Betty Crow Collection

David Basse and Ricky Anderson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone he is holding in one hand. Anderson is playing bass in the...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is holding a microphone and looking forward. Unidentified musicians are playing...

David Basse performing at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is holding a microphone and looking to the side. An unidentified man is playing bass behind...

David Daahoud Williams performing with musicians at a house party. Williams is playing bass with another man playing drums . They are in the corner of a room in front of a white wall.

David Daahoud Williams performing with musicians at a house party. Williams is playing bass with unidentified musicians playing trombone and drums. They are in the corner of a room near an entrance...

David Daahoud Williams playing bass at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a white sweater and looking forward while playing. The back wall...

Duke Samuels playing bass at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Samuels is wearing a gray jacket and looking down while he plays.

Eduardo Hurato singing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. He is holding a microphone and looking down while singing. An unidentified man is playing bass on the right. He is on a...

Elbert "Coots" Dye and Milt Abel performing at an unidentified event. Dye is sitting at a piano and smiling while playing. Abel is playing bass in back. Both are wearing tuxedos and are in a room with...

Elbert "Coots" Dye and Milt Abel performing at an unidentified event. Dye is sitting at a piano and smiling in front of a microphone. Abel is playing bass in back. Both are wearing tuxedos and are in...

Elsa Hart, Betty Crow, Milt Abel II, Milt Abel, and Chloe Abel sitting left to right during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking up and smiling. They...

Everett Freeman and Tyrone Clark performing on the Missouri River Queen Jazz Cruise. Freeman is playing a keyboard while looking down. Clark is playing bass while standing and looking forward. They...

The Female Orchestra Diva at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of women are playing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. One woman...

The Female Orchestra Diva at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of women are playing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. One woman...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...