Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee is playing drums in back, wearing a white shirt and red hat. Several unidentified musicians are...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting on the far left wearing a red shirt and playing saxophone. Marcellus Lee is playing drums...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ben Kynard is standing near the wall, wearing a blue plaid shirt, and holding a saxophone. An unidentified man is...

Jazz singers performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Julie Turner, Lisa Henry, and Karrin Allyson are facing each other while singing. Bob Bowman is...

Jazz singers performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Julie Turner, Lisa Henry, and Karrin Allyson are facing each other while singing. Bob Bowman is...

Jazz singers performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Julie Turner, Lisa Henry, and Karrin Allyson are facing forward while singing. Bob Bowman is playing...

Jazz singers performing at City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Julie Turner, Lisa Henry, and Karrin Allyson are looking at each other while talking. Bob Bowman is behind...

Jimmy Witherspoon and an unidentified woman at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is looking at the woman who is reading from papers in her...

Jimmy Witherspoon performing at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is wearing a plaid shirt and is looking to the side while singing into a...

Jimmy Witherspoon at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is shaking hands with an unidentified person partially off camera. A banner...

Jimmy Witherspoon performing at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is wearing a plaid shirt and is looking down while holding a microphone...

Jimmy Witherspoon singing at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is looking to the side while singing into a microphone in his hand. He is...

Jimmy Witherspoon singing with unidentified jazz musicians at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is looking forward and singing into a...

Jimmy Witherspoon singing with unidentified jazz musicians at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Witherspoon is looking back at a man playing clarinet...

Joe Cartwright sitting at a piano. He is wearing a black tuxedo with bowtie. Cartwright is smiling and looking forward.

Joe Cartwright performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano while looking down. He is on a stage in front of a wall covered with poster displays of jazz...

Joe Williams speaking at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Willimas is holding a microphone and sitting behind a music stand. The back...

Julie Turner and Bob Bowman performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is looking to the side and holding one arm in the air while singing. Bowman is playing bass while...

Julie Turner and Bob Bowman performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is looking to the side and smiling while holding a microphone in her hand. Bowman is playing bass...

Julie Turner and Bob Bowman performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is looking forward while singing into a microphone in her hands. Bowman is playing bass behind...

Julie Turner and Bob Bowman performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is looking to the side while singing and holding a microphone in her hand. Bowman is playing bass...

Julie Turner performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes and breathing deeply. Bob Bowman is playing bass behind her...

Julie Turner performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is singing into a microphone with her mouth wide open. Bob Bowman is playing bass behind her. They are on a stage...

Julie Turner performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is looking to the side and holding a microphone in one hand. Bob Bowman is playing bass behind her. They are on a...

Julie Turner performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is singing into a microphone held in both hands. Bob Bowman is playing bass behind her. They are on a stage in...