LaPorta also developed his sense of jazz from such prominent figures as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lester Young and Herschel Evans.
Bill Evans | William Herschel | Charles Evans Hughes | Gil Evans | John Herschel | Cadel Evans | Clifford Evans | Dale Evans | Faith Evans | Sara Evans | Herschel Walker | George Evans | Walker Evans | Sam Evans | Lee Evans | Guy Evans | Edith Evans | Robert Evans | Richard Paul Evans | Ben Evans | Richie Evans | Lee Evans (comedian) | Jack Evans | Gareth Evans | Daniel J. Evans | Aja Evans | William Herschel Telescope | Rowland Evans | Robert Evans (film producer) | Ray Evans |
Members of the Mutual Musicians Foundation included Count Basie, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann, George F. Lee, singer Julia Lee, trumpeter Hot Lips Page, tenor saxophonists Dick Wilson, Herschel Evans and Lester Young, alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, drummer Baby Lovett, and pianist Pete Johnson.