James Cotton closes his eyes tight as he blows into an amplified harmonica at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
James Cotton, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a Blind Willie's baseball cap, looks very surprised as he looks over his left shoulder while holding a harmonica and...
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...
James Gilbert, wearing a plaid long-sleeved shirt, looks down at the neck of a bass as he plays at the Grand Emporium.
James Whitney looks to his right at the photographer with a gleam in his eyes as he sings into the microphone and plays a bass at Mill Creek Brewery. A picture of, likely, Duke Ellington is on the...
Jassion Taylor looks intently at a drum set he sits behind during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jay McShann, wearing a baseball cap, smiles to his left as Evie Quarles leans towards his left shoulder during the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. Evie's glass rest on the top of her head.
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.
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...
Jean Knight grins at the photographer as she holds a microphone at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS. An unidentified African American male electric bass...
Jeff Jones looks at the photographer as he plays the keytar at the Grand Emporium.
Jeff Lucas, wearing a flat cap backwards, looks down at a keyboard he is playing at Roadhouse Ruby's South.
Jerry Ricks, seated, looking forward, wearing a banded hat, holding his sunglasses forward in his left hand, resting a guitar on his right leg with his right arm over his guitar and right hand resting...
Jimmy D. Lane, wearing a cowboy hat, looks over his left shoulder as he tunes his guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmy D. Lane, wearing a cowboy hat and a guitar on the state of Mississippi necklace, seriously looks forward as he plays the guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jimmy Lee Robinson, wearing a cowboy hat and a bolo tie, looks down and sad behind a microphone as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmie Lee Robinson closes his eyes and purses his lips as he plays guitar at Club Paradox during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jody Williams closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar with "Jody" painted on the pick guard and also embroidered on his guitar strap at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue...
Joe Beard looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Joe Louis Walker, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, lifts his head and smiles as he plays an electric guitar.
John Bridgewater wearing a fedora, leather vest, and an animal print shirt, looks down at his hands as he sweats and plays a guitar at the Grand Emporium.
John Cephas, wearing a fedora, sings into a microphone as he plays an acoustic guitar during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
