Warren Durrett Collection

Blurry photograph, presumably of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. There are splotches and splashes of color and light, and to the left what appears to be the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing on a...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra (white men and women) in a tuxedo, blue shirt, and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo, blue shirt, and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra."...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett conducting his band in a silver suit jacket and black pants. The band members (all white men) are playing behind podiums, wearing dark red jackets with black pants and bowties. Band...

Members of the Warren Durrett Orchestra seated on stage behind music stands, wearing maroon suit jackets with black pants and bowties. There is a trombonist in the center of the image, with a man next...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In the front on the right is a clarinetist, behind him to the left is a drummer, and behind him are a bassist and...

Bob Ousley playing clarinet in a maroon suit jacket, black pants, and a bowtie with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. There is another clarinetist to the left, a saxophonist to the right, three...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In the front on the right is an African American male clarinetist, behind him to the left is a white male drummer...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In the front is a man playing clarinet, obscuring the view of the members behind him. Saxophones are visible, as...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In front of them to the right is a woman singing in a dress and with a flower in her hair. The band is seated in...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In front of them to the right is a woman singing in a dress and with a flower in her hair. The band is seated in...

Warren Durrett, in a silver suit jacket, seated at the piano with his orchestra, in a large auditorium, with rows of empty seats in the background. The band (all white men) is on a stage with risers...

Warren Durrett standing in front of a piano to the left of his orchestra in a suit and bowtie in a conducting stance, with a white woman singer in a black dress seated in front him. The band members...

Warren Durrett standing in front of a piano to the left of his orchestra in a suit and bowtie, with an unidentified white woman singer in front of the band at a microphone. The band members (white men...

Warren Durrett conducting his orchestra on a makeshift stage. The band members (all white men) are wearing dark red jackets and black pants and bowties, and are standing in three rows behind music...

Warren Durrett in a suit, performing at the piano with an open lid. There is sheet music and a lamp on the piano, as well as a sign that says "Warren Durrett."

Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a blue suit. There is music on top of the piano, as well as a lamp and a sign that reads: "Warren Durrett." There are curtains hanging over windows in the...

Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a blue suit. There is music on top of the piano, as well as a lamp and a sign that reads: "Warren Durrett." There are curtains hanging over windows in the...

Warren Durrett's orchestra (all white men), performing in dark red suit jackets with black pants and bowties, with Warren Durrett seated off to the side at the piano in a silver suit jacket. Four band...

Group of eight white boys (one likely in his teens and the rest pre-teens) standing in a sandwich shop, with an unidentified white man in the back left, and Warren Durrett in the back right. There are...