Kenny Neal, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, overbites his lower lip and looks left as he plays an electric guitar.
Kermit Ruffins, wearing a fedora, from his right side, blows into a trumpet lifted high during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
King Alex wears a Hawaiian print shirt as he smiles and looks right at the photographer and holds the microphone to his mouth at the Grand Emporium.
King Alex, seated and wearing a pinstriped, double-breasted suit, gives a closed lip smile as he plays bass at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
King Alex, stands and sings on stage as he strums a bass while a band member plays a flying V guitar as they perform at the Grand Emporium during July Jam.
King Clarentz, wearing a headband, Dashiki, knee-high laced boots with jeans tucked into the boots, smiles from his seat on stage as he plays an electric guitar during Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
KoolAide wearing a cape, leather jacket, and sweater while playing the electric guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
KoolAide looks seriously down and to his right at the neck of the guitar, which has him facing the photographer, at the Grand Emporium.
Lance Ellis, of the Sane Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, blows into a tenor saxophone in front of a microphone.
Larry Garner, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Saloon during the Mardi Gras Club Crawl, wears a fedora, leather vest and leather pants, as he closes his eyes and plays an electric...
Larry Griffin and Arthur Williams, national acts to perform at the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, both wearing fedoras, sit side by side playing their instruments. Larry, playing an...
Lawrence Wright, wearing a tuxedo, smiles from behind a microphone at Blayney's.
Lawrence Wright, wearing a tuxedo, sings into a microphone as he plays a keyboard during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. He's facing to the photographer's right.
Lawrence Wright of the band The Outlets, smiles down at the photographer while wearing a suit with a musical staff tie, at the Grand Emporium during the Kansas City Blues Society May Jam.
Lawrence Wright stands behind a keyboard, looking straight at the photographer, and lays his left hand over his heart as he holds a plaque high with his right hand at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Lazy Lester's face is barely visible behind his hands which are clasping an amplified harmonica. His eyes are closed and he's wearing a straw fedora during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lester "Duck" Warner sit and plays a trumpet in a fedora hat in front of a drum set at Mississippi Graces in Kansas City, KS.
Lester "Duck" Warner, from the right, wearing a straw flat cap, blows into a valve trombone during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Lester "Duck" Warner, wearing a fedora and a bead necklace, blows into a trumpet at a microphone at the Grand Emporium. The photograph includes Lester from the chest up.
Lester "Wizard" King, wearing a suit jacket over a sweater that says, "Crossroads of the Blues," closes his eyes as he plays a flying-X guitar 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.
Lil' Ed of the band The Imperials, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a cheetah-skin print fez hat and vest, leans back and forms his mouth into an "O" as he stands and...
Lil' Ed, singing and playing the guitar, leads a conga line of the audience through the seated audience at the Grand Emporium.
Lionel Young, one of the national acts to perform at the KC Blues & Jazz Festival After Fest Jam, wears a straw hat as he looks to the right and plays an electric violin.
Lionel Young, wearing a straw cowboy hat, sunglasses, and beads in his hair, sings into a microphone and plucks a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
