Betty Crow Collection

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...

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...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. The rhythm section...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. The rhythm section...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are playing trumpets, trombones, and...

Billy Meynier and Russ Godbey at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Meynier is looking down while playing a keyboard. Godbey is closing his eyes while playing saxophone...

Chauncey Downs Orchestra performing at Fairyland Park on Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The musicians are on stage in a band shell with a cloth background. The musicians are wearing black...

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...

Dwight Foster playing saxophone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ned White is standing in back, wearing a green shirt. Mike Ning is behind foster, playing piano...

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...

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...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified man is speaking into a microphone in front of a row of musicians. Oliver Todd is playing piano on the left and Henry...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified conductor is standing in front of three rows of unidentified musicians. Oliver Todd is playing piano on the left and...

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. Jay McShann is playing piano, sitting second from left. Ahmad Alaadeen is sitting second from right, holding a...

Jazz musicians performing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. From left to right: Donald Cox playing piano, Kevin Mahogany singing, Carmell Jones sitting and holding a trumpet, Al "Delightful...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Rick Hendricks playing guitar while looking to the side, Lisa Henry holding a microphone while looking...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing keyboard, Rick Hendrix playing guitar, an unidentified man playing drums...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Everette DeVan sitting at a piano, Eddie Saunders sitting on a stool playing saxophone, and Rusty...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Everette DeVan sitting at a piano, Eddie Saunders sitting on a stool playing saxophone, and Rusty...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing keyboard in back, James "Chico" Battaglia playing congas, Rick Henricks...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Tim Whitmer playing piano, Richard Ross singing into a microphone in his hand, Ricky...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright standing in front of a piano, an unidentified woman pointing, Duck...