Betty Crow Collection

Bob Bowman and Queen Bey performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Bowman is looking forward while playing bass. Bey is looking forward while singing into a microphone.

Bob Bowman and Queen Bey performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Bowman is looking forward and smiling while playing bass. Bey is looking to the side while singing...

Queen Bey and Richard "Slyde" Hyde performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Bey is singing into a microphone and facing left. Hyde is playing trombone in the front. They are on...

Queen Bey and Sharon Thompson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Bey is wearing a black jacket and feather while singing. Thompson is standing in back looking at...

Queen Bey and Speedy Huggins sitting in the audience for the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. Huggins is looking forward and both are laughing. They are sitting in front of shelves...

Queen Bey performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. She is smiling and singing into a microphone on a stand. She is on a stage facing left and standing in front of an...

Queen Bey performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. She is singing into a microphone in one hand while holding her other hand to the side. She is on a stage facing left.

Queen Bey performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. She is looking to the left while singing into a microphone in her hand. She is on stage with unidentified musicians...

Ray Reed at a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Reed is speaking into a microphone in his hand. Unidentified musicians are playing saxophone in back.

Ray Reed at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is standing in front of a blue backdrop, looking at the camera, and smiling. Reed is wearing a dark suit and patterned tie and is holding a...

Ray Reed and an unidentified woman, possibly his wife, at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. They are standing in front of a blue backdrop, looking at the camera, and smiling. Reed is wearing...

Raymond "Cowboy" Jones at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is grabbing food from a buffet line and is looking forward while smiling. An unidentified...

Raymond "Cowboy" Jones sitting in a hole in the floor in the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is looking up and has several tools scattered across the floor. Floorboards are...

Rebecca Parris and Bob Kindred at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. Parris is standing on the left, looking forward and smiling while holding a microphone. Kindred is partially off camera...

Remains of large stone pyramids around an open dirt field. The pyramids are partially in ruin and overgrown with vegetation. The open dirt field has an entrance into the ground below. The pyramids are...

Remains of large stone pyramids in Oaxaca. There are dirt paths between the remains. Each pyramid has a flat terrace near the bottom. The tops of all the pyramids are missing or are in rubble.

Retail shops along a busy road in the Virgin Islands. Cars are driving along a one-way road as tourists walk along sidewalks on both sides. Various retail shops are selling watches, jewelry, and other...

Rich Hill and Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hill is looking down while playing piano. Anderson is holding a trumpet in one hand and...

Richard "Slyde" Hyde performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Hyde is looking down while playing a trombone into a microphone. He is on a stage surrounded by people...

Richard "Slyde" Hyde performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is standing on stage and facing left while playing trombone. A table with drinks and instrument equipment is in...

Richard Ross and Bob Branstetter performing at City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is wearing a white jacket and is looking to the side while singing into a microphone in his hand...

Richard Ross and Sharon Thompson at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. They are smiling and looking forward. Thompson is placing her arm on the shoulder of Ross.

Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is standing on the left, wearing a dark shirt. Both men are looking at performers on stage.

Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is standing on the left, wearing a dark shirt. Both men are looking at performers on stage.

Richard Ross performing at an unidentified venue. He is looking to the side while playing drums. The back wall has a large bookshelf.