Warren Durrett Collection

Upper-body photo of Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, both smiling, standing on the street in suits. Walker's eyes are closed, and Durrett has a pipe in his mouth. They are standing next to buildings...

Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, standing on the street in suits. Walker has both hands in his pockets, Durrett has one hand in his pocket and the other holding a folded paper. There are buildings...

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...

Bob Ousley seated , playing the clarinet, with an unidentified white man playing saxophone to his left. A clarinet and a flute are on the floor in front of them, and they are behind a microphone stand...

Man named Bob in a sweater, smiling, with Warren Durrett to his left, in glasses. To their right, a man named Milo has his hands on his haps, and a woman named Hazel has her arms folded, wearing a...

Five members of the Carl Colby Band (white men) in the hallway of a building. The four on the left are all turned towards the wall, with Warren Durrett to the right in a striped shirt and long pants...

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man, and Patty Tucker in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand.

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified white man in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand. Two other unidentified white men stand to the right behind a...

Photo of Warren Durrett in a black suit and tie, surrounded by the members of his orchestra (all white) in light colored suits. They are standing on the ground next to a Trans World Airlines airplane...

Contact sheet with ten images, numbered: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (10 crossed out), 12 (11 crossed out), 12A. 3: Woman with fists clenched, singing into a microphone, in front of the Warren Durrett...

Dick Chapman in a suit, hands in pockets, Warren Durrett in a suit, arms folded in front of him, and Gordon Hart in a sweater, hands in pockets, all standing in front of a truck hauling a large...

Two images. Left; smiling unidentified white woman with wind-blown hair in a coat and a scarf standing in front of a building. Right; Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to an unidentified...

Promotional photograph from the torso up of the Four Noteables. Warren Durrett and two unidentified white men in black jackets and patterned ties, and Laura Webb wearing a light-colored coat. Text...

The Four Noteables performing on stage with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. They are comprised of an unidentified white man, Laura Webb, Durrett, and another unidentified white man holding a trumpet...

Jean Michaels in a button up coat and long pants, with a flower in her hair, seated next to Warren Durrett, in a jacket, long pants, and tie, with one arm on his knee and the other around Jean. They...

Joy Scott in an unbuttoned coat and a long skirt standing with Warren Durrett in a suit on a sidewalk. The are in front of buildings with glass fronts and short awnings, and there is a speaker above...

Laura Webb on stage in a shirt and long skirt, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra (all white men). Durrett is at the piano behind her, and the band is performing in...

Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at the piano back to the left, and the band (white men) is performing in rows...

Unidentified white man standing on stage, holding sheet music, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at the piano back to the left, and the band (white men)...

Unidentified white man playing alto saxophone, unidentified white man singing, and an unidentified white man playing trumpet into two microphones on stage in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra...

An unidentified white man speaking into a microphone, holding a paper in his hand. In the background, Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, and a second unidentified white man (mostly obscured) stand behind a...

Side-angle photograph of Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white woman in a recording studio, singing in front of a...

Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white woman in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand, with two...

Patty Tucker, two unidentified white men, Marilyn Maye, and another unidentified white man in a recording studio. The first four are staring at a music stand with a microphone in front of it, while a...

Three unidentified white men standing behind and Patty Tucker (standing on a short box) and Marilyn Maye in a studio. They are behind a microphone and a music stand, likely recording vocals for a...