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.
Carl Fusaro leans an upright bass against his left shoulder as he hugs the neck with both hands at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano smiling down to his left. Karrin Allyson share...
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...
Everette DeVan's left side as he smiles down at his hands on the keys of a piano at the Board of Directors Inauguration at Mutual Musicians Foundation building. Carl Fusaro's left side is also visible...
Everette DeVan playing the piano and an unidentified bassists playing at the Board of Directors Inauguration, Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Gerald Spaits, eyes closed, slightly leans into a upright bass as his left hand suppresses the strings above his right hand plucking the strings at the American Heartland Theater.
James Albright bowing an upright bass, lips tightly pressed, eyes toward the floor in front of the bass, wearing an argyle sweater as he performs at Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Jay McShann is standing between the piano bench and the piano, smiling and taking a bow outdoors at the Kansas City Spirit Festival. Gerald Spaits, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Will Matthews stand to Jay's...
King Alex, seated and wearing a pinstriped, double-breasted suit, gives a closed lip smile as he plays bass at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Lucky Wesley's grinning face looking directly at the photographer and his left hand holding the neck of a bass at the Beaumont Club.
Milt Abel looks intensely down to his right as he plucks an upright bass with his right hand and suppresses the strings on the neck with his left hand in a North Kansas City Park. A microphone is...
Myra Taylor sits and performs with a bass player and an unidentified couple behind her at Knuckleheads Lounge on the occasion of her 89th birthday.
Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair as Tim Whitmer sits behind her, Kim Park stands behind Tim Whitmer with his hands on Tim's shoulders, Carl Bender stands behind Kim Park and James Albright, James...
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...
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...
Pearl Thuston Brown plays the piano wearing a fur hat with Tyrone Clark playing bass behind her. An unidentified man sits behind them at the Mutual Musicians Foundation building for the Jay McShann...
Scamps on stage at Crown Center ready to play, a large decorative snowflake behind them: Lucky Wesley playing the upright bass; Henry Hoard sitting and holding an alto saxophone; Rusty Tucker seated...
The Scamps on stage at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Fest in 2004. Lucky Wesley is standing on the right side of a stage, smiling, wearing a French cap, and holding a plaque that reads, "Kansas...
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...
Tyrone Clark stands with his right side facing the photographer as he plucks the upright bass at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday party.
