Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Duke Samuels with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is sitting at a piano wearing a brown suit jacket and...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is looking to the side and is wearing a brown jacket.

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...

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Duke Samuels is sitting in front...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al...

Chloe Abel sitting in the shoulders of Milt Abel during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City. Two unidentified men are leaning against the back wall. Milt Abel is wearing a tan...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is standing on the left, wearing a blue suit. David is...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is sitting in a chair facing away from the camera while...

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

David Daahoud Williams playing bass at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a white sweater and looking forward while playing. The back wall...

Duke Samuels playing bass at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Samuels is wearing a gray jacket and looking down while he plays.

Elsa Hart, Betty Crow, Milt Abel II, Milt Abel, and Chloe Abel sitting left to right during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking up and smiling. They...

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...

Jazz musicians and family at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Chloe Abel sitting on the ground in a pink sweater, Milt Abel standing and wearing a...

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. Duke Samuels is playing bass. An unidentified man is playing drums.

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 at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Milt Abel standing and wearing a tan jacket, Al "Delightful De" Bartee sitting in front and...

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 the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing saxophone, Sonny Kenner playing electric...