Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a sweater, smiling and looking off to the left.

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...

An unidentified white male tenor saxophone player for the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing at a music stand in front of a microphone, for the 1946 University of Kansas City Convocation. A clarinet...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage at the Pla-Mor Ballroom in a black jacket and gray pants, next to a Steinway & Sons piano with a chair in front of it. Seated to the right is singer Laura Webb in a...

Warren Durrett standing on stage at the Pla-Mor Ballroom in front of a microphone in a white suit with a bow tie. Seated to the right is singer Marilyn Maye in a dress, in front of a piano with a sign...

Warren Durrett and Ruth Anne Gay seated at opposite ends of a dinner table at the Penguin Room at the Hotel Continental. There are plates of food including bread rolls, bowls, water glasses...

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking in the distance.

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking towards the camera. Text below left reads: "Warren Durrett and His Orchestra,"...

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking towards the camera.

Warren Durrett seated at piano with lid propped open in tuxedo and bowtie. Large curtains directly behind him, and there is wallpaper on the wall to the back left with trees and plants. Text below...

Warren Durrett seated at piano with lid propped open in tuxedo and bowtie. Large curtains directly behind him, and there is wallpaper on the wall to the back left with trees and plants.

Warren Durrett seated at piano with lid propped open in tuxedo and bowtie. Large curtains directly behind him, and there is wallpaper on the wall to the back left with trees and plants.

Warren Durrett in a winter coat and gloves, crouching down in the snow, in front of trees and houses.

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in front of a backdrop with painted musical instruments on it. Durrett is standing to the left, playing a saxophone, with a woman seated to the right, partially...

Warren Durrett performing on saxophone with his orchestra, standing next to the piano. A back row of band members is standing, including bass, trumpets, and trombones. Seated in front of them are...

Warren Durrett Orchestra (all white) performing behind music stands for the 1946 University of Kansas City Convocation. In the back is a guitarist. In the middle row are three trumpet players, and in...

Three unidentified white male saxophonists of the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing behind music stands for the 1946 University of Kansas City Convocation. There are tall windows on the wall next to...

Warren Durrett Orchestra (all white men in photo) performing behind music stands for the 1946 University of Kansas City Convocation. In the back is a drummer and a guitarist. In the middle row are...

Warren Durrett playing piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment at LaSalle Hotel in Kansas City, Mo. Also playing, to the left of Durrett: Bob Wells (drums), John Brentari (bass), and Jimmy Van Asdell...

Warren Durrett seated at the piano, performing with his orchestra (white men in photo). Scores rest on top of the piano lid, along with a sign reading "Warren Durrett and His Orchestra." Standing in...

Warren Durrett's orchestra, seated in rows behind stands on an elevated stage in front of a large curtain. Band members (all white men) are playing their instruments and wearing black suits with...

Warren Durrett standing and smiling, wearing a zip-up jacket, a tie, and long pants, in Swope Park. There are trees, a lamp post, and a building in the background.

Lois Laur with a flower in her hair and Millie Mason each standing, with their arms on the shoulders of the men crouching in front of them: Ray Stinson in suspenders and a tie, and Warren Durrett in a...

Warren Durrett, crouching down on one knee, wearing a zip-up jacket, a tie, and long pants, in Swope Park. There is a dirt path and trees behind him.

Unidentifie white woman singing in front of a microphone in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra (all white men). Durrett is visible on the left, playing the piano. A music stand is to the right, and...