Betty Crow Collection

Entrance of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, as viewed from the rooftop during construction. Tools are resting on the wooden awning.

Everett Freeman playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Freeman is looking down at the keys while playing. He is wearing a black shirt. The back wall is covered with...

Everette DeVan and an unidentified woman performing at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation. The woman is singing into a microphone in her hand. DeVan is playing piano in back. Orange...

Five unidentified people sitting around a dining table with red tablecloth during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking forward and smiling...

Five unidentified people sitting around a dining table with red tablecloth during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking forward and smiling...

Four unidentified people sitting around a dining table during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking forward and smiling. The table is covered...

Gerald Dunn playing saxophone at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Dunn is looking to the side and closing his eyes while playing. E is wearing a white shirt and patterned tie.

Gerald Dunn playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. People are sitting and standing around the stage, watching Dunn and talking. Al "Delightful...

Gerald Dunn playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Dunn is closing his eyes while looking to the side and is wearing a black sweater. An...

Henry Hoard and an unidentified musician at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is sitting against the wall and holding a saxophone in one hand. The other...

Henry Hoard standing on stage in front of an unidentified man playing drums during an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is wearing a blue jacket and looking to...

Henry Hoard standing on stage in front of a drum set during an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is closing his eyes and clapping his hands.

Henry Hoard with an unidentified musician at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is standing against a wall, wearing a black suit and holding a saxophone in one...

Horace Washington and Al Perkins at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Washington is wearing a striped shirt and Perkins is wearing a tan shirt. An unidentified man is sitting...

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...

Jay McShann and Duke Samuels with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing on the left and Samuels is standing on the right. All...

Jay McShann and Raymond "Cowboy" Jones at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and is looking to the side...

Jay McShann at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing an laughing in the middle of a crowd of unidentified musicians and audience...

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. 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...

Unidentified people at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is speaking into a microphone in his hand and is standing...

Musicians and other unidentified people at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude Williams is standing on the right wearing a leather...

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: Duke Samuels sitting and wearing a gray jacket, Ben Kynard sitting and wearing a blue hat while...