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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
Gerald Dunn stands facing right, looking down, and plays an alto saxophone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A guitarist is visible seated behind Gerald.
Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a microphone. Ben Kynard and an unidentified...
Henry Hoard sits at a table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation with a saxophone lying on the table. His right hand lies across the bell of the saxophone as his left hand rests on the table.
Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.
Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.
James Gilbert, in an open-collared shirt, rolls his lips and looks down to his left at the neck of the bass as he plucks the string with his right hand during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater...
Kenny Glover stands and looks down as he gets ready to blow into a saxophone as Tim Perryman stands and blows into a trombone as they play into their respective microphones during the Living Blues...
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.
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.
Linda Shell wears a tiara as she sings into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. She is facing to the photographer's right.
Lisa Henry licks her lips and looks up left as she holds the microphone in her left hand and touches thumb to ring finger on her right hand as she stands before the stage lights on stage at 2005...
