Betty Crow Collection

Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude Williams is sitting on the left, wearing a blue suit, and talking into a microphone...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified man is speaking into a microphone in front of a row of musicians. Oliver Todd is playing piano on the left and Henry...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified conductor is standing in front of three rows of unidentified musicians. Oliver Todd is playing piano on the left and...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified conductor is standing to the left of three rows of unidentified musicians including Henry Hoard sitting second from left...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. An unidentified conductor is standing in front of three rows of unidentified musicians including Henry Hoard sitting second from left in...

Jazz Brokers performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Three rows of musicians are on stage including Henry Hoard standing while playing saxophone, Mark Cohick sitting behind Hoard, and Franz...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Duke Samuels sitting and wearing a gray jacket, Ben Kynard sitting and wearing a blue hat while...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting in the front row behind a red music stand. An unidentified man is conducting the band...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting in the front row on the far right, partially off camera. Everyone is sitting in three rows of...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Jay McShann is playing piano, sitting second from left. Ahmad Alaadeen is sitting second from right, holding a...

Jazz musicians performing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. From left to right: Donald Cox playing piano, Kevin Mahogany singing, Carmell Jones sitting and holding a trumpet, Al "Delightful...

Jazz musicians performing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. From left to right: Milt Abel playing bass, Carmell Jones playing trumpet, Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums, Eddie Saunders...

Jazz musicians performing at an unidentified event. From left to right: Eddie Saunders sitting while holding a saxophone, Milt Abel playing bass in back, and Elbert "Coots" Dye playing piano. They are...

Jazz musicians at an unidentified venue. Back row, left to right: Fred Beckett and Frog Anderson. Front row, left to right: Robert Hibbler, Harry "Ma" Ferguson, and William Smith. They are wearing...

Jazz musicians at an unidentified venue. Arthur Jackson is playing saxophone and Elbert "Coots" Dye is playing a keyboard. Both are wearing black tuxedos and bow ties. They are in front of a wall...

Jazz musicians performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right: Sonny Kenner playing electric guitar, Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums, and Horace Washington holding a saxophone while...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Rick Hendricks playing guitar while looking to the side, Lisa Henry holding a microphone while looking...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing keyboard, Rick Hendrix playing guitar, an unidentified man playing drums...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Eddie Saunders sitting on a stool and holding a saxophone under his arm, Rusty Tucker wearing...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Everette DeVan sitting at a piano, Eddie Saunders sitting on a stool playing saxophone, and Rusty...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Everette DeVan sitting at a piano, Eddie Saunders sitting on a stool playing saxophone, and Rusty...

Jazz musicians performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing keyboard in back, James "Chico" Battaglia playing congas, Rick Henricks...

Jazz musicians performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: David Basse playing drums, Richard "Slyde" Hyde playing drums, Gerald Dunn playing saxophone...

Jazz musicians performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Richard "Slyde" Hyde playing trombone, Gerald Dunn playing saxophone, and Pat Morrissey...

Jazz musicians performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: David Basse standing behind a microphone, Richard "Slyde" Hyde holding a trombone, and...