Iron Jaw Oakley, wearing a fedora and an open shirt, holds a cigarette between his lips and a harmonica in his right hand beside a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
J.J. Johnson, wearing a bowler hat and a diamond "J" necklace, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jaisson Taylor, wearing a dragon-print shirt, smiles at the photographer as he plays a drum set at the Grand Emporium.
James Albright looks seriously at the neck of a bass guitar as he stands in front of a microphone wearing headphones at the Myra Taylor recording session at Airborne Audio Productions.
James Cotton closes his eyes tight as he blows into an amplified harmonica at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
James Fraher, wearing a ball cap and holding a camera to his face, is not visible behind the camera during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
James Solberg from below, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a tiger-print hat, leopard print ascot, and sunglasses, opens his mouth wide as he plays an electric guitar...
James Wheeler, wearing a cowboy hat and leather vest, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he plays during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Janiva Magness, one of the national acts to perform at Knuckleheads Saloon, laughs and turns to her right as she holds Connie Humiston's hand. Connie is holding Janiva's hand as she laughs and speaks...
Janiva Magness, one of the national acts to perform at the Gladstone Blues Festival, sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand as she hold out her right hand, palm down, all fingers splayed...
Janiva Magness, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, laughs as she sings into a microphone she is holding in her left hand.
Jassion Taylor looks intently at a drum set he sits behind during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jay McShann, wearing a baseball cap, smiles to his left as Evie Quarles leans towards his left shoulder during the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. Evie's glass rest on the top of her head.
Jay McShann, left side profile, wearing a ball cap as he sits at a baby grand piano playing for an audience visible behind him during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
The left side of Jay McShann smiling straight ahead as he sits at a piano wearing a ball cap. A large crowd is behind him smiling and clapping at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest. The...
Mutual Musicians Foundation Landmark Ceremony: Jay McShann sitting, smiling and playing the piano, facing left to the camera, a cane hanging over the keyboards and a microphone to Jay's right.
Allen Monroe, facing to the right of the photographer, plays a white console piano with his left foot crossed over his right knee, wearing a Fair Isle sweater as Jay McShann looks on seated at a table...
Jay McShann is standing between the piano bench and the piano, smiling and taking a bow outdoors at the Kansas City Spirit Festival. Gerald Spaits, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Will Matthews stand to Jay's...
Amy, Jay McShann's granddaughter, plays the saxophone with another unidentified African American man at the Mutual Musicians Foundation during the Jay McShann Wake. An unidentified woman stands behind...
Jean Knight grins at the photographer as she holds a microphone at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS. An unidentified African American male electric bass...
Jerry Portnoy, part of the Muddy Waters Tribute Band, looks down intensely as he plays an amplified harmonica at the Carlsen Center in Johnson County Community College.
Jim O'Neal, in front of shelves of books at KC Public Downtown Library, smiles toward the photographers.
Jim O'Neal, James Fraher, and Dawayne Gilley hold The Big Picture which is a photograph from September 18, 1999, of the Kansas City Jazz and Blues people in front of the Mutual Musician Foundation...
Music authors Jim O'Neal and Dawayne Gilley stand on either side of photographer, James Fraher, at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. All three are holding a framed, poster-sized...
Jim Bott, of the band the Fabulous Thunderbirds, one of the national acts to perform at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, wearing a sun hat and Mardi Gras beads, lifts his chin and smiles as he...
