Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone) performing on stage with Rickey Woodard and Dinky Morris (saxophones) at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Cheatham and Morris are wearing red hats.

View from behind and offstage of Jimmy Cheatham with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis on stage standing amid a tangle of wires in Madison, Wisconsin; Jones has his arm around Lewis and is laughing; audience...

Jimmy Noone Jr. on stage playing saxophone; he's facing the left of the photo and a music stand is in front of him; the photographer is positioned below the level of the stand and another person is...

Jo Jones playing drums and laughing; photo taken from a point lower than Jones and is seen over a cymbal.

PaPa Jo Jones playing drums in a multiple exposure photo; he's wearing a suit and tie and is playing against a black background.

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.

Joe Lammond, President and CEO of NAMM, holding a microphone to his mouth at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; a drum set and other...

John Stephens in a black trilby with red band playing saxophone on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Kamau Kenyatta, piano and Bob Boss, guitar, playing at a reception in the lobby at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; Boss is...

View out over a lake to the other shore, possibly in Akron, Ohio; trees and a few houses can be seen along the shoreline.

Lew Johnson speaking into a microphone and gesturing toward Jimmy Cheatham who is holding his trombone; unidentified white saxophonist is behind Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham is seated at the piano...

Lew Johnson speaking into a microphone and gesturing toward Jimmy Cheatham who is holding his trombone; unidentified white saxophonist is behind Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham is seated at the piano...

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.

Louis Taylor playing saxophone into a microphone with fellow saxophonist Jeff Clayton behind him; on stage during "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's...

Louis Taylor (alto saxophone) with John Stephens seen behind him, both performing at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Louis Taylor playing saxophone on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Louis Van Taylor playing saxophone at Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; wearing all black and facing the right side of the photo.

Louis Van Taylor (saxophone), Nolan Smith (trumpet), and Richard Reid (double bass), performing together at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; they facing the left of the photo except for Reid who...

Four photos on one sheet of members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band (Louis Van Taylor and Rickey Woodard, saxophones, Richard A. Reid, double bass, and Charles Owens, clarinet).

Marshall Hawkins (double bass), Dinky Morris (saxophone) and Jimmy Cheatham (trombone) performing together on stage at an unidentified outdoor venue; all wearing white outfits and Dinky Morris is...

Promotional portrait of Mary Lou Williams looking to the upper left of the photo wearing a patterned shirt.

View from the side of Mary Lou Williams playing piano (facing the right) with a chorus of Women singers, including Jeannie Cheatham, behind her; also seen is an unidentified African American male...

Jeannie Cheatham on stage at a lectern with Jimmy Cheatham and Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley standing on either side of her during the presentation of the Cheathams' Lifetime Achievement Award by the...

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