Betty Crow Collection

Elsa Hart, Al "Delightful De" Bartee, an unidentified woman, and Billie G. Moore, Jr., sitting at a table with drinks. Hart is talking to Bartee and Moore is looking forward while raising a drink and...

Elsa Hart, Betty Crow, Milt Abel II, Milt Abel, and Chloe Abel sitting left to right during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking up and smiling. They...

Elsa Hart, Billie G. Moore, Jr., and an unidentified woman at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. All three are looking forward and smiling. They are sitting in folding chairs in front of others also...

Everett Brown performing at an unidentified venue. He is playing drums while looking up. He is wearing a blue suit and is sitting in front of a wood panel wall.

Everett Freeman and Tyrone Clark performing on the Missouri River Queen Jazz Cruise. Freeman is playing a keyboard while looking down. Clark is playing bass while standing and looking forward. They...

Everett Freeman playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Freeman is looking down at the keys while playing. He is wearing a black shirt. The back wall is covered with...

Everette DeVan and an unidentified woman performing at a Halloween event for the Mutual Musicians Foundation. The woman is singing into a microphone in her hand. DeVan is playing piano in back. Orange...

Everette DeVan performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. DeVan is looking down while playing piano. He is on a stage in front of a an audio mixing board.

Five unidentified men at a speaker's forum on the S.S. Norway Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are sitting on chairs and holding microphones. The man in the center is talking.

Five unidentified musicians performing on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise Ship. They are playing piano, bass, drums, saxophone, and electric guitar. They are wearing black tuxedos and are on a stage...

Four jazz musicians performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. From left to right: Gerald Spaits, Jay Leonhart, Bob Bowman, and John Clayton playing basses on a stage. They are on a...

Four musicians posing for a photo. They are standing and looking forward while smiling. Writing on the photo identifies the three men on the left as Scotti, Roy Searcy, and Richard Smith. Scotti is...

Four people in the Mutual Musicians Foundation office. Arthur Jackson, Jimmy McConnell, an unidentified woman, and an unidentified man are standing left to right. They are all looking forward and...

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...

Gene Harris at the Sunset Grill on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas. He is sitting in the center with four audience members. They are talking and drinking from glasses on a table.

Gene Harris performing at the Sunset Grill on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas. Harris is playing piano while down at the keys. He is wearing a turquoise jacket and is on a stage.

Gene Harris performing at the Sunset Grill on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas. Harris is playing piano while looking to the side and smiling. He is wearing a turquoise jacket and is on a stage...

Gerald Dunn playing saxophone at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Dunn is looking to the side and closing his eyes while playing. E is wearing a white shirt and patterned tie.

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...

Gerald Dunn playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Dunn is closing his eyes while looking to the side and is wearing a black sweater. An...

Gus Johnson playing drums at an unidentified event. He is wearing a suit and looking to the side while playing drums.

Headshots of Franz Bruce and Herman Walder. Both men are wearing suits, glasses, and a black tie. Bruce is looking forward with a neutral expression. Walder is looking down while smiling.

Henry Hoard and an unidentified musician at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is sitting against the wall and holding a saxophone in one hand. The other...

Henry Hoard and Eddie Saunders performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is standing on the left, looking at Saunders. Saunders is sitting on a...

Henry Hoard and Eddie Saunders performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is standing while playing saxophone and looking forward. Saunders is...