Betty Crow Collection

Jackie Anderson performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. She is singing into a microphone in one hand while looking to the side. She is on a stage cluttered with other instruments...

Jackie Anderson at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. She is wearing a multi-colored dress and is standing next to a cosmetics display.

Jackie Williams performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is playing drums while looking to the left. He is on stage in front of a gray curtain.

Jackie Williams at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is squatting and leaning forward at the edge of the stage to speak with other people. He is holding a brown bag in one hand and is...

James "Chico" Battaglia and Rick Hendricks performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Battaglia is playing congas while closing his eyes. Hendricks is looking to the side while...

James Albright and Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Albright is sitting on a stool and playing bass. Williams is leaning forward while...

James Albright performing at Majestic Steak House on Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing his eyes while playing electric bass behind a set of drums.

Jay Leonhart at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is standing on stage, looking down at the camera and smiling. He is holding a hat and drink in his hands.

Jay Leonhart at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is standing on stage, looking down at the camera and smiling. He is in front of a gray curtain with other jazz musicians.

Jay Leonhart performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is looking to the right while playing bass. Danny Embrey is partially off camera playing guitar on the right. They are on...

Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing second from left, leaning forward while talking. Alaadeen is sitting in the...

Jay McShann and Al "Delightful De" Bartee with an unidentified woman posing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing on the left and shaking...

Jay McShann and Bobby Branstetter at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is looking down while playing piano. Branstetter is sitting on a stool while playing bass...

Jay McShann and Duke Samuels with an unidentified man at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing on the left and Samuels is standing on the right. All...

Jay McShann and Raymond "Cowboy" Jones at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and is looking to the side...

Jay McShann at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is standing an laughing in the middle of a crowd of unidentified musicians and audience...

Jay McShann sitting in the audience during a show at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is wearing a light blue shirt in the center of the photo. Other people are...

Jay McShann playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other people are sitting behind McShann watching him play. Various trinkets and pictures are on the wall in back.

Jay McShann playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Other people are sitting behind McShann watching him play. Various trinkets and pictures are on the wall in back.

Jay McShann smiling while looking to the left. He is in front of an unidentified man in back. McShann is possibly sitting at a piano. A microphone on the left is pointed at McShann.

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. 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...

Unidentified people at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is speaking into a microphone in his hand and is standing...

Musicians and other unidentified people at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude Williams is standing on the right wearing a leather...