Betty Crow Collection

Billie G. Moore, Jr., at the Blue Room. He is wearing a red shirt and blue jacket, looking down and to the right. Mama Ray is standing in the back near a speaker.

Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. She is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. Billie G. Moore, Jr. is dancing in front of her. With an unidentified woman. They are in a...

Diane "Mama" Ray, Big John Amaro, and an unidentified man performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a microphone in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard in back...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright standing in front of a piano, an unidentified woman pointing, Duck...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Ricky Anderson playing bass, Mama Ray holding a microphone and looking up, and Ray...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Mama Ray singing into a microphone in a stand, and Ricky...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Julie Turner looking forward while singing into a microphone with one hand, Lisa Henry smiling while...

Rick Hendricks, Diane "Mama" Ray, and an unidentified musician performing at an event. Hendricks is playing guitar while looking down. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. The...