Lawrence Wright receives the lifetime achievement award at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Lawrence Wright stands behind a keyboard, looking straight at the photographer, and lays his left hand over his heart as he holds a plaque high with...
Lawrence Wright stands behind a keyboard, looking straight at the photographer, and lays his left hand over his heart as he holds a plaque high with...
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...
Lazy Lester, wearing a straw hat, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. He...
LC Gant, wearing a flat cap, smiles and looks above his glasses over his right shoulder as he plays a drum set at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...
Lee McBee closes his eyes and plays an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.
Lee Oskar, a member of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and furrows his brow as he blows...
Lee Oskar plays a harmonica into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lem Sheppard, wearing sunglasses, looks down at the electric guitar he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Lem Shepphard, wearing a crocheted skull cap, closes his eyes and sings into a microphone as he plays the guitar at Club Paradox during the Kansas...
Leon Russell, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his left, wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses, looks down at the...
Leon Sam, wearing a cowboy hat, sings into a microphone as he plays an accordion at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios...
Leonard Ladd of the Roland Allen Band, wearing an Otis Spann t-shirt, sticks his tongue out and looks at the keys as he concentrates on playing a...
Lester "Duck" Warner sit and plays a trumpet in a fedora hat in front of a drum set at Mississippi Graces in Kansas City, KS.
Lester "Duck" Warner, from the right, wearing a straw flat cap, blows into a valve trombone during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Lester "Duck" Warner, wearing a fedora and a bead necklace, blows into a trumpet at a microphone at the Grand Emporium. The photograph includes Lester...
Lester "Wizard" King, wearing a suit jacket over a sweater that says, "Crossroads of the Blues," closes his eyes as he plays a flying-X guitar at the...
Groups Levee Town and Simplexity (Jeff Jones; GoGo Ray; Dave Wilkerson; Wes Blackman; Blaze; George Robinson; Tyson Leslie; Mark Gilmore) sit outside...
The Levee Town Band stand together for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Jimmie Meade holds a harmonica. Brandon Hudspeth smiles and holds an electric...
Lightnin' Malcolm, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, perspiring heavily, sticks his tongue out as he plays an electric guitar...
Lil Brother's face with a pipe in his mouth and wearing a jacket is seated at the drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Lil' Bob (Camille Bob), wearing a sailor hat, sings into a microphone at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina...
Lil' Ed, singing and playing the guitar, leads a conga line of the audience through the seated audience at the Grand Emporium.
Lil' Ed of the band The Imperials, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a cheetah-skin print fez hat and vest, leans...
Linda Shell wears a tiara as she sings into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. She is facing to the photographer's right.
Linda Shell closes her eyes and splays the fingers of her left hand toward the sky as she sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium.