Betty Crow Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Alaadeen is wearing a dark jacket and is smiling. Kynard is wearing a blue jacket and is facing Alaadeen...

Ben Kynard and Joe Williams at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City. Kynard is standing and holding a microphone while speaking. Williams is sitting on...

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...

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...

Ben Kynard and Ray Reed sitting outdoors on a stone wall. Kynard is wearing a white jacket and is looking forward and laughing while pointing at Reed. Reed is wearing a plaid shirt and holding a...

Ben Kynard sitting in front of a large crowd at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. People are sitting in lawn chairs and walking around. Kynard is leaning forward and smiling. Everyone is on a large...

Ben Kynard standing at the front of a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is wearing a blue track suit and is smiling at musicians off-camera. The back wall...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. An...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al...

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing among audience members in a blue suit and tie. A table with refreshments is behind him.

Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He is standing in front of a row of musicians playing saxophones. Everyone is looking at music or up at...

Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ronnie McFadden is playing saxophone on the left end of a row of saxophone players. Kynard is holding music...

Ben Kynard speaking at an unidentified venue. He is talking into a microphone in his hand. Claude Williams is sitting net to him partially off camera. They are on a stage in front of a blue wall.

Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, and Dick Wright at an unidentified venue. Wright is speaking into a microphone in his hand. They are sitting on chairs on a stage in front of a blue wall.

Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, Dean Hampton, and Dick Wright at an unidentified venue. Hampton is standing in front speaking into a microphone in his had. The others are sitting on chairs on a stage in...

Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Williams is holding a microphone and speaking. Claude Williams is sitting to the right...

Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude Williams is sitting on the left, wearing a blue suit, and talking into a microphone...

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 performing at the Crown Center on Grand Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald Spaits playing bass, Ben Kynard playing saxophone, an unidentified man playing drums...

Jazz musicians performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man wearing a plaid shirt, Ben Kynard holding a saxophone...

Jazz musicians performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: David Daahoud Williams playing bass, Al "Delightful De" Bartee playing...

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...

Henry Hoard and Ben Kynard at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Hoard is wearing a black suit and looking forward. Kynard is wearing a blue suit and holding his...