Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray Reed is in the middle wearing a cap and playing trumpet. Other unidentified musicians are playing...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing electric bass, Oliver Todd playing piano, and Henry Hoard playing...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Oliver Todd playing a keyboard, Henry Hoard playing saxophone, Marcellus Lee playing drums...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting second from left among several unidentified musicians. Hoard is wearing a purple shirt and...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting second from left among several unidentified musicians. Hoard is wearing a purple shirt and...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are playing a keyboard, drums, and trombone. Photos of jazz bands and musicians are on the...

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...

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 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...

Larry Van Loon and two unidentified musicians at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Van Loon is playing a keyboard and singing into a microphone on the...

Marcellus Lee and an unidentified man playing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Billie G. Moore, Jr., is standing in front of the stage watching them. Lee is playing...

Marcellus Lee playing piano at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is wearing a blue suit and looking down at a white piano.

Marcellus Lee playing piano at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is wearing a white sweater and striped scarf. He is looking down at the white piano while...

Marcellus Lee playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is sitting at the piano and looking forward while playing. The wall in back is covered with photos of jazz...

Marcellus Lee playing piano for an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is wearing a blue suit. An amplifier is on a window ledge behind him.

Musicians and friends posing for a photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay McShann, Al Bartee, and Elsa Hart. Everyone is looking forward and smiling...

Musicians and friends posing for a photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Ben Kynard, Elsa Hart, Al Bartee, Ronnie McFadden, Betty Crow, Jay McShann...

Oliver Todd performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing piano on a stage behind several speaker monitors.

Oliver Todd at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is sitting at the piano and holding one hand on the keys. Cigarette smoke is wafting up from a tray on the piano. Sheet...

Oliver Todd and an unidentified musician at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is playing the piano and the other musician is playing an electric bass.

Oliver Todd and an unidentified musician at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is sitting at the piano and holding music in his left hand. The other musician is holding an...

Oliver Todd playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is sitting at the piano and looking down while playing. Sheet music is spread out on top of the piano. The...

Oliver Todd playing piano at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is performing with two unidentified musicians playing a bass and saxophone. The three men...

Oliver Todd playing piano for an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is wearing a blue jacket and is looking down.