Betty Crow Collection

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Jay McShann is at the piano on the...

Ben Kynard and Marcellus Lee at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing in the center, wearing a blue suit and laughing. Lee is standing on the right...

Ben Kynard and Oliver Todd at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing and looking to the right. He is wearing a blue suit and smiling. Todd is standing...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. The rhythm section...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. The rhythm section...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are playing trumpets, trombones, and...

Billy Meynier and Russ Godbey at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Meynier is looking down while playing a keyboard. Godbey is closing his eyes while playing saxophone...

Dr. John performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Big John Amaro is playing piano while singing into a microphone. Several unidentified musicians are playing saxophone behind stands with...

Dwight Foster playing saxophone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ned White is standing in back, wearing a green shirt. Mike Ning is behind foster, playing piano...

The Female Orchestra Diva at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of women are playing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. One woman...

The Female Orchestra Diva at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of women are playing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. One woman...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...