Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham directing an unidentified jazz band (likely a UCSD band) on an outdoor stage at the La Jolla Jazz Festival; photo taken with Cheatham's back to the camera and the camera at a higher...

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...

Buddy Collette playing saxophone with Calvin Jackson seen beside him at the Cheathams' Jam Session; Collette is facing the left of the photo.

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated at a table and speaking to an unidentified African American man in a white jacket; two other unidentified people are seen on the level above them; at the Jazz...

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified African American man in a hotel lobby; part of a luggage cart and the front doors can be seen behind them along with an exit sign.

Clora Bryant playing trumpet right into the ear of a laughing African American man in a tan jacket; Rickey Woodard can be seen in the background; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Unidentified African American man and woman seated side by side at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego; the man is wearing a black suit and the woman a...

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone in front of Dinky Morris seated at a table; another, unidentified, African American man seated next to Morris can be seen watching; Peagler is wearing red suspenders...

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...

Dinky Morris seated at a table with an unidentified African American man in a tan jacket; Morris is wearing a red vest and matching hat; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Dinky Morris, in a red vest and matching hat, seated with and talking with an unidentified African American man in a tan suit and black tie; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Dinky Morris posing with two unidentified people (African American man (left) and white woman in red (center); Morris is wearing a red vest and matching hat; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Dinky Morris, saxophone, and Ironman Harris, drums, performing together on stage on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Dinky Morris with a group of people around an exhibit or display of photographs at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Dinky Morris adjusting a microphone in front of an unidentified African American saxophonist while he plays on stage; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Dinky Morris (right) speaking with an unidentified African American man (left) wearing a black suit and bow tie; Morris is wearing a red vest and matching red hat; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Dinky Morris in a tan jacket seated on a couch speaking with an unidentified white man in glasses seated next to him; a few pictures are hung on the wall behind them; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Two unidentified African American men laughing together and while gesturing with their arms; behind them is Dinky Morris, watching, wearing a red beret; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Dinky Morris, in a red vest and matching hat, seated talking at a small table with another African American man, wearing a blue jacket and white shirt; a drink is in front of them; at the Jazz...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated on a covered lawn swing with two unidentified African American men in lawn chairs enjoying drinks and leisure time; hedges and trees behind them.

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)...

Group Photo titled "A Great Day in Harlem" by Art Kane of 57 jazz musicians taken on 17 East 126th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue in New York City on the steps and sidewalk in front of an...

Group photo of the participants in the Great Day in Hollywood; all seated or standing on a set of concrete steps outside an unidentified building; Jeannie and Jimmy 8th & 9th row up; mixed group of...

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...

Ironman Harris (left) in a red shirt and sunglasses speaking with a seated African American man (right) at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.