Warren Durrett Collection

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: Warren Durrett playing in a recording studio, with Marilyn Maye and others; Overhead shot of recording studio. In back left, Patty Tucker, unidentified man, Marilyn Maye, Carol Johnston, and another unidentified man are singing at a music stand. In front of them are instrumentalists: drums (played with brushes), flute, and double bass. Warren Durrett is at the piano to the right. There are many microphones throughout the room, and industrial lights hanging from the ceiling. A projection screen is on a wall to the right, above a keyboard. Chairs and turntables are to the back right, and there is another piano at the bottom right. Resting on the piano lid are numerous items, such as a clarinet, an instrument case, and an ashtray with cigarettes., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett playing piano at the North American Aviation bomber plant; Warren Durrett at an upright piano on a stage, staring intently to the right. A hat is on top of the piano, and the hammers and strings of the piano are exposed. A small piece of paper is right above the keyboard. A few instrument cases are behind and to the right of the piano. A curtain hangs at the back of the stage., August 3, 1945, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett playing saxophone (cutout); Portrait of Warren Durrett with alto saxophone wearing suit and tie, looking downward., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett playing saxophone (print); Portrait of Warren Durrett with alto saxophone wearing suit and tie, looking downward., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett playing saxophone with his orchestra; Warren Durrett, standing to the far left, performing on saxophone with his orchestra, all wearing light suits and long ties, with a woman singer seated in front. The band members (most of whom are seated) are in two rows behind podiums. In the back: drums, three unknown (most likely trumpet and/or trombone), trombone (standing). In the front row: double bass, four saxophones. An American flag with 48 stars hangs on the back wall. A circular board with numbers and a dial hangs from the ceiling, No date; approximately 1945, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett playing the piano; 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 background., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett playing the piano; 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 background, and people seated in the background off to the left., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett playing the piano with his orchestra; Warren Durrett's orchestra, performing in dark red suit jackets with black pants and bowties, with Warren Durrett seated off to the side at the piano in a silver suit jacket. Four band members (trumpet, tenor saxophone, clarinet, trombone) are standing and playing in front. Behind the trumpet player, another musician is seated behind a podium. Behind him: drums, trombone (not playing), and double bass (obscured by standing trombonist). Something (likely an audience member's hair), is obscuring the bottom right corner of the image., No date; likely 1960s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett resting at a fireplace; Warren Durrett in a jacket and a patterned sweater, leaning back on a fireplace mantle with a cigarette in his mouth. Two figurines of women are on the ends of the mantle, the wall is coated in leaf-patterned wallpaper, and there is a painting of flowers above the fireplace., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett seated in a tunnel with an unidentified woman; Woman and Warren Durrett seated, turned around, arms resting on some type of cushion. In the foreground is a structure of thin wooden sticks, and to the right is a wall and a gutter. The two appear to be seated in a tunnel, with a fence and trees past the tunnel exit., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett seated on a front porch; Warren Durrett seated in a chair on the front porch of a brick house. There is a door to the left and a window to the right, as well as another chair that is perpendicular to Durrett., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett singing with his orchestra; Warren Durrett's orchestra, seated in rows behind stands on an elevated stage in front of a large curtain. Band members are playing their instruments and wearing black suits with striped bow ties. In the back row: two trumpets, and a double bass off to the right. In front of them: two trombones and drums. In the front: four saxophones. In front of them to the right are four people singing into a microphone, from left to right: an unidentified man with glasses, wearing a black suit and a bow tie; an unidentified woman in a dress; Warren Durrett in a white tuxedo and bow tie; and another unidentified man with glasses, a black suit, and a bow tie. To the right is a piano with an empty chair in front of it., No date; approximately 1949, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett sitting on a railing by the water; Warren Durrett in a suit and sunglasses, sitting on a railing in front of the water with one hand in his pocket and the other on his lap. A large ship and a few smaller boats are in the water., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett sitting with a woman on the edge of a small boat; Photo from the waist up of Warren Durrett in a patterned sweater, seated next to a smiling woman in a sleeveless shirt with one arm interlocked with Durrett's. They are on the edge of a small boat that is on land, at the edge of a lake, with other boats back and to the right. Across the lake is a forest., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett sitting with a woman on the edge of a small boat; Warren Durrett in a patterned sweater holding something in his hand, seated next to a woman in a sleeveless shirt with one arm interlocked with Durrett's. They are on the edge of a small boat that is on land, at the edge of a lake. Across the lake is a forest., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing in Swope Park; 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., April 1944, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing in front of a cruise ship; Warren Durrett in sunglasses and a long coat, standing in front of a cruise ship. The ramp to board, reading "Catalina" is behind and to the left, and there are people looking over the rails on the ship, with pipes on the deck above., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing in front of cars and a house; Warren Durrett standing in a white T-shirt in front of a dark car on the side of the road, with a house in the background and a car parked in front of it. A person is visible behind the dark car and in front of the house. The right side of the image is overexposed., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing in the water; Blurry photo of Warren Durrett in a long sleeve shirt and pants with rolled up legs, standing in ankle-deep water at the beach, with a small wave cresting in the background., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing outside with a woman; Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing outside next to an unidentified woman, perhaps his sister, who is wearing a coat. Trees and a house are visible in the background., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing outside with perhaps his mother; Unidentified woman, perhaps Durrett's mother, in a coat and glasses, standing outside and turned towards Durrett. Trees are visible in the distance., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing with a group of people; Group of people standing in two rows in front of trees. Back: Warren Durrett; unidentified man with arms wrapped around the waist of the woman in front of him; unidentified man in suspenders. Front: dark-haired woman in a button-up dress; another dark-haired woman in a button-up dress; light-haired woman in a button-up dress., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing with a group of people; Group of smiling people standing in front of trees. From left to right: Warren Durrett in an unzipped jacket; a dark-haired woman in a dress; a man in a striped T-shirt and long pants; another dark-haired woman in a dress; a light-haired woman in a dress; a man in suspenders., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing with a woman and a man; Warren Durrett in sunglasses, a coat, and pants, with a hand in his coat pocket, standing next to a woman in a light suit holding a purse, and a man in a suit and a striped tie, holding something in his hand. They are standing in front of a railing by the water., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing with a woman and a man; Warren Durrett in an unzipped jacket and a T-shirt next to a dark-haired woman in a button up dress, and a man in suspenders, all standing in front of trees., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing with a woman in front of a house; Warren Durrett, arms behind his back, in a dark jacket, light pants, and a striped tie, standing next to a woman in a black coat and skirt wearing glasses, in front of a house., No date; approximately 1945-1949, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett standing with a woman on the side of the road; Woman in a coat next to Warren Durrett with a hand in one pocket and a pipe in his mouth, standing on the side of the road by a forest. Two automobiles are parked on opposite sides of the street., No date; approximately 1945-1949, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Warren Durrett with Ray Stinson, Lois Laur, and Mille Mason; Lois Laur with a flower in her hair and Mille 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 tie, with one hand over his knee, and the other up touching Mason's. They are in the grass, with some trees and a building behind them. There is an ELKO border around the image., May 1944, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

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