Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee speaking with an unidentified man at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is reading from a book on the podium. Carol Comer is sitting in back on the...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Julie Turner, and an unidentified man standing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. All three are looking forward and smiling.

Audience sitting and standing in front of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Julie Turner is sitting on the left side of the front table. Everyone is looking...

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...

Carol Comer and Kevin Mahogany performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Both Comer and Mahogany are singing into microphone while looking at each other. They are on a stage in...

Carol Comer and Kevin Mahogany performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Both Comer and Mahogany are singing into microphone and are on a stage in front of a white wall with the...

Carol Comer speaking at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. She is standing at a podium and holding a microphone on a stand. She is holding a plaque in the other hand. Others are...

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 and Tom DeMasters performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is singing into a microphone in one hand. DeMasters is playing guitar and looking up at Ray. They are...

Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. She is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. Billie G. Moore, Jr. is dancing in front of her. With an unidentified woman. They are in a...

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...

Everette DeVan and an unidentified woman performing at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation. The woman is singing into a microphone in her hand. DeVan is playing piano in back. Orange...

Jackie Anderson and Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Jackie is holding a microphone up to Step Buddy who is playing trumpet. They are on a...

Jackie Anderson performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. She is looking forward while singing into a microphone in one hand. She is on a stage cluttered with other instruments.

Jackie Anderson performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. She is singing into a microphone in one hand while looking to the side. She is on a stage cluttered with other instruments...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jackie Anderson holding a microphone in one hand while looking to the side, Bernard "Step Buddy"...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright standing in front of a piano, an unidentified woman pointing, Duck...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Ricky Anderson playing bass, Mama Ray holding a microphone and looking up, and Ray...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Mama Ray singing into a microphone in a stand, and Ricky...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bill Caldwell playing saxophone, Diane "Mama" Ray singing into a microphone in both hands, and...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marc Caplan playing drums in the back, Diane "Mama" Ray holding up her arms while singing into...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bill Caldwell playing saxophone, Marc Caplan looking to the side while playing drums, Diane...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bill Caldwell playing saxophone, Diane "Mama" Ray looking up while singing into a microphone...