Betty Crow Collection

Dan Barrett and Karrin Allyson at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. Allyson is holding a beer bottle and is looking down and to the right. Barrett is holding a trombone and is facing the...

Danny Embrey at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is playing an acoustic guitar while looking to the left. He is wearing a tan jacket and is standing in front of a gray curtain.

Danny Embry and Bob Branstetter performing at Sunset Grill on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas City. Embry is playing guitar while looking to the side. Branstetter is in back playing bass.

David Basse and Ricky Anderson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone he is holding in one hand. Anderson is playing bass in the...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is holding a microphone and looking forward. Unidentified musicians are playing...

David Basse performing at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is holding a microphone and looking to the side. An unidentified man is playing bass behind...

David Daahoud Williams performing with musicians at a house party. Williams is playing bass with another man playing drums . They are in the corner of a room in front of a white wall.

David Daahoud Williams performing with musicians at a house party. Williams is playing bass with unidentified musicians playing trombone and drums. They are in the corner of a room near an entrance...

David Daahoud Williams playing bass at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a light blue suit and is looking to the side while playing...

David Daahoud Williams playing bass at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a white sweater and looking forward while playing. The back wall...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side while singing into a microphone in her hand. Amaro is playing a keyboard and smiling at Ray. They are in a room...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. Amaro is playing a keyboard in the back. Rick Hendricks is playing guitar on the...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a cigarette in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard with a microphone on top. Two...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Tom DeMasters performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is singing into a microphone in one hand. DeMasters is playing guitar and looking up at Ray. They are...

Diane "Mama" Ray singing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hands. She is in front of a wall covered with a mural of...

Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. She is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. Billie G. Moore, Jr. is dancing in front of her. With an unidentified woman. They are in a...

Diane "Mama" Ray, Big John Amaro, and an unidentified man performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a microphone in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard in back...

Dick Wright speaking at an unidentified venue. He is talking into a microphone in his hand. He is sitting on a char on a stage in front of a blue wall.

Doug Auwarter and Kevin Mahogany performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Auwarter is looking to the side while playing drums. Mahogany is wearing a blue suit and singing into a...

Doug Auwarter playing drums at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Auwarter is looking to the side and smiling. The back wall is covered with a mural of jazz musicians.

Dr. John performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Big John Amaro is playing piano while singing into a microphone. Several unidentified musicians are playing saxophone behind stands with...

A drummer identified as Mahmoud playing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking forward and smiling while playing.

Duck Warner performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet while closing his eyes. He is on a stage in front of a wall with large windows.