Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jay McShann sitting in the audience at Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Both are sitting in the center, behind two women. They are smiling and...

Big John Amaro playing a keyboard at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified bass player and Tommy Ruskin playing drums are in the background. Amaro is singing...

Billy Meynier and Russ Godbey at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Meynier is looking down while playing a keyboard. Godbey is closing his eyes while playing saxophone...

Bob Branstetter and Joe Cartwright performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is looking to the side while playing bass. Cartwright is playing a keyboard...

Bram Wijnand singing while playing piano at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down at the keyboard. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick...

Bram Wijnand singing while playing piano at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down at the keyboard. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick...

Bram Wijnands at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Wijnands is playing a keyboard. Other people are sitting in front of the stage. Various pictures and trinkets are...

Bram Wijnands with an unidentified musician at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Wijnands is playing a keyboard and the other man is playing a trombone. Various pictures...

Bram Wijnands speaking with an unidentified person in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Wijnands is wearing a black vest. Other people are sitting and...

Bryan Hicks and Mike Ning at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is looking down while playing bass. Ning is looking at the camera while playing piano. Various...

Bryan Hicks and Rich Hill at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is playing the bass while looking down. Hill is playing a keyboard while singing and closing his eyes...

Bryan Hicks and Russ Long at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is playing bass and looking backwards. Long is singing into a microphone while playing a keyboard...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a fiddle near a microphone on stage. Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jay McCann are...

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...

Jay McShann and Al "Delightful De" Bartee with an unidentified woman posing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing on the left and shaking...

Jay McShann sitting in the audience during a show at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is wearing a light blue shirt in the center of the photo. Other people are...

Jay McShann playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other people are sitting behind McShann watching him play. Various trinkets and pictures are on the wall in back.

Jay McShann playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other people are sitting behind McShann watching him play. Various trinkets and pictures are on the wall in back.

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Bram Wijnands is playing a keyboard in front. Behind him are two unidentified musicians playing banjo and...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Bram Wijnands is playing a keyboard on the left and several unidentified musicians are playing as well. The...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Ken Barry standing in back, Mike Ning playing a keyboard, an unidentified man playing...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City. From left to right: Mike Ning playing a keyboard, an unidentified man playing bass, and Big John Amaro holding a...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City. From left to right: Mike Ning playing a keyboard, an unidentified bass player in back, Ken Barry facing right while...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Bram Wijnands is playing a keyboard on the left and several unidentified musicians are watching him play...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City. From left to right: Mike Ning playing a keyboard, an unidentified bass player in back, Ken Barry facing right while...