Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band posing for a photo while at an airport (Red Callender, Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, Clora Bryant, Rickey Woodard. Curtis Pegler, Jeannie Cheatham, an unidentified...

Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band (Dinky Morris, Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, unidentified, Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, unidentified, and Ironman Harris) on stage performing at the Jazz Showcase...

Big Mama Thornton in a straw hat and seated at a table facing to the left of the photo; she's applauding and there is a bottle, some sort of leafy centerpiece, and a black handbag on the table with...

Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone held close to her mouth; she's wearing a straw hat and facing to the left of the photo.

Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone; wearing a cowboy hat and sparkly floral patterned shirt; head turned to look over to the right.

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...

Clora Bryant and Curtis Peagler seated side by side and facing the left of the photo; Peagler is wearing a red hat; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Clora Bryant with her trumpet in her arms with Curtis Peagler at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; both are clapping their hands and Peagler is wearing a red hat.

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 seated next to Rickey Woodard who is leaning back in his chair; both looking toward the left of the photo; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Clora Bryant, in a red dress with a red flower in her hair, on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; facing the right side of the photograph; unidentified white man is partial seen beside her.

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 at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; she's facing the left of the photo.

Cora Bryant playing trumpet at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; a number of audience members (all white men) can be seen seated behind her; she's facing the left of the photo.

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.

Curtis Peagler and Clora Bryant seated and speaking with each other; Clora on the right is looking toward Curtis, in sunglasses, on the left; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

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 in a red beret (likely a fellow musician) seated next to Curtis Peagler, Jimmy Cheatham, and Clora Bryant at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler and Cheatham are...

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...

Dinky Morris and Jeannie Cheatham seated at a table; Jeannie is make a gesture with her arms and looking toward the camera; Morris is seen from the side; standing beside their table and looking at...

Clora Bryant (trumpet) and Rickey Woodard (saxophone) playing in a crowd of people and in front of two African American girls; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Jeannie Cheatham, Red Callender, Jimmy Cheatham, and Clora Bryant on stage at the Jazz Showcase, Chicago, with an unidentified group of African American girls.

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 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...