Betty Crow Collection

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...

Lonnie McFadden playing trumpet at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McFadden is sitting next to a wire stand with music. He is wearing brown corduroy pants.

Lonnie McFadden playing trumpet at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McFadden is sitting in the center between two unidentified musicians. All three are holding up...

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 drums at a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is playing trumpet on the left. A banner that reads "MMF" hangs from a 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.

Milt Abel speaking with Duke Samuels at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is standing on the right, wearing a tan jacket and hat. Samuels is wearing a gray jacket.

Musician Union officials talking at the Local 627 headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Smith, Ted Dreher, Wendell Brown, and Larry Phillips are standing left to right. They are wearing suits...

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...

Musicians performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation lounge approximately in 1979 in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is holding a trumpet. Angie Wellman is holding a trombone. Both are...

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.

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.

Raymond "Cowboy" Jones at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is grabbing food from a buffet line and is looking forward while smiling. An unidentified...