Henry Butler, wearing sunglasses, sits and plays a grand piano during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The stage lights are above his head. The audience is visible between the legs of the...
Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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.
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.
Ida McBeth looks coyly to her right as she sings into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Ida McBeth, wearing a bejeweled pillbox hat, throws her head back and laughs as she stands on stage and holds a certificate which states "Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas...
Illinois Jacquet, wearing a checked suit jacket, profile of his left side, holds a tenor saxophone and snaps his fingers during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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.
James Albright looks seriously at the neck of a bass guitar as he stands in front of a microphone wearing headphones at the Myra Taylor recording session at Airborne Audio Productions.
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...
Jay McShann, left side profile, wearing a ball cap as he sits at a baby grand piano playing for an audience visible behind him during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
The left side of Jay McShann smiling straight ahead as he sits at a piano wearing a ball cap. A large crowd is behind him smiling and clapping at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest. The...
Mutual Musicians Foundation Landmark Ceremony: Jay McShann sitting, smiling and playing the piano, facing left to the camera, a cane hanging over the keyboards and a microphone to Jay's right.
Jay McShann is laughing so hard his eyes are closed at Grand Emporium. He's wearing a suit and tie and his right suspender is visible under his suit jacket. The wall decorations are visible behind him...
Allen Monroe, facing to the right of the photographer, plays a white console piano with his left foot crossed over his right knee, wearing a Fair Isle sweater as Jay McShann looks on seated at a table...
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...
Amy, Jay McShann's granddaughter, plays the saxophone with another unidentified African American man at the Mutual Musicians Foundation during the Jay McShann Wake. An unidentified woman stands behind...
Jim Maier closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone during Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.
Joe Cartwright turns his head to his left to look at the photographer at Crown Center. The corner of the piano is visible in the foreground.
John Wier looks at the center of a trumpet as he performs at the Grand Emporium.
Joyce Wood and an unidentified white male guitarist of the Dick Dangerous Band play their guitars at the Grand Emporium. Joyce is standing as she plays the guitar and sings into a microphone with her...
Julie Major of the Twang Dang Poodles opens her mouth wide as she turns her head to her right to sing into a microphone and plays a tambourine at the Grand Saloon.
Jürgen Welge, wearing a tuxedo, is photographed making a face while playing at the Hurricane. There is a sequin curtain behind him.
