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

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Dinky Morris (saxophone) playing with two unidentified trombonists and a scarcely seen drummer in front of a fireplace at an unknown venue.

Date Published

1971

1980

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

Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cheatham, Marshall Hawkins, and Jeannie Cheatham with an unidentified musician behind them at a Jam Session; Jeannie is seated at a piano and singing into a microphone.

Date Published

1971

1980

Digital Collections

Dinky Morris with Jimmy Cheatham and others

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cheatham, Marshall Hawkins and Jeannie Cheatham performing

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