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

51 - 54 of 54 items

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

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham performing onstage at their Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony; Jeannie (left) is singing in front of a microphone, Jimmy (center) is playing trombone and holding it...

Date Published

2006-09-18

Portrait of Jeannie Cheatham with a brick wall behind her; she's wearing her hair in a large afro with a corduroy vest and white shirt; she's looking down and to the right.

Date Published

1971

1980

Shirley Jean Wilcher, Jeannie Cheatham's daughter.

Date Published

1994-01

Digital Collections

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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

Nolan Smith on stage with the Cheathams

Portrait of Jeannie Cheatham

Shirley Jean Wilcher

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