Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater
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...
Al Pearson 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.
Al Pearson performs for the Jazz Carol Fest
Al Pearson, wearing an earring and blowing into a flugelhorn at the Jazz Carol Festival at the Community Christian Church.
Dave Duffield at the Grand Emporium
From his right side, Dave Duffield looks over the bell of a trumpet he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
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...
George Robinson at the Levee
George Robinson, of the band Simplexity, wearing a ball cap with a "G" on it, closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet in front of a microphone at the Levee.
Group playing at 18th and Vine
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...
John Wier at the Grand Emporium
John Wier looks at the center of a trumpet as he performs at the Grand Emporium.
Kermit Ruffins at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Kermit Ruffins, wearing a fedora, from his right side, blows into a trumpet lifted high during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lester "Duck" Warner
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 performs at the Grand Emporium
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.
Lonnie McFadden performs at Crown Center
Lonnie McFadden blows into a trumpet he is holding with a handkerchief. His eyes are closed and he is facing to the left of the photographer. A crowd is visible seated behind Lonnie wearing a tuxedo...
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...
Mark Pender at the Grand Emporium
Mark Pender is leaning back and blowing into a trumpet held high at the Grand Emporium.
Oliver Todd at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Oliver Todd outlines his face with the back of his hands as he rests his elbows on a table at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Oliver Todd leans on his hands at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Oliver Todd rests the left side of his face on his folded hands at a table at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Oliver Todd, Ben Kynard, Carl Fusaro, Henry Hoard, Marcellus Lee and Elmer Price perform 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...
Pat Morrissey performing at Unity Temple on the Plaza
Pat Morrissey looks down as he holds a trumpet vertical to his chest with a handkerchief in his left hand, but the mouthpiece on his lips, as his right hand reaches for the bell of the trumpet at...
Pat Morrissey, Seth Lee and Charles Gatschet entertain during the Creature Crawl
A neon "Open" sign in the window is above Pat Morrissey's head as he sits, wearing a turtleneck sweater, suspenders, and two-tone wingtip shoes, closing his eyes and blowing into a trumpet during the...
Paul "The Bone Doctor" Scofield at the Grand Emporium
Paul "The Bone Doctor" Scofield, wearing a fedora, closes his eyes as he blows into a flugelhorn at the Grand Emporium.
Ramonda Doakes and Donald Byrd at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Ramonda Doakes, executive director of the Mutual Musicians Foundation, stands in front of a wood-paneled wall of photographs of musicians holding a plastic cup and smiling at the photographer in the...
Rusty Tucker at Unity Temple on the Plaza
Rusty Tucker closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet at Unity Temple on the Plaza. The photograph is from the elbows up.
Rusty Tucker performs at Unity on the Plaza
Rusty Tucker, his right side to the camera, blows into a muted trumpet with his cheeks bulged out and his eyes closed at the Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Scamps playing at Unity on the Plaza
Scamps at playing on a stage at Unity Temple on the Plaza: Art Jackson and Eddie Saunders, seated with their eyes closed playing their saxophones; Lucky Wesley looking to his right and smiling as he...
Shawn Cassidy at the Grand Emporium
Shawn Cassidy looks over the bell of a trumpet he is playing at the Grand Emporium.