Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing in front of a microphone and looking to the right; part of a drum set and an unidentified, seated...

Jeannie Cheatham standing next to a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing and singing in front of a microphone; part of a drum set and an unidentified, seated, white...

Jeannie Cheatham standing with a microphone in one hand, body turned to the right of the photo and head turned forward to the camera; a piano and a partially seen, unidentified, man with a Sierra...

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...

Hattie Daniels Smart, Jeannie Cheatham's grandmother, aged 92; professional portrait; she's facing the camera with a slight smile and wearing a white hat.

Portrait photograph of Jeannie Cheatham's mother Elizabeth Smart Evans (M'ma) at age 90; wearing a checked jacket and eyeglasses, she's facing the camera and has a slight smile.

Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified white man in a white jacket holding a cigarette and Helen Dorn of the New Jersey Jazz Society; Dorn is on the right and Jeannie on the left...

Publicity photo of Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham seated side by side in chairs with some sort of raffia covered decorative item between them; Jimmy is wearing a hat and suspenders; Jeannie is wearing a...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham side by side against a blue photographer's background as part of the photoshoot for the cover of their album "Blues and the Boogie Masters" Jeannie is wearing a bright red...

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham standing together with an unidentified Japanese man for a photo outside of a shrine or temple building in Japan.

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo at a bar; Jeannie is seated on a barstool and Jimmy is standing behind her; both have drinks on the bar and are both facing forward smiling; Jimmy is...

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham with drinks at the bar; Jeannie is seated and Jimmy, in a red sweater and red beret, is standing behind her and looking down at her and smiling; Jeannie is looking over to...

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo under a roof open to the outdoors in Japan; a few people are seen at a counter behind them.

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham standing at the end of a set of stairs outside the entrance to a large building, possibly a shine or temple, in Japan; an unidentified man is seen also on the far left.

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham walking away from a temple in Japan; Jeannie is ahead of Jimmy and there are several other people around them, all unidentified.

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified white man from the New Jersey Jazz Society in a white jacket and holding a cigarette; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Big Mama Thornton seated and playing drums with Joe Jones standing next to her observing with a cigarette in one hand; Edmund Hall and two others can be seen behind them.

Little Mattie Fields in a white dress and necklace facing the camera and smiling.

Little Mattie Fields in a grey sweatshirt and holding her bag; seated and facing the camera, smiling.

Portrait of Melba Liston holding her trombone and wearing a flowing silk robe; facing forward and looking at the camera.

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.

Rickey Woodard seated with his arm around an unidentified African American woman about his same age; 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 with his clarinet posing for a photo with an unidentified African American woman wearing a pastel mint green dress and matching head covering; both facing the camera and smiling; at the...

Unidentified African American saxophonist in a red beret and carrying his saxophone standing and speaking to two unidentified African American Women ; one woman in black is standing and the other in a...