Bobby Watson at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Bobby Watson, looking directly at the photographer, blows into a microphoned alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Bobby Watson, looking directly at the photographer, blows into a microphoned alto saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Chris Layton looks intently directly at the photographer and out over a drum set he is playing during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Eddie Tigner, wearing a Route 66 ball cap, looks seriously out over a microphone while he plays a keyboard during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Elvin Bishop, wearing overalls, looks intently at an electric guitar he's playing during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat, leans back as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A profile shadow is visible behind...
Irma Thomas, wearing a sundress, smiles up and to her left as she holds a microphone in her right hand and lifts her left elbow even with her shoulder...
King Clarentz, wearing a headband, Dashiki, knee-high laced boots with jeans tucked into the boots, smiles from his seat on stage as he plays an...
Koko Taylor, neck and chest wet with perspiration, closes her eyes and lifts her head to her right, as she smiles and sings into a microphone she is...
Lazy Lester's face is barely visible behind his hands which are clasping an amplified harmonica. His eyes are closed and he's wearing a straw fedora...
Little Smokey Smothers, wearing a bowler hat and overalls, looks to his left as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Philadelphia Jerry Ricks, wearing a cowboy hat, lays his right hand on his cheek, closes his eyes, and sings into a microphone he hugs with his left...
Sean Costello, perspiring heavily, smiles to his right as he stands and plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Sherman Holmes of the band, The Holmes Brothers, eyes squeezed closed, wearing a Dashiki, plays an electric bass during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Wendell Holmes of the band, The Holmes Brothers, closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings, mouth wide open, into a microphone, and plays a keyboard...
Willie "Popsy" Dixon, of the band The Holmes Brothers, sings into a microphone during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.