Betty Crow Collection

Bram Wijnand performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. He is sitting at a piano on stage while looking down.

Bram Wijnand singing while playing piano at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down at the keyboard. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick...

Bram Wijnand singing while playing piano at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down at the keyboard. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick...

Bram Wijnands at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Wijnands is playing a keyboard. Other people are sitting in front of the stage. Various pictures and trinkets are...

Bram Wijnands with an unidentified musician at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Wijnands is playing a keyboard and the other man is playing a trombone. Various pictures...

Bram Wijnands speaking with an unidentified person in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Wijnands is wearing a black vest. Other people are sitting and...

Brian Harmon and Greg Meise performing at a Halloween event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Harmon is playing electric guitar and looking forward while smiling. Meise is...

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 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...

Carol Comer and Vince Bilardo performing at an unidentified venue. Comer is playing piano while closing her eyes. Bilardo is playing drums in back. They are on a stage in front of a gold curtain.

Carol Comer and Vince Bilardo performing at an unidentified venue. Comer is playing piano while closing her eyes. Bilardo is playing drums in back. They are on a stage in front of a gold curtain.

Carol Comer performing at the Plaza III at 4749 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. Comer is playing piano while closing her eyes and singing. She is sitting at a black piano. Unidentified men in...

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...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a fiddle near a microphone on stage. Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jay McCann are...

Count Basie standing at 12th Street and Vine in Kansas City, Missouri. He is standing in front of street signs and is smiling while holding a microphone.

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...

Dave Brubeck on stage at a performance. He is standing in front of a piano and holding a microphone on a stand. Brubeck is wearing a light colored shirt.

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side while singing into a microphone in her hand. Amaro is playing a keyboard and smiling at Ray. They are in a room...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. Amaro is playing a keyboard in the back. Rick Hendricks is playing guitar on the...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a cigarette in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard with a microphone on top. Two...

Diane "Mama" Ray, Big John Amaro, and an unidentified man performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a microphone in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard in back...

Dorothy Donegan and Al "Delightful De" Bartee signing autographs at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Donegan is wearing a Chanel hat. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest...

Dorothy Donegan and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is standing next to Donegan, looking forward and smiling.

Dorothy Donegan signing an autograph for an unidentified woman at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart and Al "Delightful De" Bartee are standing nearby. Donegan is wearing a...