Wilborn, Dave. Jazz Pioneer singing with the new McKinney Cotton pickers at General Motors Bldg.

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Portrait of jazz singer Dave Wilborn singing with the New McKinney Cotton Pickers. "The banjoist and singer for McKinney's Cotton Pickers in the ‘20s and ‘30s, Wilborn also recorded with Louis Armstrong, Wilborn began playing piano at age 12, but picked up the banjo shortly thereafter and made it his primary instrument, he worked with Cecil and Lloyd Scott in 1922, then joined drummer William McKinney's Synco Septet, which later became the Cotton Pickers, Wilborn recorded with Armstrong in 1928. McKinney's Cotton Pickers disbanded for a time in 1934, then reformed; Wilborn stayed until 1937, then fronted his own band until around 1950 ... in 1971 alto saxophonist David Hutson built a new version of the Cotton Pickers around Wilborn, who was purportedly the last surviving member of the original group, from 1972 he sang and recorded with the New McKinney's Cotton Pickers," from Allmusic.com biography.

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Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1979-09-10T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Subject Topic:

Jazz singers and African American jazz musicians

Subject Name:

Wilborn, Dave, 1904-1982, and McKinney's Cotton Pickers

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc18172