Betty Crow Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen playing saxophone at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Alaadeen is wearing a white shirt, sunglasses, and a button advertising the event...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jim Mair at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is playing drums while smiling. Mair is playing saxophone while closing his eyes. They are in...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is wearing a black tuxedo...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking forward while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is wearing a black...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down and to the side while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is standing on the left, holding his arms up as he talks. The other man...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee speaking with an unidentified man at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is reading from a book on the podium. Carol Comer is sitting in back on the...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Julie Turner, and an unidentified man standing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. All three are looking forward and smiling.

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Betty Crow at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Both are looking at each other and smiling. They are standing in front of several tents on the lawn in front of the...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Betty Crow at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Both are looking forward and smiling. They are standing in front of several tents on the lawn in front of the Liberty...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Duke Samuels with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is sitting at a piano wearing a brown suit jacket and...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is looking to the side and is wearing a brown jacket.

Al Pearson performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet on the right, next to an unidentified man playing trumpet and an unidentified person off camera...

Al Pearson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking up while playing trumpet into a microphone.

Al Pearson rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Pearson is standing and playing trumpet while an unidentified musician looks up at him. The back wall is covered with...

Andy DeWitt playing electric bass at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. DeWitt is looking down and has a wire stand with music in front of him. The back wall is covered with a...

Angela Hagenbach and Bob Bowman performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hagenbach is looking to the side and smiling while singing into a microphone in her hand. Bowman is...

Bob Branstetter and Angela Hagenbach performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is playing bass while looking down. Hagenbach is looking up and smiling while holding...

Angela Hagenbach and Bob Branstetter performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hagenbach is looking to the left and singing into a microphone in one hand. Branstetter is playing...

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at Martin. Kevin Mahogany is holding a microphone for...

Arch Martin soloing on trombone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Carmell Jones is standing on the left, looking at Martin. Kevin Mahogany is holding a microphone for...

Audience talking while watching David Basse performing at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Bass is in back, singing into a microphone. Two unidentified women are...

Audience sitting and standing in front of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Julie Turner is sitting on the left side of the front table. Everyone is looking...

Audience sitting at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man wearing a brown sweater is playing a white piano in the corner. The back wall is...

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is playing saxophone in the front row, far left. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing...