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 of Jeannie Cheatham seated at the piano with Illinois Jacquet, hand on one hip and holding his saxophone, standing behind her during a jam session on Harbor Island; side view with both...

Date Published

1981

1984

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...

Date Published

1983

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...

Date Published

1981

1990

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

Date Published

1981

1990

Digital Collections

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and Illinois Jacquet

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Melba Liston portrait

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