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Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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This collection documents the personal and professional lives of blues musicians and married couple Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham. Also highlighted is the history of the Sweet Baby Blues Band, which was birthed by the Cheathams in 1983.

Items in Collection: 538

Topics

Black History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

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Jeannie Cheatham, Grover Mitchell, and Jimmy Cheatham

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham posing for a photo with Grover Mitchell between them with his arms around them; Jeannie and Grover are looking ahead at the camera and Jimmy has his eyes closed and head...

Date Published

1980

1989

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Promotional photographs
Mitchell, Grover, 1930-2003

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (1)
Gelatin silver prints (1)
Group portraits (1)
(-) Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1971-1980 (1)
1981-1990 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American band directors (1)
African American jazz musicians (1)
African American women jazz singers (1)
Band directors (1)
Jazz musicians (1)
Pianists (1)
Trombonists (1)
Women jazz musicians (1)
Women pianists (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
(-) Mitchell, Grover, 1930-2003 (1)

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