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...

Bob Ousley playing clarinet in a recording studio, slightly out of focus in the foreground. Warren Durrett is standing by a speaker, at a podium, looking down at his music. A trombonist is visible...

Warren Durrett in a suit jacket facing profile, to the left of Bob Ousley who is looking off to the right. They are in a recording studio, with musicians seated in the background, a microphone among...

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...

Warren Durrett standing to the right of his orchestra in a room in a country club, next to a microphone, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, in front of a piano with partially obscured sign reading...

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 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 at a podium, looking down at his musical score in a recording studio, next to a speaker. There are two trombonists to the left, and an isolation booth behind them. There is...

Warren Durrett standing at a podium with his sheet music, in the middle of his orchestra in a recording studio. There are microphones and music stands and a large number of musicians looking at their...

Warren Durrett by a podium, a microphone, and a speaker in a recording studio, looking at two men to his right, one in a button up sweater, and the other, an older gentleman. There is a man seated to...

Warren Durrett smiling in a recording studio, looking at a speaker. There is an older man to the right, and a woman back to the left. There are microphone stands in the background, and acoustic panels...

Warren Durrett seated at a piano in the room of a house, with a suit jacket and button up shirt, wearing glasses, and with a mustache and sideburns. Visible in the background are furnishings such as...

Portrait of Warren Durrett seated at piano with lid propped open, wearing a tuxedo and bowtie, sporting sideburns and a mustache. Wallpaper on wall in background covered in circular patterns.

Headshot of Warren Durrett in suit jacket and tie, wearing glasses, sporting a mustache and sideburns.

Headshot of Warren Durrett in suit jacket and tie, wearing glasses, sporting a mustache and sideburns.

Warren Durrett listening to an older man in a striped shirt who is speaking to him with his hands on what appears to be a speaker. They are in a recording studio.

Warren Durrett standing and embracing someone in a recording studio. A man is seated and playing saxophone to the right, and three other people are standing further right. Two band members are seated...

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 standing to the left of his orchestra (one African American man, the rest white men), looking at an unidentified white woman vocalist who is standing at a microphone in front of 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 in a suit and a white tie, eyes closed, head cocked slightly to the left, with a reflection in his glasses and the background out of focus.