Irma Thomas, wearing a sundress, smiles up and to her left as she holds a microphone in her right hand and lifts her left elbow even with her shoulder during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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...
Jessie Mae Hemphill, wearing an elaborate cutwork jacket and a bejeweled cap, smiles over her left shoulder at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blue Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase...
Katie Jackson grins as she sings into a microphone, left hand lifted chest high, at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Spoon Wilson and D.C. Bellamy, standing wearing beefeater costumes, and an unidentified African American woman, have crowned Little Hatch the king during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival...
KoKo Taylor and Debbie Davies, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, share a microphone as they sing together.
Koko Taylor, from her right side, scrunches her face as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Koko Taylor, neck and chest wet with perspiration, closes her eyes and lifts her head to her right, as she smiles and sings into a microphone she is holding in her right hand during the Kansas City...
KoKo Taylor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes and sings, wide-mouthed, into a microphone held in her right hand.
Groups Levee Town and Simplexity (Jeff Jones; GoGo Ray; Dave Wilkerson; Wes Blackman; Blaze; George Robinson; Tyson Leslie; Mark Gilmore) sit outside on steps and smile at the photographer.
Marvine McKeithen speaks into a microphone with a band behind her at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The crowd is seated at the bar or at tables in the foreground.
Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley stand on the street for a photograph during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Midget Hulett, wearing a cowboy hat and oxford shoes, dances with Spoon Wilson, wearing a bowler hat, at the Grand Emporium.
Midget Hulett dances in an animal print dress at the Grand Emporium. The crowd is visible seated behind her.
Mike Kovacs, Marvine McKeithen, Lou Dare, Tom Baker, Otis Clay, DC Bellamy, Groovy Grant, and Aaron Hodge stand on the street laughing and looking at the photographer during the Kansas City, Kansas...
Joni Mayberry smiles at the photographer as she sits on Millage Gilbert's lap while he signs event posters. Marvine McKeithen sits behind Joni with the event tents and crowd behind her during Kansas...
Myra Taylor in a publicity photograph. She's wearing a beanie cap, smiling up to her left, and holding her hands up and open by her face. Below the photo are the words, "Jump, Blues, Jazz, and Swing...
Harry Hypolite leans forward grinning over a seated Myra Taylor at the Blue Room in front of the bar, 18th & Vine.
Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Peggy Scott Adams, wearing an Asian inspired blouse, stands facing the photographer, mouth wide open, with the microphone held low by her right side during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A...
Phillip Walker, one of the national acts to perform at Knuckleheads Saloon, wearing a flat cap, hugs his electric guitar on his lap and leans toward Myra Taylor who is also seated and is singing into...
Raindogs & Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in a group grinning at the photographer are Jim Herbert, Gaye Adegbalola, Phil Smith, Mike Roark...
Ray Charles, an overcoat draped over his shoulders, looks at the floor to his right as he shakes the hand of a seated Myra Taylor who is wearing a sparkling fez-type cap. They were one of the national...
Robert Lockwood Jr., wearing a fedora, listens intently to an unidentified African American woman across the table from him. An unidentified African American man is to Robert's right, facing right, on...
