Grand Emporium Collection

Baron Shul, saxophonist for the jazz swing band Indigo Swing, stands by a beam and looks tiredly off to his right. He holds a tenor saxophone with both hands. He wears a dark business suit, a pocket...

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...

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band member holds a baritone sax and lets it rest on...

Jazz saxophonist Boney James looks directly at the camera with a slight smile as he sits and leans over a saxophone lying crosswise across his chest. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Boney...

Bryant-Giles Group, a jazz duo comprised of two white men. The man on the left holds a saxophone. The man on the right holds a guitar. They stand inside, possibly, a parking garage. Printed in the...

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...

Saxophonist Danny Lérman blows into a soprano saxophone with his head turned to the left and looking down. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "steel warehouse music. Danny Lérman." A gold...

Jazz saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree stands by a river with Brooklyn, New York on the other side of the river. He looks down at a tenor saxophone he is holding with his right hand while his left hand...

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 "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...

Eric Marienthal, jazz saxophonist, sits and smiles at the camera as he holds a tenor saxophone. He wears a business suit jacket over a t-shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Eric...

Blues saxophonist Greg Piccolo smiles as he wears an animal print headband and a sweater with horses and men on it. He wears a necklace with an African head sculpture. Printed on the upper left-hand...

Blues saxophonist Greg Piccolo holds up an electric guitar in his right hand and a saxophone in his left hand as he wears a dark headscarf with a wide headband. Printed in the margin below the...

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...

Jazz saxophonist Johnny Reno leans back, closes his eyes, and raises his left elbow high to play a saxophone he is blowing into. He wears a sleeveless undershirt.

Blues harmonica player and saxophonist Mark Sallings, of the band Mark Sallings & the Famous Unknowns smiles directly at the camera as he wears sunglasses in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed...

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...

No Trend, a punk rock band comprised of four white men, perform on stage and in front of the stage. They wear matching clothes and hats. The guitarist and percussionist walk on the floor in front of...

Blues saxophonist Sax Gordon holds his right hand above his head as he leans to the left and blows into a tenor saxophone. He wears sunglasses and a zoot suit. Printed in the margin below the...

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...

Jazz saxophonist Tom Scott, in a photo taken from his right side, leans his back against a wall and lifts his left foot to rest on the wall as he holds a saxophone. Printed in the margin below the...