Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, jazz saxophone player, sits on a barstool while performing, and Jim Ericson, drummer, peeks out over his drum set while performing on Thanksgiving night at the Grand Emporium...

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...

Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders, a zydeco, Cajun music band of five African American men and one white man, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. Fernest plays an...

Flattyre and the Blowouts, a band comprised of four white men and one African American man, stand in a line, arm-in-arm, in front of a brick wall with a door in it. Printed in the margin below the...

Freekbass, a funk metal band comprised of four white men and one African American man, stand in a lobby while Freekbass holds a custom electric bass and wears sunglasses and a cowboy hat. Printed in...

Garaj Mahal, a jazz-fusion ensemble comprised of three white men and one African American man, stand outside. A factory smokestack is behind them. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Blue...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wears a blue toga made of Grand Emporium clothing, motions toward Speedy Huggins who siting in a chair wearing a toga and a headband. Next to Speedy an...

Global Funk Council, a funk band comprised of Anthony Smith, Eric Bolivar, Dan Lebowitz, and Steve Adams, stand looking up at the camera. All wear a white, open-collar shirt, and dark suit jackets...

Gran Torino, a funk band comprised of three African American men, four white men, and one Mexican American man (possibly), stand in front of a police line-up board and look seriously at the...

Hairy Apes BMX, a band comprised of one African American man and three white man, stand in a line in front of a wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Artist Workshop [logo]. HAIRYAPESBMX...

R&B vocalist Hank Ballard smiles as he snaps his fingers at shoulder height and lifts his right knee on the right side of the photograph as Syd Nathan sits on a tall stool smiling to his left at Hank...

Blues harmonica player Harmonica Fats stands on stage with a lot of equipment behind him, playing the harmonica as he wears a three piece business suit, and blues guitarist Bernie Pearl stands on...

Harmonica Shah Blues Band featuring Howard Glazer, is a blues band consisting of one African American harmonica player (Harmonica Shah) and three white men. The man to the left of Harmonica Shah...

The Healers, a band comprised of three African American men and one white man. Two standing behind the two that are seated. Three put their right fist in the center of the four men and one lifts his...

Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor, a reggae and funk band comprised of two African American men, and one white man. Henry Turner, Jr. sits in the middle. He and the other African American man wear...

The Honeyboy Edwards Blues Band, a blues band comprised of one white man and three African American men, stand on stage in the dark, performing. Printed in the margin above the photograph, "The...

Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, sit at a table full of banded stacks of money, a vintage calculator, and cups of coffee. They are all...

Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, stand or sit at the bar of Chord on Blues wearing casual clothes and looking seriously at the camera...

Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, stand on a fire escape landing outside a brick building wearing business suits. Three of the four...

Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, stand on a fire escape landing outside a brick building wearing business suits. Three of the four...

Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, appear in a series of four photographs with Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi (The Blues Brothers), and...

Jah Works, a reggae band comprised of two African American men and five white men, stand and crouch among palm trees. All wear sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Jah Works...

Rock pianist and vocalist Jason D. Williams stands on stage behind a microphone with his eyes closed and his mouth wide open. He wears a beige sweater and a fedora hat. Behind him is an unidentified...

JGB is a blues band comprised of two African American women, two African American men, and four white men. The men stand in a parlor behind the two seated women. Printed in the margin below the...

Joe "King" Carrasco, Tex-Mex new wave musician, and Michael E. Johnson, a reggae musician, stand together in front of a backdrop. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Joe "King" Carrasco &...