Betty Crow Collection

Everette DeVan performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. DeVan is looking down while playing piano. He is on a stage in front of a an audio mixing board.

Everette DeVan, Linda McShann, and Betty Crow standing with five unidentified people outdoors. DeVan is fourth from left, wearing a tan shirt and cap. McShann is in front, third from right, wearing a...

The Female Orchestra Diva at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of women are playing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. One woman...

The Female Orchestra Diva at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of women are playing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. One woman...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

Side view of the Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

The Female Orchestra Diva big band performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Three rows of women playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet are sitting behind bandstands with the band logo...

Five unidentified men at a speaker's forum on the S.S. Norway Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are sitting on chairs and holding microphones. The man in the center is talking.

Five unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise Ship. They are playing piano, bass, drums, saxophone, and electric guitar. They are wearing black tuxedos and are on a stage...

Four jazz musicians performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. From left to right: Gerald Spaits, Jay Leonhart, Bob Bowman, and John Clayton playing basses on a stage. They are on a...

Four unidentified men at a speaker's forum on the S.S. Norway Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are sitting on chairs and holding microphones. The men on the right and second from left are talking.

Four unidentified musicians on stage at the Grand Emporium on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They are playing electric guitar, electric bass, and drums. The man in center is possibly singing...

Four musicians performing at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. The man on the left is playing trumpet while facing left. A man, likely Al Bartee, sits playing a drum set. A man...