The Mutual Musicians Foundation: The Tradition Jams On
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Jay McShann
Jay McShann at the piano upstairs at the MMF.
Mayor Berkley
Postcard of Mayor Berkley reading the proclamation designating the MMF as a National Cultural Landmark in March, 1982. Musicians on bandstand, left to right: Herman Walder, Joe Thomas, Arthur Jackson. Carroll Jenkins, then President, is sitting next to Mayor Berkley.
Baby Lovett
Baby Lovett in foreground, Joe Thomas on tenor saxophone in the background.
Lucky Wesley
Luqman Hamza (left) and Lucky Wesley leaning against the piano in the lounge of the MMF with unidentified musicians in the background.
Jazztet + One
Musicians from the Kansas City Jazztet + One on stage in the lounge of the MMF.
Claude “Fiddler” Williams
Claude “Fiddler” Williams, pianist Luqman Hamza and two unidentified musicians in the lounge of the MMF.
Jazztet + One
Members of Kansas City Jazztet + One on stage in lounge of the MMF. Left to right: Toni Oliver (seated) Ben Kynard, Oliver Todd, unknown and unknown.
Oliver Todd
Oliver Todd at the piano in the lounge of the MMF.
Marcellus Lee
Marcellus Lee at the drums in the lounge of the MMF.