Betty Crow Collection

Diane "Mama" Ray singing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hands. She is in front of a wall covered with a mural of...

Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. She is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. Billie G. Moore, Jr. is dancing in front of her. With an unidentified woman. They are in a...

Diane "Mama" Ray, Big John Amaro, and an unidentified man performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a microphone in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard in back...

Dick Wright speaking at an unidentified venue. He is talking into a microphone in his hand. He is sitting on a char on a stage in front of a blue wall.

Dining tables on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Waiters are walking around the tables set with dining wear and glasses. They are wearing white jackets with black bow ties. On the far wall several...

A dirt road between buildings in Oaxaca, Mexico. The buildings are mostly made of brick and a few are falling apart. A blue building is at the end of the road.

Dizzy Gillespie hugging an unidentified woman. Gillespie is smiling and wearing a t-shirt with stripes on the arm.

Donkeys on a dirt road. A small boy is walking between donkeys who are standing near trees. There is a car partially off camera on the right. A small brick building is on the left.

Dorothy Donegan and Al "Delightful De" Bartee signing autographs at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Donegan is wearing a Chanel hat. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest...

Dorothy Donegan and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is standing next to Donegan, looking forward and smiling.

Dorothy Donegan signing an autograph for an unidentified woman at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart and Al "Delightful De" Bartee are standing nearby. Donegan is wearing a...

Dorothy Donegan signing autographs at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Donegan is looking to the left and smiling. She is wearing a Chanel hat.

Doug Auwarter and Kevin Mahogany performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Auwarter is looking to the side while playing drums. Mahogany is wearing a blue suit and singing into a...

Doug Auwarter playing drums at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Auwarter is looking to the side and smiling. The back wall is covered with a mural of jazz musicians.

Downtown Kansas City skyline from the dock for the Missouri River Queen. All the large skyscrapers are visible on the far end of the Missouri River. A small white building and black gate are on the...

Dr. John performing at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. Big John Amaro is playing piano while singing into a microphone. Several unidentified musicians are playing saxophone behind stands with...

Drum set on the stage of the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The stage is empty except for instruments. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick wall in back.

A drummer identified as Mahmoud playing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He is looking forward and smiling while playing.

Duck Warner performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing trumpet while closing his eyes. He is on a stage in front of a wall with large windows.

Duke Samuels playing bass at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Samuels is wearing a gray jacket and looking down while he plays.

Dwight Foster and Al "Delightful De" Bartee with unidentified performers at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster and Bartee are standing in the center back wearing tuxedos...

Dwight Foster and Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster is looking forward while playing saxophone. Bartee is looking to the side while playing...

Dwight Foster and Al "Delightful De" Bartee performing at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Foster is looking to the side while playing saxophone. Bartee is looking to the side while...

Dwight Foster playing saxophone at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing looking forward while playing and is wearing a tuxedo with black bowtie.

Dwight Foster playing saxophone at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing looking forward while playing and is wearing a tuxedo with black bowtie.