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 Bubba Jackson and Jimmy Cheatham performing at the Long Beach Jazz Festival; Cheatham is standing to the right while Jackson is standing in front of a microphone while wearing a...

Date Published

1991

2000

Jeannie Cheatham playing a duet with Gene Harris at the piano during a tribute to Carl Jefferson; Harris' head is turned to the side to look at Jeannie.

Date Published

1992

1996

Unidentified Japanese man standing to left of the photo in front of a projection screen on stage looking over to the right at Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jeannie is seated at the piano with her back...

Date Published

1995

Jimmy Cheatham next to Nolan Smith; both viewed from the side facing the left of the photo and looking down at something and laughing; Cheatham in a red hat; at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego.

Date Published

1995-07-05

Digital Collections

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bubba Jackson's black drawers

Jeannie Cheatham and Gene Harris playing a duet

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham on stage in Japan

Jimmy Cheatham and Nolan Smith

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