Betty Crow Collection

Air Cadets band at an unidentified venue. Five unidentified men are standing in front of a microphone. They are wearing black tuxedos and are smiling.

Buddy Tate and Al Grey performing at an unidentified venue. They are on stage and looking at each other. Tate is holding a saxophone and Grey is holding a trombone. They are both wearing suits.

Charles "Crook" Goodwin smoking a cigar. He is wearing a suit and sitting while looking at the camera.

Count Basie standing at 12th Street and Vine in Kansas City, Missouri. He is standing in front of street signs and is smiling while holding a microphone.

Dave Brubeck on stage at a performance. He is standing in front of a piano and holding a microphone on a stand. Brubeck is wearing a light colored shirt.

Earl Robinson performing at Paul Gray's Jazz Place in Lawrence, Kansas. He is wearing a tuxedo and standing on stage near a microphone on a stand.

Everett Brown performing at an unidentified venue. He is playing drums while looking up. He is wearing a blue suit and is sitting in front of a wood panel wall.

Four people in the Mutual Musicians Foundation office. Arthur Jackson, Jimmy McConnell, an unidentified woman, and an unidentified man are standing left to right. They are all looking forward and...

Gus Johnson playing drums at an unidentified event. He is wearing a suit and looking to the side while playing drums.

Jimmy McConnell sitting in front of a bookshelf. He is wearing a pinstripe suit and is smiling while looking forward. A vase of flowers is on top of the bookshelf.

Musicians performing at an unidentified venue. Samuel "Baby" Lovett is playing drums in front. Joe Thomas is playing saxophone in back. Lovett is wearing a gray suit and is looking down. Thomas is...

Musicians performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation lounge approximately in 1979 in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is holding a trumpet. Angie Wellman is holding a trombone. Both are...

Paul Quinichette performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation lounge in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing tenor saxophone into a microphone held by another person off-camera. The back wall is...

Publicity photo of Mary Lou Williams. She is looking forward with a neutral expression and is resting her head on her arms. A large inscription covers the bottom right of the photo.

Samuel "Baby" Lovett posing for a photo. He is wearing a suit and standing against a wood panel wall. He is smiling and turning slightly to the left. His head is covered with a dark cap.

The Scamps posing for a group photo. Arthur Jackson, L.C. "Speedy" Huggins, Willie Rice, Earl Robinson, and Art Mitchell are standing left to right. They are wearing tuxedos and looking forward while...

Two photos on the wall of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The top photo is of Paul Gray and Dizzy Gillespie outside Paul Gray's Jazz Place in Lawrence, Kansas. Gray is...

Two unidentified men holding a piece of paper. The man on the left is wearing a suit. Both men are looking forward with neutral expressions. They are in an unidentified office.

An unidentified man standing against a wood panel wall. The man is wearing a suit with a patterned shirt and tie. He has a neutral expression and is turned to the left.

An unidentified woman standing outside the building for Musicians Local 627. She is leaning against a rail and looking forward.