Betty Crow Collection

Chloe Abel sitting in the shoulders of Milt Abel during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City. Two unidentified men are leaning against the back wall. Milt Abel is wearing a tan...

Elbert "Coots" Dye and Milt Abel performing at an unidentified event. Dye is sitting at a piano and smiling while playing. Abel is playing bass in back. Both are wearing tuxedos and are in a room with...

Elbert "Coots" Dye and Milt Abel performing at an unidentified event. Dye is sitting at a piano and smiling in front of a microphone. Abel is playing bass in back. Both are wearing tuxedos and are in...

Elsa Hart, Betty Crow, Milt Abel II, Milt Abel, and Chloe Abel sitting left to right during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking up and smiling. They...

Jazz musicians and family at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Chloe Abel sitting on the ground in a pink sweater, Milt Abel standing and wearing a...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Milt Abel standing and wearing a tan jacket, Al "Delightful De" Bartee sitting in front and...

Jazz musicians at an Elder Statesmen Awards ceremony in Kansas City. Front row from left to right: two unidentified men, an unidentified woman, Queen Bey, Jackie Anderson, Rudy Massengale, Leon Brady...

Jazz musicians performing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. From left to right: Donald Cox playing piano, Kevin Mahogany singing, Carmell Jones sitting and holding a trumpet, Al "Delightful...

Jazz musicians performing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. From left to right: Milt Abel playing bass, Carmell Jones playing trumpet, Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums, Eddie Saunders...

Jazz musicians performing at an unidentified event. From left to right: Eddie Saunders sitting while holding a saxophone, Milt Abel playing bass in back, and Elbert "Coots" Dye playing piano. They are...

Jazz musicians performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Eddie Saunders playing saxophone, Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums...

Jazz musicians performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Eddie Saunders playing saxophone, Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums...

Jazz musicians performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing trombone, Gerald Spaits playing bass, and Milt...

Jazz musicians performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man holding a microphone, Henry Howard playing saxophone...

Jazz musicians performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums, Eddie Saunders playing saxophone...

Jazz musicians performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums, Eddie Saunders playing saxophone...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Dennis Lucas playing drums, Carmell Jones playing trumpet, Milt Abel playing bass in...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Milt Abel playing bass in back, Mary McMahon holding a microphone while singing, and...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al Bartee playing drums, Mary McMahon singing, Milt Abel playing bass, and Billy Meynier...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing drums, Mary McMahon holding a microphone while singing, Milt...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing congas, Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel playing bass...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel playing bass, Duck Warner singing into a...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing congas, Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Duck Warner holding a...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin playing drums, Milt Abel playing bass, and Mike Ning playing a keyboard...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man walking on stage, Tommy Ruskin talking to the man on the left, Milt...