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

Jeannie Cheatham standing with a microphone in one hand, body turned to the right of the photo and head turned forward to the camera; a piano and a partially seen, unidentified, man with a Sierra...

Date Published

2009-09-26

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone; facing the right of the photo and wearing a red hat; behind a table with glasses of wine can be seen.

Date Published

1995-07-05

Mike Price on stage playing trumpet and using a mute during a performance at the Cheatham Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; unidentified double bassist is partially seen seated behind him as well as...

Date Published

1983

Digital Collections

Jeannie Cheatham with the microphone

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone

Mike Price playing trumpet

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