Kenny Glover, wearing an open double-breasted suit, looks straight at the photographer as he plays a tenor saxophone into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
King Alex, seated and wearing a pinstriped, double-breasted suit, gives a closed lip smile as he plays bass at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
KoolAide wearing a cape, leather jacket, and sweater while playing the electric guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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.
Lester "Duck" Warner, from the right, wearing a straw flat cap, blows into a valve trombone during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Provine "Little" Hatch, wearing a brocade tuxedo, blows into a harmonica attached to a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. He's looking to the photographer's right.
Luqman Hamza, back to the photographer, sits at a Yamaha piano and looks over his right shoulder to sing into the microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Millage Gilbert, wearing a Fedora, a double-breasted suit, and sunglasses, plays the guitar as he stands behind a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Oliver Todd rests the left side of his face on his folded hands at a table 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...
Richard Townsend, standing, wearing a double-breasted suit and holding a microphone near the right side of his head, looks down during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Roy Searcy, wearing a pinstripe suit and a fedora hat, grins at the photographer with a cake in front of him that has written in frosting, "God Bless You Roy - Kansas City Loves You Happy 81 Birthday"...
Roy Searcy leans on the piano with his hands crossed so that his face is visible between the keyboard and the lifted lid at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He wears a hat with a slim metal band.
Roy Searcy, right side to the camera, wearing a fedora and a pinstripe suit, is smiling to his right towards a microphone as he plays a piano during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Roy Searcy salutes with his right hand from the brim of his Fedora hat in a striped suit at the Living Blues Party in the Gem Theater at 18th & Vine. He is facing to the photographer's left.
Sonny Kenner, looks down at the neck of the guitar he's playing during the Living Blues Party Gem, Theater. The guitar is scratched and worn. Sonny wears a suit with an open-collar shirt.
Tyrone Cox, wearing a Mutual Musicians T-shirt, looks to his left as he plucks the guitar at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
