Betty Crow Collection

Illinois Jacquet and musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Jacquet is on the far right standing behind a table with cake next to musicians playing piano, saxophone, trombone, and...

Illinois Jacquet performing with his big band on stage on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Jacquet is standing in a spotlight in front of the band. Three rows of musicians holding saxophones...

Illinois Jacquet performing with his big band on stage on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Jacquet is singing into a microphone in his hand in front of the band's rhythm section including piano...

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 white 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 white 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 of...

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...

Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing second from left, leaning forward while talking. Alaadeen is sitting in the...

Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Williams is holding a microphone and speaking. Claude Williams is sitting to the right...

Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude Williams is sitting on the left, wearing a blue suit, and talking into a microphone...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified man is speaking into a microphone in front of a row of musicians. Oliver Todd is playing piano on the left and Henry...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified conductor is standing in front of three rows of unidentified musicians. Oliver Todd is playing piano on the left and...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified conductor is standing to the left of three rows of unidentified musicians including Henry Hoard sitting second from left...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified conductor is standing in front of three rows of unidentified musicians including Henry Hoard sitting second from left in...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Three rows of musicians are on stage including Henry Hoard standing while playing saxophone, Mark Cohick sitting behind Hoard, and Franz...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Duke Samuels sitting and wearing a gray jacket, Ben Kynard sitting and wearing a blue hat while...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting in the front row behind a red music stand. An unidentified man is conducting the band...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting in the front row on the far right, partially off camera. Everyone is sitting in three rows of...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Jay McShann is playing piano, sitting second from left. Ahmad Alaadeen is sitting second from right, holding a...