Betty Crow Collection

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. The rhythm section...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Drum Room on Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are performing trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. The rhythm section...

Bill Crain's Trilogy Big Band performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Three rows of musicians are playing trumpets, trombones, and...

Bill Saunders playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Saunders is wearing a gray patterned sweater and is looking to the side while playing.

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 Kindred performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is playing a saxophone directly into a microphone. He is wearing a tan suit and checkered shirt.

Bob Kindred at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is holding a saxophone while looking to the right. He is in front of a gray curtain.

Bobby Watson performing at an unidentified venue. He is playing saxophone on stage in front of an unidentified bass player. Watson is wearing a checkered shirt.

Brian Harmon and Todd Wilkinson performing at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Harmon is playing an electric guitar. Wilkinson is playing a saxophone. An...

Brian Harmon and Todd Wilkinson at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Harmon is playing an electric guitar. Wilkinson is playing saxophone. An unidentified...

Buddy Tate and Al Grey performing at an unidentified venue. They are on stage and looking at each other. Tate is holding a saxophone and Grey is holding a trombone. They are both wearing suits.

Carmell Jones performing with an unidentified big band at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is playing trumpet with a mute into a...

Chauncey Downs Orchestra performing at Fairyland Park on Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The musicians are on stage in a band shell with a cloth background. The musicians are wearing black...

Count Basie Orchestra performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right Count Basie playing piano, Rodney Richardson playing bass, Jimmy Rushing singing into a microphone on a stand, Shadow...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is holding a microphone and looking forward. Unidentified musicians are playing...

David Daahoud Williams playing bass at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a light blue suit and is looking to the side while playing...

Dexter Gordon sitting in a folding chair. He is holding a saxophone and resting it on his leg. Gordon is wearing a white suit and hat. Gordon's name is written on a label on the side of the photo.

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...

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...