Betty Crow Collection

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...

Joe Williams with unidentified musicians on the S.S. Norway Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is singing into a microphone in front of people playing piano, guitar, bass, and drums. They are on...

Joe Williams with unidentified musicians on the S.S. Norway Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Williams is singing into a microphone in front of people playing piano, guitar, bass, and drums. They are on...

Laverne Barker and Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Barker is holding an electric bass and looking to the side. Kenner is talking into a microphone held...

Laverne Barker and Sonny Kenner at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Barker is playing an electric bass while standing in front of a microphone. Kenner is standing on the...

Sonny Kenner and Laverne Barker performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Kenner is looking down and to the side. Barker is playing an electric bass.

Marsha Bland and Sonny Kenner at an event at Betty Crow's house. Bland is dancing on the patio, wearing a brown outfit. Kenner is playing electric guitar, wearing a red shirt. Furniture and flowers...

Monte Musa and Al Pearson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Musa is standing on the left playing guitar while holding it up. Pearson is looking up while playing...

A musician playing congas with a group of performers at night in front of a white gazebo. He is looking to the side while playing. Other musicians are playing drums, guitars, and marimbas.

Musicians at a rehearsal at an unidentified venue. Everyone is sitting in a circle playing trumpet, saxophone, trombone, electric bass, and guitar. Dean Stringer is standing and looking down at music...

Musicians at a rehearsal at an unidentified venue. Everyone is sitting in a circle playing trumpet, saxophone, trombone, electric bass, and guitar. Al Pearson is playing in the center of five trumpet...

Musicians at a rehearsal at an unidentified venue. A row of five trumpet players are looking at music on stands while playing. Al Pearson is sitting in the middle. John Booth is sitting second from...

Musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Two unidentified musicians are playing drums and electric guitar on a stage in front of a cityscape backdrop.

Musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three unidentified musicians are playing bass, drums, and saxophone. The saxophonist is playing into a microphone on a stand. They are on a...

Musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three unidentified musicians are playing bass, drums, and saxophone. The drummer is singing into a microphone held by the saxophonist. They...

Musicians performing on red instruments at night in front of a gazebo. They are playing drums, congas, marimbas, and guitars. Everyone is wearing white shirts.

Musicians performing on red instruments at night in front of a gazebo. They are playing drums, congas, marimbas, and guitars. Everyone is wearing white shirts.

Rick Hendricks and Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. Hendricks is looking down and smiling while playing guitar. Ray is bending down in the bottom right corner. They are in a room with white...

Rick Hendricks and Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. Hendricks is looking down while playing guitar. Ray is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. They are in a room with...

Rick Hendricks and Rusty Tucker performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hendricks is facing away from the camera and playing guitar in back. Tucker is holding a trumpet in one...

Rick Hendricks and Rusty Tucker performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hendricks is playing guitar in back. Tucker is holding a trumpet in one hand and singing into a microphone...

Rick Hendricks playing guitar at an event. Hendricks is looking to the side and sitting in front of a drum set. He is in a room with white walls and trellis decorations.

Rick Hendricks, Diane "Mama" Ray, and an unidentified musician performing at an event. Hendricks is playing guitar while looking down. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. The...

Rod Fleeman and Danny Embrey playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Fleeman is playing an acoustic guitar. Embrey is playing an electric guitar. Various pictures and...

Rod Fleeman performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is playing a guitar while standing against a white wall. An unidentified man is standing in back.