Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard and Oliver Todd at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing and looking to the right. He is wearing a blue suit and smiling. Todd is standing...

Billy G. Moore, Jr. and Oliver Todd at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. Moore is looking down at Todd and smiling while placing a hand on his shoulder. They are standing in front...

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 musicians performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Oliver Todd playing piano, Henry Hoard holding a saxophone, Eddie Saunders...

Jazz musicians performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Oliver Todd playing piano, Henry Hoard holding a saxophone and looking down...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing electric bass, Oliver Todd playing piano, and Henry Hoard playing...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Oliver Todd playing a keyboard, Henry Hoard playing saxophone, Marcellus Lee playing drums...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ben Kynard is standing near the wall, wearing a blue plaid shirt, and holding a saxophone. An unidentified man is...

Oliver Todd performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing piano on a stage behind several speaker monitors.

Oliver Todd at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is sitting at the piano and holding one hand on the keys. Cigarette smoke is wafting up from a tray on the piano. Sheet...

Oliver Todd and an unidentified musician at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is playing the piano and the other musician is playing an electric bass.

Oliver Todd and an unidentified musician at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is sitting at the piano and holding music in his left hand. The other musician is holding an...

Oliver Todd playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is sitting at the piano and looking down while playing. Sheet music is spread out on top of the piano. The...

Oliver Todd playing piano at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is performing with two unidentified musicians playing a bass and saxophone. The three men...

Oliver Todd playing piano for an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Todd is wearing a blue jacket and is looking down.

Oliver Todd and an unidentified woman, possibly his wife, at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. They are sitting on a cushioned bench. Todd is wearing a black tuxedo. He and the woman are...

Oliver Todd and an unidentified woman, possibly his wife, at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. They are sitting on a cushioned bench. Todd is wearing a black tuxedo and is smiling at the...

Oliver Todd Band performing upstairs at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marcellus Lee playing drums, Oliver Todd playing piano, Sam Johnson playing bass...

Oliver Todd Duo performing at the Yum Yum Club on 31st Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Oliver Todd is playing organ and looking forward while smiling. Bobby Stafford is playing...

Two photos on the wall of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The top photo is of Paul Gray and Dizzy Gillespie outside Paul Gray's Jazz Place in Lawrence, Kansas. Gray is...

Unidentified jazz musicians performing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. The band features a full section of saxophone, trumpet, and trombone players along with a...