphone at his face with a sequin curtain behind him at the Hurricane:
Bryan Redmond with a furrowed brow blows into a soprano saxophone as a band member of Grand Marquee at the Grand Emporium. He faces to the left of the photographer.
Carl Fusaro plays an upright bass with a serious look on his face during the Living Blues weekend at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He wears a music-themed tie.
Carl Fusaro leans an upright bass against his left shoulder as he hugs the neck with both hands at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Danny Embrey turns his head to his left and smiles as he plays the guitar strapped around his neck at Crown Center. Photograph is from the waist up. He wears a printed, button-up shirt.
Dave Stephens with a microphone near his mouth, is looking up to the left at his hand with finger spread. There is a cane topper visible in the forefront of a rabbit head sculpted out of metal. There...
David Basse sings into a microphone wearing a fedora. His right hand rests on the microphone as his left hand clutches the microphone stand during the Kansas City Seven 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...
Hal Melia closes his eyes, bends slightly forward, and blows into a tenor saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes in the Grand Emporium.
James Albright bowing an upright bass, lips tightly pressed, eyes toward the floor in front of the bass, wearing an argyle sweater as he performs at Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Jim Maier closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone during Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.
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.
John Wier looks at the center of a trumpet as he performs at the Grand Emporium.
Joyce Wood and an unidentified white male guitarist of the Dick Dangerous Band play their guitars at the Grand Emporium. Joyce is standing as she plays the guitar and sings into a microphone with her...
Jürgen Welge, wearing a tuxedo, is photographed making a face while playing at the Hurricane. There is a sequin curtain behind him.
Kent Means looks down as he plays the vibraphone at the Grand Emporium for Speedy Huggins Benefit.
Marvin Hart bends forward while wearing sunglasses as he plays the trombone into a microphone at the Hurricane. The photograph is shot at an angle.
Radio broadcaster, Mike Murphy, has his arms around Marilyn Maye and likely, Patty, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. The bar is visible behind them.
Neil Noland, a member of the KC Brass & Electric band, closes his eyes as he blows into a tenor saxophone at the Grand Emporium. The saxophone's bell is just below a microphone. Neil is wearing a...
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...
Pat Morrissey looks down as he holds a trumpet vertical to his chest with a handkerchief in his left hand, but the mouthpiece on his lips, as his right hand reaches for the bell of the trumpet at...
A neon "Open" sign in the window is above Pat Morrissey's head as he sits, wearing a turtleneck sweater, suspenders, and two-tone wingtip shoes, closing his eyes and blowing into a trumpet during the...
Pierre d'Entremont looks down as he blows into an amplified flute at the Grand Emporium.
Randy Malone closes his eyes as he blows into a saxophone at the Grand Emporium.
