Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Jim Zollar, Dinky Morris (saxophone), Jimmy Noone Jr. (clarinet), unidentified, Billy (harmonica), in a row at a Cheatham Jam Session; Cheatham is in a hat and is holding...

Publicity photograph featuring a gesticulating Cab Calloway in a white suit, a clarinet by his side, and Jeannie Cheatham, also in white, seated at a piano and looking over her shoulder back towards...

Cab Calloway on stage directing a band with Jeannie Cheatham playing piano; eleven other band members are shown wearing black and Calloway and Cheatham wearing white; sign on stage behind the band...

Calvin Jackson playing piano on stage during the Cheatham Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; he's wearing a suit and tie and facing the right of the photo; the hand of a double bassist and part of the...

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him with Jimmy Cheatham conducting (back to the camera)...

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him with Jimmy Cheatham conducting (back to the camera)...

Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's back is turned away from the camera, looking at the...

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone ; Tony Parenti, clarinet ; Charles McGee (likely)...

Jay McShann playing piano and looking down at the keys with a microphone mounted near him; photo taken from the other end of the piano between the lid and the insides of the piano.

Unidentified jazz ensemble with singer performing; all African Americans and includes a double bassist, drummer, pianist and woman singer in front of a microphone.

Jimmy Cheatham at the right of the photo on stage directing a jazz ensemble of largely white musicians; an unidentified woman is singing into a microphone she's holding; a pianist is to the left of...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham working with a jazz class; Jeannie is seated a the piano and turned to talk to the bassist and another student; Jimmy Cheatham is to the far right of the photo behind a line...

Jeannie & Jimmie Cheatham with Jay McShann and Marshall Hawkins at the Jazz Society of Lower Southern California (likely); Jeannie and Jay are seated together at a piano playing a duet; Jimmy is in...

Promotional portraits of Jeannie Cheatham and Benny Carter for Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio program (likely air date 2/20/89); Cheatham is at the piano, laughing, with a microphone in front of...

Jeannie Cheatham playing a duet with Gene Harris at the piano during a tribute to Carl Jefferson; Harris' head is turned to the side to look at Jeannie.

Publicity photo of Jeannie Cheatham seated at the piano with Illinois Jacquet, hand on one hip and holding his saxophone, standing behind her during a jam session on Harbor Island; side view with both...

Jeannie Cheatham seated with Jay McShann at a piano with a microphone in front of them; both are smiling and Jeannie seems to have a Band-Aid on her upper lip.

Publicity photo of Thad Jones and Jeannie Cheatham at piano at a concert for the Jazz Society of Lower Southern California; view is from behind Cheatham, wearing a hat and checkered coat, looking at...

Jeannie Cheatham playing at piano with a microphone in front of her; she has a glass of brandy (likely) and sheet music in front of her; she's facing the right of the photo and her eyes are closed...

Jeannie Cheatham playing a grand piano; photo taken from the end of the piano and facing Jeannie directly; she is looking down at the keys and wearing a caftan and her hair in an afro.

Jeannie Cheatham at grand piano; viewed from the side with her facing the right; wearing a caftan, hair in an afro, and with eyes closed with head tilted back.

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano with head tilted back and eyes closed in front of a microphone at the South Dakota State University North County Library while playing with Jimmy Cheatham and the Sweet...

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano wearing a small checkered jacket, hat covering her hair, leather pants, and high heeled boots; side view with her facing the right.

Publicity photo of Jeannie Cheatham performing at the Park Motor Inn, Madison Wisconsin seated at a piano and singing into a microphone mounted beside her; she's facing to the right.

Publicity photo for the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" (filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach) featuring a performance shot of Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano looking over at...