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 Townsend, face just visible above a piano, wears a ball cap and sings intensely into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Hubert Sumlin, wearing a fedora with a striped hatband and sunglasses, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar as he performs during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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.
Ike Turner grins as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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.
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.
Jimmie Vaughan holds his mouth wide open and his eyes closed as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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 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.
John Hammond, from his right side, is seated and craning his head upward to reach the microphone while he strums a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. He has a harmonica holder and...
John Mooney looks down over his left shoulder as he holds a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jonny Lang, wearing a Dashiki, scrunches his face with his mouth wide open as he plays the guitar at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The picture is rather blurry.
Joshua Nelson smiles as he holds a microphone in his right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Karrin Allyson sings into a microphone held with her left hand during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Keb Mo, wearing a fedora, scrunches his face as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Kermit Ruffins, wearing a fedora, from his right side, blows into a trumpet lifted high during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
King Clarentz, wearing a headband, Dashiki, knee-high laced boots with jeans tucked into the boots, smiles from his seat on stage as he plays an electric guitar during Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
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...
Lavay Smith, wearing a tropical sundress and a flower in her hair, smiles as she sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lawrence Wright stands behind a keyboard, looking straight at the photographer, and lays his left hand over his heart as he holds a plaque high with his right hand at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Lazy Lester's face is barely visible behind his hands which are clasping an amplified harmonica. His eyes are closed and he's wearing a straw fedora during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lee Oskar plays a harmonica into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
