Bird Fleming at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase
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 at the Grand Emporium
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.
DownBeat Magazine shoot at Mutual Musicians Foundation
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...
Dwight Jenkins at Mill Creek Brewery
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 at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
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 at the Gem Theater
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 at the Grand Emporium
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 at the Grand Emporium
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...
Jaisson Taylor at the Grand Emporium
Jaisson Taylor, wearing a dragon-print shirt, smiles at the photographer as he plays a drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Lil Brother at the Grand Emporium
Lil Brother's face with a pipe in his mouth and wearing a jacket is seated at the drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Oliver Todd, Ben Kynard, Carl Fusaro, Henry Hoard, Marcellus Lee and Elmer Price perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
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...
Performing at Jay McShann's Jam
Pearl Thuston Brown sits in the audience wearing a fur hat and clapping her hands at the Mutual Musicians Foundation building listening to Toni Oliver sing as a band back her up at the Jay McShann...
Phil Callier and the Jhamm Band with John Wier on trumpet at the Grand Emporium
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 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.
Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon at the Grand Emporium
Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon stand side by side with their arms around each other smiling at the photographer in front of the stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, MO.
Sherman Holmes, Iris DeMent, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon at the Grand Emporium.
Sherman Holmes, Iris DeMent, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand arm in arm, side by side, in front of the bar and smile at the photographer.
Wallace Jones performs at Unity Temple on the Plaza
Wallace Jones' left side, eyes closed, as he plays the drums at Unity Temple on the Plaza.