Betty Crow Collection

Lonnie and Ronnie McFadden performing at the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Lonnie is looking to the side while holding a trumpet. Ronnie is playing a...

Marcellus Lee and Henry Hoard performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is playing drums in back. Hoard is holding his saxophone while looking to...

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.

Ronnie McFadden performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing saxophone in front of Pat Morrissey and an unidentified pianist. They are on a stage in front of a wall...

Ronnie McFadden performing at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. McFadden is moving his arms and dancing on stage. He is wearing a black suit jacket with red handkerchief.

Ronnie McFadden performing at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. McFadden is moving his arms and dancing on stage. He is wearing a black suit jacket with red handkerchief.

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 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 saxophone...

An unidentified 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 saxophone...

Unidentified jazz musicians performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. The musicians are playing piano, bass, drums, congas, and saxophone. They are on a stage in front of the Liberty Memorial...

An unidentified man performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a saxophone held up to a microphone. He is standing at the edge of the stage...

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.

Unidentified musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. One musician is playing saxophone and another musician is standing and...

WPA dance band in front of an unidentified building in Kansas City, Missouri. Fifteen unidentified men are standing on a porch outside a building holding their instruments, including trumpets...