Big Bill Bissonnette takes the solo as the other band members check their music

Description

Big Bill Bissonnette closes his eyes as he takes the trombone solo on stage on the farthest right of the photograph as the other band members check their music on the music stands in front of them. Farthest left on stage is Claude "Fiddler" Williams holding his fiddle. Then trumpet player, Marcus Belgrave, with his back to the camera. Between Marcus and Big Bill is Charlie Gabriel holding his saxophone and checking his music. A trumpet rests on a trumpet stand on the front of the stage. The date, "4 10 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
April 10, 2001
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.