Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

The Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham Collection was gifted to the UMKC Libraries by Jeannie Cheatham in February 2009. The collection documents the personal and professional lives of 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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Publicity photo featuring the 1988 Playboy Jazz Festival line-up: Ray Charles, Jay Beckenstein, Timeless All-Stars, Jon Faddis, Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Valentin...

Date Published

1988-06-19

Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and Jeannie is seated at a piano the others are gathered...

Date Published

1981

1990

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...

Date Published

1984

Publicity photo of Snooky Young holding his trumpet; body is turned to the left and head turned back to the front to look at the camera; wearing a white jacket and hat.

Date Published

1981

1990

Digital Collections

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

1988 Playboy Jazz Festival Line-Up

Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Jeannie Cheatham and Thad Jones

Snooky Young with his trumpet

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