Big Mama Thornton seated on stage
Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach; she's wearing a jacket and cowboy hat and looking over to the...
Clora Bryant and others
Clora Bryant, Curtis Peagler, and Dinky Morris, standing with an unidentified group of three Women , one holding a toddler; Peagler and Morris are standing behind the main group; at the Jazz Showcase...
Clora Bryant and others
Clora Bryant seated with an unidentified woman and two girls standing around her; the youngest child's back is to the camera; Clora is looking to the left at the woman; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago...
Curtis Peagler serenade
Curtis Peagler playing saxophone in front of an unidentified, elderly, African American woman in a hat seated at a table; two other men are seen seated behind her and another man in a red sweater is...
Drawing of Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton
Publicity reproduction of a painting featuring portraits of Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and "Big Mama" Thornton arranged against a background of blue brush strokes; all are singing; for the KPBS...
Fans with the band
Jeannie Cheatham, Red Callender, Jimmy Cheatham, Clora Bryant, and Curtis Peagler standing on stage at the Jazz Showcase, Chicago, with an unidentified group of people including one woman holding a...
Fans with the band
Jeannie Cheatham, Jimmy Cheatham, Dinky Moore, and Curtis Peagler on stage with an unidentified group of people including one woman holding a toddler in her arms; a sign for the Jazz Showcase is above...
Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham
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...
Jam session underway
Harbor Island Jam Session in progress with Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Dinky Morris, and other musicians on stage; at Harbor Island, San Diego.
Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham and Charles McPherson
Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham, and Charles McPherson standing together outside of a white Cadillac parked under the covered entrance to a hotel; arm in arm and facing the camera.
Jeannie and family on a Jazz cruise
Jeannie Cheatham seated at a small table in a bar with her Mother (M'ma) and two sisters (Charlotte and Jo-Anne) while on the S.S. Norway during a Jazz cruise; Cheatham and her two sisters are wearing...
Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham playing on stage
Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham playing on stage; just Jeannie's head is visible and Jimmy is beside her playing trombone and wearing a red sweater and beret; unidentified musicians are also seen including...
Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with other musicians
View of the stage during a Harbor Island Jam Session; Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Jimmy Noone, Jr., and other musicians with their instruments are seen; at Harbor Island, San Diego.
Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with others
Jeannie Cheatham at the piano and Jimmy Cheatham, trombone, on stage with other musicians; on Harbor Island, San Diego.
Jeannie Cheatham and ensemble on stage
Jeannie Cheatham on stage playing piano with unidentified musicians at Harbor Island Jam Session, San Diego; a few members of the audience can be seen from behind.
Jeannie Cheatham and Illinois Jacquet
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...
Jeannie Cheatham and others on stage
Partial view of Jeannie Cheatham playing piano at the right of the photo, with a partial view of an unidentified white male double bassist and drummer Ironman Harris performing; on Harbor Island, San...
Jeannie Cheatham arm in arm with Sippie Wallace and Big Mama Thornton
Jeannie Wallace (right), standing arm in arm on stage with "Big Mama" Thornton (center), and Sippie Wallace (left); Thornton and Wallace both are wearing hats; Cheatham and Thornton are both looking...
Jeannie Cheatham playing piano
Jeannie Cheatham playing piano on stage, partially obscured, with the hands of an unidentified white male double bassist seen on the left and Jimmy Cheatham with his back to the camera standing behind...
Jeannie Cheatham playing piano
Jeannie Cheatham playing the piano during a Harbor Island Jam Session, San Diego; a few audience members can be seen as well as other musicians on stage with her.
Jeannie Cheatham playing piano outside
Jeannie Cheatham playing piano and singing into a microphone at an outdoor venue (likely the campus of UC San Diego); Red Callender (double bass) and Ironman Harris (drums) are accompanying her; she's...
Jeannie Cheatham singing at the piano
Jeannie Cheatham playing piano and singing into a microphone during a Harbor Island Jam Session along with Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cheatham, and Marshall Hawkins; on Harbor Island, San Diego.
Jeannie Cheatham with Eddie Vinson and Papa John Creach
Jeannie Cheatham standing with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Papa John Creach outside an unidentified building; both men are wearing sunglasses and Vinson is adjusting his badge for the Central Avenue...
Jeannie Cheatham with friends
Jeannie Cheatham seated between her sisters Jo Anne and Charlotte Evans on a sofa with an unidentified African American man leaning in over them for the photograph; a baby stroller is partially seen...
Jeannie Cheatham with Sippie Wallace
Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing in front of a microphone and looking to the right; part of a drum set and an unidentified, seated...