Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard and Marcellus Lee at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing in the center, wearing a blue suit and laughing. Lee is standing on the right...

Jazz musicians sitting at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee; Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Al Bartee are sitting left to right at a table filled with drinks. All...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Billie G. Moore, Jr., sitting on the piano bench looking to the right, Marcellus...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marcellus Lee singing into a microphone while playing drums, Bobby Branstetter looking...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marcellus Lee looking down while playing drums, Wayne Ruppenthal playing trumpet, Bobby...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Wayne Ruppenthal looking up while playing trumpet, Marcellus Lee looking down while...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Henry Hoard playing saxophone, an unidentified man playing saxophone, an unidentified man...

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. Marcellus Lee is playing drums in the far right (partially off camera) and Henry Hoard is holding a saxophone on...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee is playing drums in back. An unidentified man is singing into a microphone while holding a...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Marcellus Lee is playing drums in back, wearing a white shirt and red hat. Several unidentified musicians are...

Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Henry Hoard is sitting on the far left wearing a red shirt and playing saxophone. Marcellus Lee is playing drums...

Marcellus Lee and an unidentified man playing at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Billie G. Moore, Jr., is standing in front of the stage watching them. Lee is playing...

Marcellus Lee and Bobby Branstetter performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is singing into a microphone while playing drums. Branstetter is looking at Lee...

Marcellus Lee and Henry Hoard performing on the Jazz Stage at the Kansas City Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is playing drums in back. Hoard is holding his saxophone while looking to...

Marcellus Lee playing piano at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is wearing a blue suit and looking down at a white piano.

Marcellus Lee playing drums at a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is playing trumpet on the left. A banner that reads "MMF" hangs from a piano...

Marcellus Lee playing piano at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is wearing a white sweater and striped scarf. He is looking down at the white piano while...

Marcellus Lee playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is sitting at the piano and looking forward while playing. The wall in back is covered with photos of jazz...

Marcellus Lee playing piano for an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is wearing a blue suit. An amplifier is on a window ledge behind him.

Marcellus Lee at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is singing while playing the piano. A window with the bar name is behind him.

Marcellus Lee performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is singing into a microphone while playing drums. A large picture of musicians is hanging behind Lee on a...

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...

Rusty Tucker and Marcellus Lee talking with an unidentified woman an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Tucker is wearing a blue jacket and is sitting on the left. Lee...

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...