AC Reed, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses and an Irish cap with stars punched into it, blows into a saxophone.
Ahmad Alaadeen, only head to hands visible, blows into a soprano saxophone at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine for the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday party.
Al Pearson, wearing an earring and blowing into a flugelhorn at the Jazz Carol Festival at the Community Christian Church.
Sam Myers, wearing a harmonica belt filled with harmonicas and clutching a harmonica he is blowing into, stands in the middle of the stage between Anson Funderburgh, playing a guitar to Sam's back...
Arthur Williams, one of the national acts to perform during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in both...
B.B. King, one of the national acts to perform at the Uptown Theater, wearing a sparkling tuxedo, looks at the photographer as he waves with his right hand way above his head.
Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them during...
Blue 88, a blues band including Mark Corbett and Sue Corbett, possibly bassist Ron Rummage and drummer Joe Weaver, stand on stage holding their instruments at the Grand Emporium during the Blues...
Sue Corbett kneels on the ground with her eyes closed and chin lifted. Mark Corbett, making crazy eyes, Rocky Britain, grinning, and a white man named Mark stand behind Sue in a semi-circle with their...
Bobby "Blue" Bland, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes, scrunches his face, and lifts his chin as he sings into a microphone held in this right hand.
Bobby Bland, Lee Oskar, and others perform as one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium. Bobby Bland looks to his left shoulder towards Lee Oskar as Lee looks down and plays an amplified...
Bobby Watson, with pony tail and holding an alto saxophone, smiles to his left at Claude" Fiddler" Williams who is playing the fiddle with his eyes closed at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine on the occasion...
Bobby Watson, looking directly at the photographer, blows into a microphoned alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Bobby Watson holds an alto saxophone and smiles to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams closing his eyes and playing the fiddle at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, for Fiddler's 93rd Birthday Party. The...
Bobby Watson, wearing an earring, blows into an alto saxophone in front of a microphone at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine for the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday party.
Carl Weathersby, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, playfully grimaces over his left shoulder as he plays an electric guitar.
Carl Weathersby stands in the middle of the audience playing his guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Carlton Armstrong, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, makes a mean face with a cigar in his mouth, as he plays an electric guitar.
Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles at the photographer wearing a cowboy hat and a guitar strap.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the strings as he pulls a bow across an amplified fiddle at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He is wearing a fedora with a feather hat band, a tie with a fiddle...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams is smiling as he speaks into a microphone while standing in front of a drawing of himself playing the fiddle that. The drawing was given to him as a gift for his 93rd...
An unidentified African American man smiles down to his left as he dances at the Grand Emporium. The crowd is visible behind him.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, sits and sings into a microphone as he holds a guitar under the elbow of his right arm. His left hand sits...
DC Bellamy, wearing a white fedora, stands on stage in front of a microphone and looks to his left at White Hat Mike and Otis Clay at the Grand Emporium. White Hat Mike is smiling at DC to his right...
