Betty Crow Collection

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side while singing into a microphone in her hand. Amaro is playing a keyboard and smiling at Ray. They are in a room...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. Amaro is playing a keyboard in the back. Rick Hendricks is playing guitar on the...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a cigarette in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard with a microphone on top. Two...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Tom DeMasters performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is singing into a microphone in one hand. DeMasters is playing guitar and looking up at Ray. They are...

Diane "Mama" Ray singing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hands. She is in front of a wall covered with a mural of...

Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. She is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. Billie G. Moore, Jr. is dancing in front of her. With an unidentified woman. They are in a...

Diane "Mama" Ray, Big John Amaro, and an unidentified man performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a microphone in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard in back...

Dick Wright speaking at an unidentified venue. He is talking into a microphone in his hand. He is sitting on a char on a stage in front of a blue wall.

Dizzy Gillespie hugging an unidentified woman. Gillespie is smiling and wearing a t-shirt with stripes on the arm.

Doug Auwarter and Kevin Mahogany performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Auwarter is looking to the side while playing drums. Mahogany is wearing a blue suit and singing into a...

Doug Auwarter playing drums at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Auwarter is looking to the side and smiling. The back wall is covered with a mural of jazz musicians.

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...

A drummer identified as Mahmoud playing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking forward and smiling while playing.

Duck Warner performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet while closing his eyes. He is on a stage in front of a wall with large windows.

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.

Dwight Foster and Al "Delightful De" Bartee with unidentified performers at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster and Bartee are standing in the center back wearing tuxedos...

Dwight Foster and Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster is looking forward while playing saxophone. Bartee is looking to the side while playing...

Dwight Foster and Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster is looking to the side while playing saxophone. Bartee is looking to the side while...

Dwight Foster playing saxophone at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing looking forward while playing and is wearing a tuxedo with black bowtie.

Dwight Foster playing saxophone at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing looking forward while playing and is wearing a tuxedo with black bowtie.

Dwight Foster playing saxophone at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing his eyes while playing and is wearing a tuxedo with black bowtie. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is playing...

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...

Dwight Foster with unidentified performers at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster is standing far left wearing a tuxedo. Four unidentified people are posing for a photo and...

Earl Robinson performing at Paul Gray's Jazz Place in Lawrence, Kansas. He is wearing a tuxedo and standing on stage near a microphone on a stand.

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis standing on a stage while holding a saxophone. He is looking down and is resting one hand on a piano.