Betty Crow Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Alaadeen is wearing a dark jacket and is smiling. Kynard is wearing a blue jacket and is facing Alaadeen...

Ahmad Alaadeen playing saxophone at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Alaadeen is wearing a white shirt, sunglasses, and a button advertising the event...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Elsa Hart at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a brown jacket and vest. Hart is wearing a purple jacket. Both are looking...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is wearing a black tuxedo...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking forward while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is wearing a black...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down and to the side while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is standing on the left, holding his arms up as he talks. The other man...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Betty Crow at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest. Crow is wearing a red suit jacket and shiny gold scarf tied...

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 and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a black suit and vest. Hart is wearing a purple jacket. Both are looking forward 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.

Al "Delightful De" Bartee sitting with Dorothy Donegan and an unidentified woman at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a black suit. The two women are looking at the...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee talking with Dorothy Donegan at the Allis Plaza Hotel. Both are sitting on a purple plush couch and smiling. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest. Donegan is...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee standing next to Dorothy Donegan at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Both are looking up and smiling. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest. Donegan...

Al Pearson rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Pearson is standing and playing trumpet while an unidentified musician looks up at him. The back wall is covered with...

Andy DeWitt playing electric bass at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. DeWitt is looking down and has a wire stand with music in front of him. The back wall is covered with a...

Angela Hagenbach and Bob Bowman performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hagenbach is looking to the side and smiling while singing into a microphone in her hand. Bowman is...

Bob Branstetter and Angela Hagenbach performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is playing bass while looking down. Hagenbach is looking up and smiling while holding...

Angela Hagenbach and Bob Branstetter performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hagenbach is looking to the left and singing into a microphone in one hand. Branstetter is playing...

Audience talking while watching David Basse performing at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Bass is in back, singing into a microphone. Two unidentified women are...

Audience at a show at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Al "Delightful De" Bartee, an unidentified woman, Nelson Farney, Mary Ellen Farney, and Elsa Vest are sitting left to right around...

Audience at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified people are standing and sitting while talking, eating, and listening. The back wall is covered with...

Audience at a concert at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified people are standing and sitting while talking and listening. A fabric banner from the 1930s for the...

Audience at a concert at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified people are standing and sitting while talking and listening. The back wall is covered with photos of...

Audience sitting at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. People are sitting at tables with cans of beer and plastic cups.