The Five Spot in the mid 1960s. Barry Harris, piano; Ray McKinney, bass; Charles McPherson, alto sax; Billy Higgins, drums; Lonnie Hillyer, trumpet
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Keystone Korner, May 1983. Last performance by Charles McPherson.
Lonnie Hillyer, Betty Rogers, and Charles at a Detroit Jazz Club Dinner Mid 1970
Hanging out in Detroit Mid 1960s
International Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University, January 21, 1995
William Woods, Ira Jackson, Charles, and Lonnie Hillyer. Detroit 1958. Photo Credit: William Claxton
“Eastwood After Hours” Live at Carnegie Hall with Charles McPherson, James Moody & others. October 1996. Photo Credit: Arthur Elgort
Earl Williams, drums; James Jamerson, bass; Charles McPherson, alto sax; Abe Woodley, piano–New Music Society (The World Stage), Detroit, MI. Mid 1950s. Photo by Rudy Tucich.
Earl Williams, drums; James Jamerson, bass; Lonnie Hillyer, trumpet; Charles Mcpherson,alto sax–New Music Society, Detroit, MI. Photo by Rudy Tucich.
Charles with Phil Woods, Frank Morgan and James Moody in San Francisco’s 75th anniversary tribute to Charlie Parker – 1995
1966 Charles and Lonnie Hillyer playing with Charles Mingus