Bobby Watson, wearing a fedora and suspenders, closes his eyes as he plays an 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.
Bobby Watson blows into an alto saxophone that has a microphone in front of it during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a checked suit, looks down as he plays a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...
Cotton Candy, wearing a dramatic hat and looking directly at the photographer, sings into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Cotton Candy Washington looks to her left to sing into the microphone as she plays a keyboard during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. An...
Henry Butler, wearing sunglasses, sits and plays a grand piano during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The stage lights are above his head...
Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.
Ida McBeth, wearing a bejeweled pillbox hat, throws her head back and laughs as she stands on stage and holds a certificate which states "Unified...
Ida McBeth looks coyly to her right as she sings into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Illinois Jacquet, wearing a checked suit jacket, profile of his left side, holds a tenor saxophone and snaps his fingers during the Kansas City Blues...
Jay McShann, left side profile, wearing a ball cap as he sits at a baby grand piano playing for an audience visible behind him during the Kansas City...
The left side of Jay McShann smiling straight ahead as he sits at a piano wearing a ball cap. A large crowd is behind him smiling and clapping at the...
Kermit Ruffins, wearing a fedora, from his right side, blows into a trumpet lifted high during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lester "Duck" Warner, from the right, wearing a straw flat cap, blows into a valve trombone during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
The Scamps on stage at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Fest in 2004. Lucky Wesley is standing on the right side of a stage, smiling, wearing a...
The Wild Women including Lori Tucker, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards, and Myra Taylor, sit on stage in chairs singing into microphones under posters of...
