Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Adam Page is visible behind...
Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a Kufi cap, speaks into a microphone attached to a podium during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Al Pearson, wearing a dark suit, closes his eyes and blows into a trumpet during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Curtains are visible in the background.
Arthur Jackson stands holding a cane to one side of an exhibit piece and Perry Reed stands and holds a cane and Dawayne Gilley stands on stage on the other side of the exhibit piece at the Living...
Bill Carter, wearing a straw hat, looks out as he plays a guitar at the Club Mardi Gras, 19th & Vine, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bill Carter, wearing a fedora and a light-colored tux with dark lapels and sides stripes, faces forward with his eyes shifted to the right, as he plays his guitar behind a microphone during the Living...
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...
Bob Bowman, wearing a suit and tie, studies the fingers of his left hand as they suppress the strings of a bass he is playing during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A microphone stand is...
Carl Fusaro plays an upright bass with a serious look on his face during the Living Blues weekend at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He wears a music-themed tie.
Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands, smiles, and pulls the bow across the strings of his fiddle during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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 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...
Cotton Candy Washington slants her eyes to the right with a smile on her face as she hold an unlit cigarette with long, long finger nails, long long earrings, and wearing a very fashionable hat at the...
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...
David Basse, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, sits at a drum set as he plays during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Dawayne Gilley, standing in a tuxedo, looks to his left at Ramonda Doakes who is looking up to her right and smiling at Dawayne on stage at the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Ramonda is...
Doug Hemphill, wearing a zip-neck sweater, a large cross necklace and a sports jacket, stands looking out as he plays a "Flying V" guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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 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.
Eugene Smiley stands and looks over his right shoulder as he plays the guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Everette DeVan looks down at a keyboard he plays during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Geneva Price folds her hands in her lap as she sits sideways on a chair during the Living Blues weekend at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. She's wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
