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The Wil Hitchcock band: four saxophonists and trombone player Wil Hitchcock performing

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Harris, Charles Teenie

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Four saxophonists from a section of the twelve piece Will Hitchcock band, including Will Hitchcock with trombone at far right. They are performing onstage in an auditorium with the audience seated on the right. A man and a woman, possibly a singer in a white satin dress, wait in the background. There is an illegible emblem on the drum. The five band members are wearing matching dinner jackets and bow ties. Clothing style dates to ca. 1945-1960.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Entertainers
  3. Hitchcock, Willis E
  4. Interiors
  5. Jazz Musicians
  6. Men
  7. Pennsylvania
  8. Pittsburgh
  9. Saxophones
  10. Will Hitchcock Dreamband (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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