Betty Crow, Sonny Kenner, and Lionel Hampton at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Betty Crow is speaking to someone that is not visible to the right of the photograph. She stands behind Sonny Kenner who is bent slightly and smiling straight ahead. He is leaning over a seated Lionel...
Blue 88 at the Grand Emporium
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...
Blue 88 photo shoot
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...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora. Standing to Little Hatch's left is Millage...
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...
Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Marilyn Maye speaks with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden at Club 427
Marilyn Maye bends to speak with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden, the McFadden Brothers, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. Ronnie and Lonnie are looking up at Marilyn as they sit at a table behind...
Mary Faith and Mike at the Grand Emporium
Mary Faith and Mike smile at the photographer as they stand in front of the bar during the last days of the Grand Emporium.
Music fans congratulate Little Hatch on his 80th birthday
Little Hatch smiles as he sits on a folding chair behind an amplifier and in front of speakers at BB's Lawnside BBQ for Provine "Little" Hatch's 80th birthday celebration. Three unidentified smiling...
Myra Taylor performs at Knuckleheads
Myra Taylor sits and performs with a bass player and an unidentified couple behind her at Knuckleheads Lounge on the occasion of her 89th birthday.
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.