Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit on or in front of a tile wall in front of a...

Diane Schuur, jazz singer and pianist, Bobby Watson, Jr., jazz saxophonist, Dr. John, jazz and blues singer, and Monty Alexander, jazz pianist, in four separate close-up, head-shot portrait...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player and singer, smiles at the camera as he stands and lifts his arms wide while holding a saxophone across his body with a neck strap. He wears a fedora hat with a...

Eddie Shaw, Chicago blues saxophone player and singer, performs on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri with two unidentified African American men; one playing electric guitar and one...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player, lifts his right knee and closes his eyes as he plays a tenor saxophone. He wears a vest over a button-down shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Eddie...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player and singer, smiles at the camera as he stands and holds two saxophones. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Eddie Shaw and "The Wolf Gang." Colt Recording...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophonist, closes his eyes as he opens his mouth wide in a close-up photograph from his right side. He holds two saxophones; one under his right arm and one across his body from...

Saxophonist John Firmin, of the Johnny Nocturne Band, squats behind vocalist Kim Nalley who sits in front of John holding his saxophone but looking back over her shoulder at John as he holds the...

Maurice John Vaughn, Chicago blues guitarist, singer, and saxophone player, looks at the camera as he sits holding the neck of a tenor saxophone with his right hand and the neck of an electric blues...

Blues-rock guitarist Mike Reilly in a montage of color photographs with people he has appeared with. The upper left-hand photograph is Mike Reilly, Alan Blazek, and Elvin Bishop. The center-left...

Son Seals Blues Band is a blues band performing at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. Blues guitarist and vocalist Son Seals stands in the spotlight. Red Groetzinger plays a tenor saxophone...

Blues saxophonist and vocalist Terry Hanck sings into a microphone on a stand that he holds in his left hand as he holds a tenor saxophone in his right hand. The photograph is at an angle. Printed in...