Betty Crow Collection

Tommy Ruskin and Milt Abel playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ruskin is looking down while playing drums. Abel is sitting on a stool while playing bass. Various...

Tommy Ruskin and Milt Abel playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ruskin is looking down while playing drums. Abel is sitting on a stool while playing bass. Other...

Two photos on the wall of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The top photo is of Paul Gray and Dizzy Gillespie outside Paul Gray's Jazz Place in Lawrence, Kansas. Gray is...

Two unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The man on the left is looking down while playing electric bass. The man on the right is playing...

Two unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The man in front is playing guitar and the man in back is playing electric bass. Both are reading music off a...

Tyrone Clark performing on the Missouri River Queen Jazz Cruise. He is playing bass while standing near a drum set. He is looking down at music on a stand. A passenger is sitting in front, looking...

An unidentified group of musicians at a rehearsal at an unidentified venue. Dean Stringer is sitting on the far left holding a saxophone while looking down at music on a stand. Other musicians are...

Unidentified jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The musicians are playing drums and bass. A man identified as Gary Gardner is holding a...

Unidentified jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The musicians are playing drums, bass, and singing. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging...

Unidentified jazz musicians performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. The musicians are playing piano, bass, drums, congas, and saxophone. They are on a stage in front of the Liberty Memorial...

Unidentified jazz musicians playing at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The men are playing guitar, electric bass, and piano. All three are looking at music while...

An unidentified man speaking into a microphone at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Another man is playing bass behind him. They are on a stage in front of a wall covered with display...

An unidentified man speaking into a microphone at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Another man is playing bass behind him. They are on a stage in front of a wall covered with display...

An unidentified musician playing bass at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The musician is looking down and sitting on a stool while playing in a room with barren white walls.

Unidentified musicians performing at an unidentified venue. The man in front is playing drums while looking up and to the left. The man in back is playing bass while looking at music on a stand. They...

Unidentified musicians performing at an unidentified venue. The woman in front is playing electric guitar while looking at music on a wire stand. The man in back is playing bass while looking at music...

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Six men are playing piano, bass, trombone, saxophone, and drums. They are on a stage in front of dark curtains.

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Six men are playing electric guitar, saxophone, piano, vibraphone, electric bass, and drums. They are on a small stage in front...

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Four men are playing saxophone, piano, bass, and drums. They are on a small stage in front of a large painting.

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Five men are playing electric guitar, piano, saxophone, bass, and drums. They are on a small stage in front of a large painting.

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Five men are playing electric guitar, piano, saxophone, bass, and drums. They are on a small stage in front of a large painting.

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. A woman is singing with four men playing piano, bass, flute, and drums. They are on a small stage in front of a large painting.

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. A woman is singing with four men playing piano, bass, saxophone, and drums. They are on a small stage in front of a large...

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Two men are playing bass and drums with a woman stepping away from a piano. The men are wearing black suits and the woman is...

Unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. A man is standing on the left holding a trombone next to another man speaking into a microphone. Another man is in back holding...