David Basse sings into a microphone wearing a fedora. His right hand rests on the microphone as his left hand clutches the microphone stand during the Kansas City Seven at the Grand Emporium.
Diana Krall, wearing sunglasses, behind a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Diane "Mama" Ray, holding a lit cigarette in her right hand and a microphone in her left hand, closes her eyes and sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium during the Hope House Benefit.
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...
Eddie Saunders, wearing a beret, tilts his head to the left as he blows into a saxophone at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Eldar Djangirov, wearing a double-breasted suit, faces right toward the piano as he plays for the Jazz Carol Festival at the Community Christian Church.
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.
Everett Freeman, Jr. sitting sideways to the piano and smiling at the photographer with his left elbow resting on the keyboard at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.
Everette DeVan plays the piano as Eddie Saunders plays the saxophone at the Board of Directors Inauguration, Mutual Musicians Foundation. Both are seated with their back to a wood paneled wall. Both...
Everette DeVan, wearing a Nehru collar shirt, looks out past the microphone and the keyboard he is playing (while playing with Bo Diddley, not in photo) at Roadhouse Ruby's South.
Everette DeVan looks down at a keyboard he plays during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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.
Geneva Price sings into a microphone at Jardines. She's wearing a concha belt.
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.
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.
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.
Gerald Dunn closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.
Gerald Dunn is blowing into an alto saxophone as he looks at Geneva Price. Luqman Hamza is playing a piano behind Geneva and turning his head to the right to look at the photographer. Geneva is...
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.
Geri Allen's head is visible between the piano keyboard and the lifted piano lid as she looks down at the keys at the Blue Room.
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...
Hal Melia closes his eyes, bends slightly forward, and blows into a tenor saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes in the Grand Emporium.
Harry Ware, wearing a striped suit, smiles with his head turned to his right at the photographer as he plays a piano at American Heartland Theater.
