Betty Crow Collection

Illinois Jacquet's big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of musicians wearing blue jackets are playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Jacquet is standing in front...

Illinois Jacquet's big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of musicians wearing blue jackets are playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Jacquet is standing in front...

Illinois Jacquet's big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of musicians wearing blue jackets are playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Jacquet is standing in front...

Illinois Jacquet's big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of musicians wearing yellow jackets are playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. An unidentified musician is...

Joe Williams and unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is standing second from left, holding a microphone. The other musicians are playing piano, saxophone...

Joe Williams and others speaking at a musician forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is sitting second from right. The man on the left is standing and the man second from left is...

Joe Williams and others speaking at a musician forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is sitting on the right. The man on the left is standing and the man second from left is speaking...

Joe Williams and others speaking at a musician forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is sitting second from right. The man on the left is talking into a microphone. Others are sitting...

Joe Williams and others speaking at a musician forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is sitting fourth from left. The man on the left is standing and talking into a microphone. Others...

Joe Williams performing with musicians on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is singing into a microphone in front of musicians playing piano, electric guitar, and bass. They are on a stage...

Kenny Davern, clarinet, Bob Wilber, soprano saxophone, and unidentified bassist playing during the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are on a wooden stage in front of light curtains.

Mary Ellen Farney and Betty Crow on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are standing on the deck of the ship overlooking the ocean. Crow is on the right, wearing sunglasses. Both are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are leaning against a railing on the deck of the ship. Farney is on the left, wearing a blue shirt. Hart is on the right...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart with other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the far right and Hart is second from left. All four are sitting on a couch and are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart with other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the far right and Hart is second from left. All four are sitting on a couch and are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart with another passenger on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the left and Hart is on the right. All three are sitting at a table and looking forward while...

Mary Ellen Farney and other passengers sitting at a table on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the right. They are sitting in an audience during a performance. They are smiling an...

Mary Ellen Farney and another passenger on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the right, looking up at the camera and smiling. They are on a dock by...

Mary Ellen Farney and other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is wearing a blue shirt with a logo for the Kansas City Jazz Festival. She and a woman on the left are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are sitting on the edge of a pool on the deck of the ship. Farney is sitting on the left. Everyone is looking at...

Musicians speaking at a forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Six men are sitting in chairs. The man second from left is talking into a microphone. Everyone is sitting in front of dark curtains.

Musicians speaking at a forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Six men are sitting in chairs. The men second and third from left are talking into a microphone. Everyone is sitting in front of...

Musicians speaking at a forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Four men are sitting in chairs. The man on the left is talking into a microphone. Everyone is sitting in front of dark curtains.

Musicians speaking at a forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Six men are sitting in chairs. The man second from left is talking into a microphone. Everyone is sitting in front of dark curtains.

Two musicians speaking at a forum on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. One man is standing and speaking into a microphone. The other is sitting in a cushioned chair.