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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Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone ; Tony Parenti, clarinet ; Charles McGee (likely)...

Date Published

1972-02-11

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham posing for a photo with fellow band members Snooky Young, Red Callender, Curtis Peagler, Jimmy Noone, Jr., Ironman Harris, and Dinky Morris while performing at the Alleycat...

Date Published

1991

2000

Four photos on one sheet of members of the Sweet Baby Blue Band (Nolan Smith Shaheed, trumpet, Ernie Fields Jr., clarinet, Herman Riley, saxophone, and Marshall Hawkins, double bass); all shown with...

Date Published

1981

1990

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Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham at the Alleycat Bistro

Nolan Smith Shaheed, Ernie Fields Jr., Herman Riley, and Marshall Hawkins

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