Mike Ning and Mike White at the Levee Bar & Grill
Mike Ning and Mike White at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ning is smiling while playing piano. White is playing saxophone. Others are sitting in front of the stage and...
Mike Ning and Rod May playing at the Levee Bar & Grill
Mike Ning and Rod May playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. May is looking forward while playing trumpet. Ning is looking down while playing piano. Other people are...
Mike Ning and Wayne Ruppenthal performing at the Levee Bar & Grill
Mike Ning and Wayne Ruppenthal performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ning is playing piano and Ruppenthal is playing trumpet while looking forward. A drum set is...
Mike Ning with unidentified musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill
Mike Ning with unidentified musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ning is playing a keyboard on the far right. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the...
Mike Parkinson at Jardine's
Mike Parkinson performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a trumpet while facing forward and closing his eyes. He is standing on a stage in front of an unidentified...
Millie Edwards and Bob Branstetter at the City Lights Jazz Club
Millie Edwards and Bob Branstetter performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwards is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hand. Branstetter is playing bass in back...
Millie Edwards and Bob Branstetter at the City Lights Jazz Club
Millie Edwards and Bob Branstetter performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwards is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hand. Branstetter is playing bass in back...
Millie Edwards at the City Light Jazz Club
Millie Edwards performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwards is closing her eyes and singing into a microphone while holding her hands in the air. She is on a stage in front...
Milt Abel and Carol Comer at the Plaza III
Milt Abel and Carol Comer performing at the Plaza III at 4749 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is playing bass while looking down. Comer is playing piano while looking up and smiling. She...
Milt Abel and Carol Comer at the Plaza III
Milt Abel and Carol Comer performing at the Plaza III at 4749 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is playing bass while looking down at Comer. Comer is playing piano while looking down and...
Milt Abel and Duke Samuels at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal
Milt Abel speaking with Duke Samuels at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is standing on the right, wearing a tan jacket and hat. Samuels is wearing a gray jacket.
Milt Abel and Tommy Ruskin at Fedora's Café & Bar
Milt Abel and Tommy Ruskin performing at Fedora's Café & Bar in the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is playing bass while singing into a microphone. Ruskin is playing drums and is...
Milt Abel at an outdoor party
Milt Abel at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. Abel is playing a bass behind a microphone stand. He is looking up with a neutral expression. Sonny Kenner is standing off camera on the right.
Milt Abel at Jardine's
Milt Abel performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing bass while looking to the side. He is on a stage in front of a wall with instruments mounted on the wall.
Milt Abel at the Levee Bar & Grill
Milt Abel holding his bass with a covering partially on the instrument at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is wearing a hat. Most of the tables are empty. Various...
Milt Abel at the Levee Bar & Grill
Milt Abel at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is holding a bass in one hand and leaning over toward an amplifier. Other musicians and audience are sitting in front...
Milt Abel at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street
Milt Abel at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is holding a bass in one hand and leaning over toward an amplifier. Other musicians and audience are sitting in front...
Milt Abel at the Plaza III
Milt Abel performing at the Plaza III at 4749 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is playing bass while looking down. He is wearing a tuxedo and black bowtie. There are dining tables behind...
Milt Abel singing and playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill
Milt Abel singing and playing bass at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other people are sitting in front of the stage talking. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging...
Milt Abel's son at Jardine's
Milt Abel's son performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a piano with one hand while looking down. He is on a stage in front of a wall with large windows.
Monte Musa and Al Pearson at Plaza III
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...
Monty Alexander at the Topeka Jazz Festival
Monty Alexander at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. Alexander is wearing a vest and is looking to the side while grabbing a chair.
Murl Johnson holding a drum
Murl Johnson holding a drum while sitting. He is wearing a dress shirt and tie, looking forward and smiling. Other unidentified musicians are standing behind Johnson.
Musician playing congas
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 and friends posing for a photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Musicians and friends posing for a photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay McShann, Al Bartee, and Elsa Hart. Everyone is looking forward and smiling...