Don Shipps has a playful smile as he looks to his right while he plays a guitar for the Kansas City Blues Society April Jam at the Grand Emporium.
Donald Kinsey, of the band The Kinsey Report, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, closes his eyes and leans his head back toward his left shoulder as he plays...
Doug Hemphill, wearing a zip-neck sweater, a large cross necklace and a sports jacket, stands looking out as he plays a "Flying V" guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Doug Hemphill smiles at the photographer as he holds the neck of a guitar 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...
Dr. John, one of the national acts to perform at the Kansas City Spirit Festival, wearing a fedora, sits at a piano fitted with a microphone and looks to his right to smile directly at the...
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...
Duke Robillard, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar.
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.
Eddie C. Campbell, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he is playing.
Eddie Saunders, holding his saxophone on his lap and Sonny Kenner playing a guitar, put their heads together and smile while performing at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Eddie Saunders, wearing a beret, blows into a saxophone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Eddie Saunders, wearing a beret, tilts his head to the left as he blows into a saxophone at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Eddie Shaw, wearing a straw fedora, closes his eyes as he stands behind a microphone and blows into a tenor saxophone that has a microphone pointed as its bell on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C...
Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater, one of the national acts that performed at the Grand Emporium, wearing a cow-print cowboy hat, hovers over the neck of a guitar he is playing.
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.
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...
Ernie Locke, of the band Parlay, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his right side, perspiring heavily, leans in and holds a microphone close to his lips with his right...
Ernie Locke of the band, Parlay, looks up to his right as he blows into an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.
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.
