Couple share as they stand on a bridge
An unidentified African American man and woman stand on a white bridge over a body of water and share something from a plastic cup. The woman, leaning against the railing of the bridge, looks up and...
Couple sit together on a glider seat outdoors in a back yard
An unidentified African American man and woman sit on a double glider chair outdoors in a backyard as they look up at the camera and smile. He holds a black dog with a patch of white between them on...
Eddie Saunders is surprised by Lisa Henry as Ida McBeth looks on
Eddie Saunders, holding a saxophone, opens his mouth in surprise at Lisa Henry, jazz singer, who is mostly obscured by Ida McBeth, jazz singer. Ida sits on a tall stool looking away from the camera...
Fans of jazz music and Claude "Fiddler" Williams fill the Blue Room
The Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri is full of fans of jazz music on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday celebration...
Fans of jazz music sit at the bar of the Blue Room
Five fans of jazz music sit at the bar of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the...
Fans of jazz music sit in a crowded Blue Room
The audience (both white people and African Americans) sits at tables or stands at museum exhibits in a crowded Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City...
Hot backgammon game among friends
One Asian American man and three African Americans smile, greet, and wave hello at the camera as they sit around a table in a living room. A Budweiser beer sits on the table along with a backgammon...
Houston Person and Etta Jones perform at the Tony Williams Jazz Fest
Houston Person stands on a stage in a room with a pink-draped ceiling while he plays his tenor saxophone and looks out over the audience at the Tony Williams Jazz Fest. Sitting next to Houston is Etta...
Ida McBeth and Lisa Henry watch the band play
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, slightly bends his knees as he stands and looks down at the fiddle he is playing with his bow. He wears a fedora hat. Lisa Henry and Ida McBeth, jazz singers, sit on tall...
Ida McBeth sings with the band in the festival tent
Ida McBeth closes her eyes and lifts her head as she sits on a tall stool and sings into a microphone she holds with her right hand. She expressively holds the fingers of her left hand up to the sky...
Ida McBeth sings with the band in the festival tent
Ida McBeth lifts her head and sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand as she sits on a tall stool in a tent with open sides. Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits behind her looking down at and...
Johnny Crawford sings as the band accompanies him
Rusty Tucker, drummer; Ben Kynard, saxophone; Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing a Danelectro double guitar; and possibly Pearl Thuston, piano, smile as they accompany and listen to Johnny Crawford...
Lisa Henry and Ida McBeth watch the band play
Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool sideways to the camera and looks back at the band performing in a tent with open sides. Lisa Henry sits behind Ida, mostly obscured by Ida, and is mostly...
Lisa Henry and the band perform
Eddie Saunders sits and plays a baritone saxophone while Tyrone Clark stands and plays double bass and Chris Clarke sits plays the keyboard. Tyrone and Chris are mostly out of the right side of the...
Lisa Henry sings
Lisa Henry closes her eyes and smiles as she stands and sings inside a tent without sides. Eddie Saunders with his saxophone lying across his lap, Claude "Fiddler" Williams with his fiddle lying...
Lisa Henry sings as Eddie Saunders and Ida McBeth look at each other
Lisa Henry, jazz singer, closes her eyes and grins as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool and looks away from the camera to look at...
Marcus Belgrave plays the piano while a woman looks on
Marcus Belgrave looks down at the keys of a baby grand piano without a lid that he is playing in a barista bar, Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045...
Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, Sam Johnson, Mary Moore, Pearl Thuston, and Luqman Hamza gather together for a photograph
Group shot of Sam Johnson, farthest left, Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry (seated, right), and...
Putting a leaf in the table is a group effort
Five unidentified African American women sit and stand around a dining room table putting a leaf in the center of the table. The woman farthest on the right side of the photograph turns her head to...
Regina Carter performs as part of a quartet for the Merging Generations Concert
Regina Carter stands center stage playing her fiddle as she performs as part of a quartet for the Merging Generations concert in Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. The other unidentified...
Series of three photographs of Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams blowing up modeling balloons
In a series of three photographs, Claude "Fiddler" Williams blows up a modeling balloon as he is in a big crowd. Blanche Williams blows up a modeling balloon as she is in a big crowd. And then the two...
Spencer Barefield, Marion Hayden, and Taslimah Bey
Spencer Barefield, holding a red jazz guitar, crouches down beside the seated double bass player, Marion Hayden, and Taslimah Bey, a jazz pianist. A wall of windows with blinds is behind them. The...
Spencer Barefield, Marion Hayden, Taslimah Bey, Charlie Gabriel, and Big Bill Bissonnette
Spencer Barefield stands holding his red jazz guitar and looking over to the seated Marion Hayden, Taslimah Bey, and Charlie Gabriel on one side of the green room and Big Bill Bissonnette on the left...