Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party...
Al Pearson, wearing a dark suit, closes his eyes and blows into a trumpet during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Curtains are visible in...
Al Pearson, wearing an earring and blowing into a flugelhorn at the Jazz Carol Festival at the Community Christian Church.
Unidentified band (trumpet player, two saxophonists, drummer, pianist) playing onstage as part of the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed...
Bob Enos, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, shrugs his shoulders and smiles as he cringes and...
Bobby Bland, Lee Oskar, and others perform as one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium. Bobby Bland looks to his left shoulder towards Lee Oskar...
Boney Fields, one the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a bowler hat, blows into a trumpet he holds with a handkerchief.
Buddy Tate (right) and an unidentified African American man (left) in Orange, California; the unidentified man is looking over the right of the photo...
Charles "Cootie" Williams photographed from the side playing trumpet in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is holding a mute in the trumpet...
Charles "Cootie" Williams playing trumpet on stage into a microphone in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is wearing a light colored suit...
Publicity photo of Charles "Cootie" Williams standing and playing trumpet while looking to up and to the side. Williams is wearing a dark suit and...
Publicity photo of Charles "Cootie" Williams looking forward and smiling while holding a trumpet to his chest with one hand. Williams is wearing a...
Charles "Cootie" Williams photographed from the side playing trumpet in a recording studio, into a Capitol Records microphone, with unidentified...
Charles "Cootie" Williams standing behind a stand full of music and holding one arm out next to a Capitol Records microphone. Williams is looking to...
Charles "Cootie" Williams playing trumpet in a recording studio, into a Capitol Records microphone, with unidentified musicians. Williams is leaning...
Craig Cohick, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet at the Grand Emporium. The photo is at an angle and basically...
From his right side, Dave Duffield looks over the bell of a trumpet he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Dick Cathcart sitting on a stool while playing trumpet. Cathcart is holding the trumpet forward and closing his eyes; He is wearing a white buttoned...
Duck Warner looks serious wearing a cowboy hat, as he holds a trumpet on his leg while he sits on a bench outside. Hugh Ruddick is next to Duck on the...
Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz including Oliver Todd sitting at the piano on the far left of the photograph, then Ben Kynard blowing into a saxophone...
Four Fried Chickens and a Coke pose for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Back row: Holding a bass is Landon Murray. Wearing a fedora and a tie is Bill...
George Robinson, of the band Simplexity, wearing a ball cap with a "G" on it, closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet in front of a microphone at...
George Thow sitting on stage in front of a curtain and playing trumpet next to an unidentified white male trumpet player. Thow is wearing a patterned...
Gerald Wilson sitting on a table and looking forward, smiling, and holding a trumpet with both hands. Wilson is wearing a light colored suit and...
Publicity photo of Gerald Wilson holding a trumpet in one hand across his chest while looking forward and smiling. Wilson is wearing a dark suit and...
