Eugene Porter (June 7, 1910 – February 24, 1993) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
[1] He began on cornet, but when his instrument was stolen he picked up saxophone and clarinet (studying the latter under Omer Simeon).
[2] Porter worked in and around New Orleans as well as on riverboats, with Papa Celestin, Joe Robichaux (1933), and Sidney Desvigne (1935).
[1] After moving to San Diego in 1948, he played with Walter Fuller (1948–60), and led his own ensemble at the Bronze Room in La Mesa, California beginning in 1967.
[1] Porter was named a member of the St. Louis Jazz Hall of Fame in the 1980s.