Betty Crow Collection

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. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Jay McShann is at the piano on the...

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 Marcellus Lee at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing in the center, wearing a blue suit and laughing. Lee is standing on the right...

Ben Kynard and Oliver Todd at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing and looking to the right. He is wearing a blue suit and smiling. Todd is standing...

Bram Wijnand performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. He is sitting at a piano on stage while looking down.

Brian Harmon and Greg Meise performing at a Halloween event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Harmon is playing electric guitar and looking forward while smiling. Meise is...

Count Basie standing at 12th Street and Vine in Kansas City, Missouri. He is standing in front of street signs and is smiling while holding a microphone.

Everett Freeman playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Freeman is looking down at the keys while playing. He is wearing a black shirt. The back wall is covered with...

Everette DeVan and an unidentified woman performing at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation. The woman is singing into a microphone in her hand. DeVan is playing piano in back. Orange...

Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing second from left, leaning forward while talking. Alaadeen is sitting in the...

Jay McShann and Duke Samuels with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing on the left and Samuels is standing on the right. All...

Jay McShann and Raymond "Cowboy" Jones at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and is looking to the side...

Jay McShann at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing an laughing in the middle of a crowd of unidentified musicians and audience...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Duke Samuels sitting and wearing a gray jacket, Ben Kynard sitting and wearing a blue hat while...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Duke Samuels is playing bass on the right. Jay McShann is playing piano. Ben Kynard is sitting to the left of...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Duke Samuels is playing bass on the right. Jay McShann is playing piano. Ben Kynard is sitting to the left of...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Jay McShann is playing piano, sitting second from left. Ahmad Alaadeen is sitting second from right, holding a...

Jazz musicians performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bram Wijnand playing piano, Jos Machtel playing bass, and Jürgen Welge playing drums.

Jazz musicians performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bram Wijnand playing piano, Jos Machtel playing bass, and Jürgen Welge playing drums.

Jazz musicians performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bram Wijnand playing piano, Jos Machtel playing bass, and Jürgen Welge playing drums...

Jazz musicians performing at a Halloween event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Todd Wilkinson playing saxophone, an unidentified man playing electric...

Jazz musicians performing at a Halloween event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Everette DeVan playing piano, Brian Harmon playing electric guitar, and...

Jazz musicians performing at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Brian Harmon playing electric guitar, Todd Wilkinson holding a...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Billie G. Moore, Jr., sitting on the piano bench looking to the right, Marcellus...