Betty Crow Collection

Elsa Hart sitting with three unidentified people at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is sitting second from right wearing a purple jacket. They are sitting with a...

Elsa Hart sitting with three unidentified people at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is sitting second from right wearing a purple jacket. They are sitting with a...

Elsa Hart sitting with two unidentified people at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is sitting on the right wearing a purple jacket. They are sitting with a group of...

Elsa Hart sitting with two unidentified people at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is sitting on the left wearing a purple jacket. They are sitting with a group of...

Elsa Hart sitting with an unidentified woman at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They are sitting in front of several booth tables and are both smiling.

Gary Sivils and Bob Branstetter performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Sivils is playing a trumpet with mute directly into a microphone. Branstetter is in back...

Ginney Coleman sitting with other audience members at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Coleman is wearing a red jacket and black blouse. Everyone is looking at the stage...

Ginney Coleman sitting with other audience members at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Coleman is wearing a red jacket and black blouse. Everyone is looking at the stage...

A group of unidentified people standing and talking at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Various posters and trinkets are hanging on the brick wall in back.

James Albright and Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Albright is sitting on a stool and playing bass. Williams is leaning forward while...

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 and Bobby Branstetter at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is looking down while playing piano. Branstetter is sitting on a stool while playing bass...

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...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Dean Stringer playing saxophone into a microphone, Richard Ross holding a microphone and...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Ken Barry playing saxophone into a microphone, Richard Ross holding a microphone and...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums, Bryan Hicks playing bass, and Mike Ning looking...