Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard (saxophones) on stage during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler has one arm around Bryant in an...

Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, and Dinky Morris all playing saxophones at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler is wearing red suspenders, sunglasses, and a red beret, Woodard just a black shirt and...

Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, and Dinky Morris playing saxophones together; Rickey is standing forward from the other two; Peagler is wearing sunglasses and Morris is wearing a red vest and matching...

"Plas" Johnson playing sax as guest artist with the Sweet Baby Blues Band; he's turned mostly to the right.

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with two unidentified Japanese men at the end of a set of stairs outside the entrance to a large building, possibly a shrine or temple, in Japan.

Count Basie postcard; Basie is photographed face on in a spotlight and he is casting a large shadow on the wall behind him.

Ralph Penland playing drums on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; photo taken from between drums and only his head is...

Ralph Penland playing drums and partially hidden behind his drum set; at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Ralph Penland playing drums with George Bohanon and Jeff Clayton standing beyond him on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Break time during a recording session; featuring Jimmy Cheatham, "Snooky" Young, Clora Bryant, Dinky Morris, Jimmy Noone, Jr., Curtis Peagler and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy and Jeannie are both standing...

Red Callender playing double bass on stage at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; a microphone, saxophone, and part of a drum set can also be seen around him.

Red Calendar playing bass next to a drum set, of which cymbals can be seen; facing the left of the photo; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Red Callender seated and playing double bass while reading sheet music on a stand in front of him during a recording session; he's wearing a set of headphones and turned to the left of the photo.

Rickey Woodard (Saxophone), Jeannie Cheatham, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), and unidentified saxophonist on stage during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Cheatham is standing behind the...

Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard, saxophones, with Dinky Morris and an unidentified African American male musician on stage during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; part of Clora Bryant...

Jimmy Cheatham with Clora Bryant, and Rickey Woodard during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Cheatham is pointing with his arm and Woodard has a hand to his face; a sign for the Jazz...

Richard Reid playing double bass and Ralph Penland at the drums just beyond him on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Richard Reid playing double bass at Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; facing the camera but his head is turned to look to the left.

Richard Reid playing double bass at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; only the neck of his bass can be seen.

Rickey Woodard and Charles Owens both playing saxophone at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; both turned to the left of the photo with scarcely visible and unidentified drummer seated beside them...

Rickey Woodard seated with his arm around an unidentified African American woman about his same age; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

View of Rickey Woodard from the side as he's eating something from a white cup with a plastic spoon; facing the left of the photo and wearing a light blue tank top; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Rickey Woodard seated with an unidentified woman in a white with black polka-dots skirt; she's holding a manila envelope and Woodard is looking over a set of publicity photos in his hand; at the Jazz...

Rickey Woodard playing clarinet on stage at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; a sign reading "Jazz Showcase" is on the wall behind and above him.

Rickey Woodard playing saxophone from behind several audience members at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; seated audience members are turning their heads to look over their shoulders at him.