Raymond "Cowboy" Jones sitting in a hole in the floor in the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is looking up and has several tools scattered across the floor. Floorboards are removed from around the hole.
Construction work at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City. Floorboards have been removed around a hole in the middle of the floor and a cord runs into it.
Everett Freeman playing piano at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Freeman is looking down at the keys while playing. He is wearing a black shirt. The back wall is covered with wooden planks.
Audience at a concert at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified people are standing and sitting while talking and listening. The back wall is covered with photos of jazz bands and musicians.
Audience at a concert at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified people are standing and sitting while talking and listening. A fabric banner from the 1930s for the musician's union is hanging on the back wall.
Gerald Dunn playing saxophone at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Dunn is looking to the side and closing his eyes while playing. E is wearing a white shirt and patterned tie.
Audience at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Unidentified people are standing and sitting while talking, eating, and listening. The back wall is covered with photos of jazz bands and musicians.
Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Oliver Todd playing a keyboard, Henry Hoard playing saxophone, Marcellus Lee playing drums, an unidentified man playing saxophone, and an unidentified man playing trumpet. They are playing in a room with barren white walls.
Marcellus Lee playing piano at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is wearing a white sweater and striped scarf. He is looking down at the white piano while playing. The back wall is covered with photos of jazz musicians and bands.
Three musicians posing for a photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray Reed is standing on the left, wearing a gray suit jacket. All three men are looking forward and smiling.
Lonnie McFadden playing trumpet at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. McFadden is sitting in the center between two unidentified musicians. All three are holding up their instruments and reading music off wire stands.
Ben Kynard standing at the front of a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is wearing a blue track suit and is smiling at musicians off-camera. The back wall is covered in with photos of jazz bands and musicians.
Jazz musicians rehearsing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man playing electric bass, Oliver Todd playing piano, and Henry Hoard playing saxophone. They are playing in a room with barren white walls.
Marcellus Lee playing drums at a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is playing trumpet on the left. A banner that reads "MMF" hangs from a piano nearby. The rehearsal is in a room with barren white walls.