Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jay McShann sitting in the audience at Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Both are sitting in the center, behind two women. They are smiling and...

Band practice at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified musicians are sitting in three rows playing saxophone, trombone, and trumpet. Jay McShann is at the piano on the...

Bob Branstetter and Joe Cartwright performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is looking to the side while playing bass. Cartwright is playing a keyboard...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a fiddle near a microphone on stage. Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jay McCann are...

Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing second from left, leaning forward while talking. Alaadeen is sitting in the...

Jay McShann and Al "Delightful De" Bartee with an unidentified woman posing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing on the left and shaking...

Jay McShann and Bobby Branstetter at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is looking down while playing piano. Branstetter is sitting on a stool while playing bass...

Jay McShann and Duke Samuels with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing on the left and Samuels is standing on the right. All...

Jay McShann and Raymond "Cowboy" Jones at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and is looking to the side...

Jay McShann at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing an laughing in the middle of a crowd of unidentified musicians and audience...

Jay McShann sitting in the audience during a show at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is wearing a light blue shirt in the center of the photo. Other people are...

Jay McShann playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other people are sitting behind McShann watching him play. Various trinkets and pictures are on the wall in back.

Jay McShann playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other people are sitting behind McShann watching him play. Various trinkets and pictures are on the wall in back.

Jay McShann smiling while looking to the left. He is in front of an unidentified man in back. McShann is possibly sitting at a piano. A microphone on the left is pointed at McShann.

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. Duke Samuels is playing bass on the right. Jay McShann is playing piano. Ben Kynard is sitting to the left of...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Duke Samuels is playing bass on the right. Jay McShann is playing piano. Ben Kynard is sitting to the left 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 the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay McShann playing piano partially off-camera, Gerald...

Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay McShann playing piano, Gerald Spaits playing bass, Todd...

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin standing near the drums, James Albright in back holding a bass, and Claude "Fiddler"...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right James Albright playing bass in back, Julie Turner holding a microphone while singing...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: James Albright playing bass, Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing violin, and Mike Ning...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jürgen Welge playing drums, Jos Machtel playing bass, and Bram Wijnands playing a...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Kim Park playing saxophone, Bob Branstetter in back playing bass, and Russ Long playing...