Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Elsa Hart at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a brown jacket and vest. Hart is wearing a purple jacket. Both are looking...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is wearing a black tuxedo...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking forward while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is wearing a black...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking down and to the side while playing. Other instruments are scattered around the room. Bartee is...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is standing on the left, holding his arms up as he talks. The other man...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Betty Crow at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest. Crow is wearing a red suit jacket and shiny gold scarf tied...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Duke Samuels with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is sitting at a piano wearing a brown suit jacket and...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a black suit and vest. Hart is wearing a purple jacket. Both are looking forward and...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing drums at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is looking to the side and is wearing a brown jacket.

Al "Delightful De" Bartee sitting with Dorothy Donegan and an unidentified woman at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a black suit. The two women are looking at the...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee talking with Dorothy Donegan at the Allis Plaza Hotel. Both are sitting on a purple plush couch and smiling. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest. Donegan is...

Al "Delightful De" Bartee standing next to Dorothy Donegan at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Both are looking up and smiling. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest. Donegan...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al...

Betty Crow and Al "Delightful De" Bartee at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Crow is wearing a purple jacket. Bartee is wearing a brown jacket and vest. Both are looking...

Dorothy Donegan and Al "Delightful De" Bartee signing autographs at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Donegan is wearing a Chanel hat. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest...

Dorothy Donegan signing an autograph for an unidentified woman at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart and Al "Delightful De" Bartee are standing nearby. Donegan is wearing a...

Dwight Foster and Al "Delightful De" Bartee with unidentified performers at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster and Bartee are standing in the center back wearing tuxedos...

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...

Four musicians performing at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. The man on the left is playing trumpet while facing left. A man, likely Al Bartee, sits playing a drum set. A man...

Gerald Dunn playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. People are sitting and standing around the stage, watching Dunn and talking. Al "Delightful...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Milt Abel standing and wearing a tan jacket, Al "Delightful De" Bartee sitting in front and...

Jazz musicians performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: David Daahoud Williams playing bass, Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing...