Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cab Calloway on stage directing a band with Jeannie Cheatham playing piano; eleven other band members are shown wearing black and Calloway and Cheatham wearing white; sign on stage behind the band...

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 standing next to and looking at Curtis Peagler who is wearing a red hat, sunglasses, and has his arms outspread in mid-clap; Red Callender is playing bass behind them and a sign for the...

Cora Bryant playing trumpet and using a mute at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; a sign reading "Jazz Showcase" is hanging on the wall behind her; also behind her are two other unidentified men.

Clora Bryant, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), Dinky Morris (saxophone) and an unidentified double bassist on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; Peagler and Morris are...

Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard playing saxophones at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler is wearing red suspenders, sunglasses, and a red beret; a sign reading "Jazz Showcase" is above them.

Dinky Morris (saxophone) in a red hat and Ironman Harris (drums) on stage together at the Blue Note in New York City; instruments, microphones, and several members of the audience can be seen as well...

Dinky Morris, in a red vest and matching hat, playing soprano saxophone on stage in front of a microphone; behind is an unidentified bassist and Jeannie Cheatham, also in red, playing piano and...

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...

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...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated side by side at a table in a Japanese restaurant with an unidentified Japanese man seated across from them; everyone has bowls of food in front of them and Jeannie...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; Jeannie, in red, is seated at a piano, playing and singing into a microphone; Jimmy, wearing a red hat, is doing something at the...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; Jeannie, in red, is seated at a piano, playing and singing into a microphone; Jimmy, wearing a red hat, is doing something at the...

Jeannie Cheatham seated in a yellow chair with Jimmy Cheatham standing behind her; Dinky Morris is seated on the right and three unidentified white people are also standing and sitting around her...

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano, looking down at the keyboard, with Calvin Jackson and his saxophone standing next to her against a brick wall; three other unidentified musicians are beyond Jackson...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham performing with Red Callender, Jimmy Cheatham, Snooky Young, Curtis Peagler, Jimmy Noone, Jr. and Dinky Morris at the Alleycat Bistro; a sign for the bistro is above the...

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, Dinky Morris (saxophones) on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; members of a crowded audience can be seen below...

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, Dinky Morris (saxophones) on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; members of a crowded audience can be seen below...

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), on stage with unidentified double bassist at the Blue Note in New York City; Jimmy is turned to the left of the photo...

Marshall Hawkins (double bass), Dinky Morris (saxophone) and Jimmy Cheatham (trombone) performing together on stage at an unidentified outdoor venue; all wearing white outfits and Dinky Morris is...

Monica Ball reading adulatory letters about Jeannie Cheatham at the podium with a microphone in front of her at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's...

Nolan Smith (trumpet) performing with Charles Owne (saxophone) in the Palace Bar of the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; both are facing to the left of the photo with Owen being closest to the camera...

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (clarinet), Dinky Morris (saxophone), and Ironman Harris (drums) all on stage at the Jazz Showcase in...

Jeannie Cheatham (piano), Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (clarinet), Dinky Morris (saxophone) all on stage performing together at the...

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano, Dinky Morris playing saxophone, Rickey Woodard playing clarinet, unidentified saxophonist, and Ironman Harris on drums all on stage performing together at the Jazz...