Betty Crow Collection

Bob Bowman playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down and plucking strings on the bass. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick...

Bob Bowman playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down and smiling while plucking strings on the bass. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging...

Bob Branstetter and Joe Cartwright performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is looking to the side while playing bass. Cartwright is playing a keyboard...

Bob Branstetter and Lisa Henry performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is playing a bass while looking at Henry. Henry is holding a microphone and...

Bob Branstetter and Wayne Ruppenthal performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is playing bass while looking forward. Ruppenthal is playing trumpet. They are on a...

Bobby Watson performing at an unidentified venue. He is playing saxophone on stage in front of an unidentified bass player. Watson is wearing a checkered shirt.

Bryan Hicks and Brian Morahan at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Morahan is playing drums. Hicks is singing into a microphone while playing bass. Various pictures and...

Bryan Hicks and Mike Ning at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is looking down while playing bass. Ning is looking at the camera while playing piano. Various...

Bryan Hicks and Rich Hill at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is playing the bass while looking down. Hill is playing a keyboard while singing and closing his eyes...

Bryan Hicks and Richard Ross performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is looking down while playing bass. Ross is holding a microphone while singing. Various...

Bryan Hicks and Russ Long at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is playing bass and looking backwards. Long is singing into a microphone while playing a keyboard...

Bryan Hicks at the Levee Bar & Grill in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is singing into a microphone while playing bass. An unidentified drummer is on the left. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging...

Bryan Hicks at the Levee Bar & Grill in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is singing into a microphone while playing bass. An unidentified drummer is on the left. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging...

Bryan Hicks at the Levee Bar & Grill in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is singing into a microphone while playing bass. An unidentified drummer is on the left. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging...

Carmell Jones performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet while facing left and closing his eyes. An unidentified man is playing bass in back. They are on a...

Carmell Jones soloing on trumpet at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other musicians on stage from left to right: Arch Martin (partially off camera) holding a trombone...

Chauncey Downs Orchestra performing at Fairyland Park on Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The musicians are on stage in a band shell with a cloth background. The musicians are wearing black...

Chloe Abel sitting in the shoulders of Milt Abel during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City. Two unidentified men are leaning against the back wall. Milt Abel is wearing a tan...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Bryan Hicks sitting left to right at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. All three are smiling and looking forward. Claude...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is standing on the left, wearing a blue suit. David is...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is sitting in a chair facing away from the camera while...

Claude Williams performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing his eyes while playing the fiddle. George Spaits is playing bass partially off camera on the left. They...

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

Count Basie Orchestra performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right Count Basie playing piano, Rodney Richardson playing bass, Jimmy Rushing singing into a microphone on a stand, Shadow...