McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, a Black dance orchestra active from 1927 to 1934, served as the house band at Detroit’s Graystone Ballroom.
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers: Graystone Ballroom Photograph
Graystone Museum Salvage: Photo Collection
Bernard “Tree” Hill: Jazz Scrapbook
Bernard “Tree” Hill, brother of Detroiter and jazz pianist Phil Hill, compiled this scrapbook of photos with national jazz and local musicians.