Betty Crow Collection

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...

Gerald Spaits and Joe Cartwright performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. Spaits is standing in back playing bass. Cartwright is sitting at the piano and smiling while playing. An...

Jazz musicians performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Doug Auwarter playing drums, James Jeffly playing electric bass, and...

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: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Mama Ray singing into a microphone in a stand, and Ricky...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Lonnie McFadden holding a trumpet, and Ronnie McFadden...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Ricky Anderson playing bass, an unidentified man playing...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bob Bowman looking down while playing bass, Joe Cartwright in the back playing piano, and Rod...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bob Bowman looking down while playing bass, Joe Cartwright in the back playing piano, and Rod...

Jazz musicians performing at the Kansas City International Jazz Festival at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Bob Bowman playing bass, Danny...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gary Sivils playing trumpet, Bobby Branstetter playing bass in back, and Joe Cartwright...

Jazz musicians at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. A group of musicians are standing around Eldar Djangirov who is playing the piano. From left to right: Gerald Spaits, an unidentified man...

Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano and the woman is singing into a microphone while smiling. Framed photos...

Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano and the woman is singing into a microphone while smiling. Framed photos...

Joe Cartwright sitting at a piano. He is wearing a black tuxedo with bowtie. Cartwright is smiling and looking forward.

Joe Cartwright performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is looking down while playing a piano. He is wearing a light blue shirt.

Joe Cartwright performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is looking at music on the piano while playing it with both hands. He is wearing a white shirt and...

Joe Cartwright performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is looking at music on the piano while playing it with both hands. He is wearing a white shirt and...

Joe Cartwright performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano while looking down. He is on a stage in front of a wall covered with poster displays of jazz...

Joe Cartwright at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing on a keyboard and wearing a white shirt with bowtie. Other people are sitting around the stage...

Joe Cartwright at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing on a keyboard and wearing a white shirt with bowtie. Other people are sitting around the stage...

Joe Cartwright at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing on a keyboard and wearing a white shirt with bowtie. Other people are sitting around the stage...

Joe Cartwright at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing on a keyboard and wearing a white shirt with bowtie. Other people are sitting around the stage...

Joe Cartwright at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is looking down while playing piano.

Joe Cartwright at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is singing and looking down while playing piano.