Grand Emporium Collection

Blues saxophonist A.C. Reed smiles at the camera as he sits at a high-top table with am elaborately engraved saxophone lying on its side on the table. He wears a cap with four pins of three stars and...

Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab stand outside an unkempt building with glass block windows and look at the camera while wearing sunglasses. The man farthest to the left holds...

Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, sits with his forearms crossed over his knees and looks back at the camera over his right shoulder in a close-up photograph. He wears a dark leather flat cap. Printed...

Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, leans forward on his elbows with his forearms crossed and gives a slight smile to the camera. A saxophone lies on its side in front of Bobby in a close-up photograph...

Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, grins at the camera and rests his chin on his right hand as an alto saxophone lies on a table in front of him. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bobby Watson...

Four men from the City Light Orchestra sit outside on a patio and smile as Ahmad Alaadeen looks at a soprano saxophone. All are wearing suits. From left to right: Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Whitmer, LaVerne...

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...

Darryl Terrell, jazz saxophonist from St. Louis, Missouri, sits on a low tree branch with a body of water and a town on the other side of the water behind him. He holds a saxophone across his body...

Jazz saxophonist David Murray looks up at the camera as he sits with a saxophone resting on his lap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "David Murray."

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...

The Dynatones, a band comprised of two African American men, four white men, and one Latino man, stand on a set of stairs. One man holds an electric guitar and wears a fedora hat. A man in front holds...

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...

Jazz saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson looks slightly to the right and smiles at the camera as he hugs a saxophone to his body.

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...

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...

George Howard, jazz saxophonist, looks up and to the right toward the camera as he holds up a soprano saxophone with his right hand. He wears a graphic print sweater.

Jazz saxophonist George Howard slants his eyes up and to the right toward the camera as he holds up a soprano saxophone with his right hand. He wears a graphic print sweater. Printed in the margin...

Jazz saxophonist George Howard smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "George Howard. grp [logo]." Printed in the right margin, "Photo...

Grover Washington, Jr., jazz saxophonist, leans back, closes his eyes, and blows into a saxophone.

Grover Washington, Jr., jazz saxophonist, holds a soprano saxophone across his body as he rests one foot up on a rung of a chair. He wears a checkered business suit jacket. Printed in the margin below...

Blues saxophonist Harold Singer stands on stage blowing into a saxophone with a keyboard player behind him. He wears a sports jacket and a loosened necktie. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Jazz Crusaders, a jazz group including Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder, in a series of four photographs. The photograph on the left is Wayne Henderson standing with his arms spread as he wears a top...