Blues guitarist Big Jack Johnson smiles and closes his eyes as he plays a guitar he holds in his lap. He wears a light-colored flat cap. Printed in...
Big Wheeler, blues harmonica player, looks directly at the camera as he holds an amplified harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head...
Bill Perry, an African American male blues guitarist, looks directly at the camera with a slight smile face in a close-up, head-shot photograph...
Blind Mississippi Morris, blues harmonica player and singer, sits on a tall stool with one foot resting on an amplifier and the other touching the...
Chubby Carrier, zydeco accordion player, smiles at the camera as he plays a Gabbanelli accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby...
Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier smiles as he plays his personalized accordion in a photograph taken from above his head. Printed in the margin...
Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth to sing as he plays his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly to the right as he plays his fiddle with an amplification cord from the fiddle to the power source on the...
An unidentified white male pianist, farthest left in the photograph, sits diagonally on the piano bench, turns his body toward the keys, and closes...
Jazz duo Finger Roll (Thomas Dawson Jr., and Dennis Nelson) stand together as Dennis Nelson holds an acoustic guitar. Printed in the margin below the...
Blues guitarist Fruteland Jackson stands in front of damaged louvered doors and a wooden fence. He wears a newsboy cap and an overcoat over overalls...
Blues guitarist Fruteland Jackson stands in front of a wall with peeling paint wearing sunglasses and a newsboy cap. He holds an acoustic guitar by...
Group shot taken at the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards in Los Angeles: 3rd row (l-r) unidentified, Bonnie Raitt, Isley Brothers, Johnny...
Blues harmonica player James Cotton smiles as he holds a harmonica in the breast pocket of the overalls he is wearing with a turtleneck sweater and a...
James Peterson, blues guitarist, smiles at the camera as he leans his forearms over a flying 'J' guitar on his lap. He wears a cowbnoy hat, a scorpion...
Jay McShann holding his 1996 Pioneer Award plaque from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation; standing in front of a plastic sheet with the Rhythm & Blues...
Close up shot of Jay McShann smiling for the camera and an unidentified event in Brownsville, Nebraska; other people can be seen behind him.
Jazz Crusaders, a jazz group including Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder, in a series of four photographs. The photograph on the left is Wayne...
Jazz saxophonist Joe Houston stands in front of a palm tree, looking down, as he plays a tenor saxophone. He wears a double-breasted business suit and...
Jazz saxophonist Joe Houston stands on stage and blows into a tenor saxophone. He wears sunglasses and a light colored shirt with large collar tips. A...
Jazz saxophonist Joe Houston in a close-up, head-shot photograph, wears sunglasses as he blows into the mouthpiece of a saxophone. Printed in the...
Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman leans to the left in order to look at the camera from behind the neck of a saxophone. Printed in the margin below the...
Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman leans to the left in order to look at the camera from behind the neck of a saxophone. Printed in the margin below the...
Kim Waters, jazz saxophonist, lays a saxophone over his left shoulder and crosses his right arm over his waist as he looks seriously at the camera. He...
Kim Waters, jazz saxophonist, smiles as he holds a saxophone behind eight lit candles. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Kim Waters...
