Warren Durrett Collection

Arch Martin seated in a decoratively patterned button up shirt, laughing, looking off to the left, in a recording studio. Microphone stands are in front and behind him, and there is another person in...

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...

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...

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...

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a suit with her hands behind her back, standing by the side of a house. Right: Warren Durrett standing, arms crossed, in a long coat, with a pipe...

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to an unidentified white man in a suit and tie, both of them with an arm bent, and hand inside jacket breast, à la Napoleon. They are...

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in sunglasses and a suit, one hand in his jacket pocket, standing in front of an automobile, which is in front of flowers and trees. Right: unidentified white man in a...

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt, leaning back on an automobile, in front of trees. Right: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to an...

Two of the same image: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to the passenger's side door of an automobile, hand on the door. The vehicle is parked on the street in front of a group of buildings...

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...

Headshot of unidentified white male trombonist (without instrument) in a jacket and tie, wearing glasses and smiling at the camera.

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...

Jimmy Tucker Orchestra performing on stage in front of a large curtain. Band members (all white men) behind stands in two rows. Back row: flugelhorn, drums, double bass. Front row: baritone saxophone...

Low-angle snapshot of John Pope, wearing a trench coat, stepping and swinging a baseball bat, with a fence behind him.

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...

Side portrait of an unidentified white man from the Four Noteables in a suit playing a trumpet at the back of a stage, between potted plants.