Betty Crow Collection

Henry Hoard and Ben Kynard with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is wearing a black suit and standing on the left. Kynard is...

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 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 Band performing upstairs at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marcellus Lee playing drums, Oliver Todd playing piano, Sam Johnson playing bass...

Orestie "Rusty" Tucker Band at the Orchid Room on 12th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Rusty Tucker playing trumpet, Arthur Jackson playing saxophone, Bill Jones playing drums...

Ray Reed at a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Reed is speaking into a microphone in his hand. Unidentified musicians are playing saxophone in back.

Three jazz musicians at a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. All three are playing saxophone. Henry Hoard is sitting in the center, looking at music on the stand...

Two photos on the wall of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The top photo is of Paul Gray and Dizzy Gillespie outside Paul Gray's Jazz Place in Lawrence, Kansas. Gray is...

An unidentified man leading a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting far left and playing saxophone. The man in front is looking up and smiling.