Betty Crow Collection

Richard Ross performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is singing into a microphone in his hand while looking to the side.

Richard Ross at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is wearing a white blazer and is smiling while talking with various audience members. Tommy Ruskin is standing in...

Richard Ross at the Levee Bar and Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is holding a microphone while singing. Mike Ning is playing piano on the right. Various pictures and trinkets hang...

Richard Ross singing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is holding a microphone and wearing a white blazer. Mike Ning is playing piano behind Ross. Various pictures...

Richard Smith and Rutherford H. Coleman outside the Civic Auditorium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are standing on the roof of a building with several skyscrapers in the background. They are...

Rick Hendricks and Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. Hendricks is looking down and smiling while playing guitar. Ray is bending down in the bottom right corner. They are in a room with white...

Rick Hendricks and Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. Hendricks is looking down while playing guitar. Ray is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. They are in a room with...

Rick Hendricks and Rusty Tucker performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hendricks is facing away from the camera and playing guitar in back. Tucker is holding a trumpet in one...

Rick Hendricks and Rusty Tucker performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Hendricks is playing guitar in back. Tucker is holding a trumpet in one hand and singing into a microphone...

Rick Hendricks playing guitar at an event. Hendricks is looking to the side and sitting in front of a drum set. He is in a room with white walls and trellis decorations.

Rick Hendricks, Diane "Mama" Ray, and an unidentified musician performing at an event. Hendricks is playing guitar while looking down. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. The...

Rick Venuti speaking or singing on stage with jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Dennis Lucas looking forward and playing...

Ricky Anderson and David Basse performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Anderson is playing bass on the left and Basse is playing drums. They are on a stage in front of a wall...

Rod Fleeman and Danny Embrey playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Fleeman is playing an acoustic guitar. Embrey is playing an electric guitar. Various pictures and...

Rod Fleeman performing at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is playing a guitar while standing against a white wall. An unidentified man is standing in back.

Rod Fleeman at the Topeka Jazz Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He is holding a guitar and looking forward while smiling. He is on a stage in front of a dark curtain.

Two unidentified people at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. One man wearing a suit is standing at a podium while looking down. Roger Naber is standing to the left. An unidentified...

Ronnie McFadden performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing saxophone in front of Pat Morrissey and an unidentified pianist. They are on a stage in front of a wall...

Ronnie McFadden performing at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. McFadden is moving his arms and dancing on stage. He is wearing a black suit jacket with red handkerchief.

Ronnie McFadden performing at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. McFadden is moving his arms and dancing on stage. He is wearing a black suit jacket with red handkerchief.

Ronnie McFadden performing on the Missouri River Queen Jazz Cruise. He is wearing a black suit and dancing while Everett Freeman is playing keyboard in back.

Rosetta Robinson and Bob Branstetter performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Robinson is looking down while holding a microphone with one hand. Branstetter is playing bass...

Rosetta Robinson performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Robinson is looking down while singing into a microphone in on hand while raising up her other arm.

Rosetta Robinson performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Robinson is looking to the right while smiling. She is on a stage in front of a white wall.

Rosetta Robinson performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Robinson is looking down while singing into a microphone in her hand. An unidentified man is playing bass in the back...