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.
Henry Townsend, wearing a bowler hat, suit and striped shoes, sits and looks down at a keyboard he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Marquise Knox stands on stage behind...
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.
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...
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.
Iron Jaw Oakley, wearing a fedora and an open shirt, holds a cigarette between his lips and a harmonica in his right hand beside a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
J.J. Johnson, wearing a bowler hat and a diamond "J" necklace, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
James Fraher, wearing a ball cap and holding a camera to his face, is not visible behind the camera during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jassion Taylor looks intently at a drum set he sits behind during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
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.
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 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.
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.
John Richardson picks up his left foot and shakes the guitar neck he's playing during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
John Wilson, wearing an "all star DAD" ball cap and overalls, sings into a microphone he holds in his right hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues 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.
