Photos from the book, Playing the Changes,
by Milt Hinton, David G. Berger, and Holly Maxson
Vanderbilt University Press, 2008
Milt Hinton - His Life
Milt Hinton, Chicago, 1922
Wendell Phillips High School Orchestra, (Milt - front row, sixth from left), Chicago, 1929
Future Mrs. Hinton, Mona Clayton, Chicago, 1940
Milt Hinton, Backstage, 1941
Milt Hinton with daughter Charlotte, NYC, 1951
On-the-Road
Cab Calloway Orchestra, 1936.
Danny Barker and Dizzie Gillespie catch a nap, 1940
Cozy Cole, Cab Calloway, Milt Hinton, and Stranth Washington, E-Z Club, Washington, D.C., 1941
Milt Hinton and Cozy Cole, Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, 1941
Cab Calloway with winner of the Cab Calloway Quizzicale, Florida, c. 1941
Milt Hinton and Lionel Hampton, Los Angeles, c. 1948
Danny Barker and Hot Lips Page (foreground) and other patrons including Barney Bigard, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Claude Jones, and Wellman Braud, Beefsteak Charlie’s, New York City, c. 1954
Louis Armstrong, Seattle, 1954
Willie “The Lion” Smith and Duke Ellington at the piano (Duke's 70th birthday party), the White House, Washington, D.C., 1969
Milt and Duke Ellington, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1972
In the Studio
Billy Taylor, Nat Hentoff and Eddie Bert, recording studio, New York City, c. 1954
Gene Krupa NYC 1955
Milt Hinton and Billy Eckstine, recording studio, New York City, c. 1959
Joe Williams and Jimmy Jones, recording studio, New York City, c. 1960
Marion Evans and Tony Bennett, recording studio, New York City, 1967
All photos ©The Milton J. Hinton Photographic Collection
