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 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 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 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...

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 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...

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet.

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Jay McShann is at the piano on the...

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Duke Samuels is sitting in front...

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Al Pearson is sitting in the back row, second from left, with a number of unidentified musicians.

Belinda Womack singing at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Womack is wearing a black dress with gold jewelry. She has a tag that reads "Total Jazz Experience /...

Belinda Womack singing at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Womack is wearing a black dress with gold jewelry. She has a tag that reads "Total Jazz Experience /...

Ben Kynard and Joe Williams at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City. Kynard is standing and holding a microphone while speaking. Williams is sitting on...

Ben Kynard standing at the front of a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is wearing a blue track suit and is smiling at musicians off-camera. The back wall...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. An...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is...