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...

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

Unidentified, white male double bassist playing on stage; wearing grey pants and a white t-shirt he's facing to the right of the photo; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

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...

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...

Two unidentified white male jazz musicians on stage performing; the man in glasses on the left is playing trombone, and the man in the striped shirt is playing a trumpet and using a mute; a microphone...

View of the stage during a Harbor Island Jam Session; Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Jimmy Noone, Jr., and other musicians with their instruments are seen; at Harbor Island, San Diego.

Jeannie Cheatham on stage playing piano with unidentified musicians at Harbor Island Jam Session, San Diego; a few members of the audience can be seen from behind.

Partial view of Jeannie Cheatham playing piano at the right of the photo, with a partial view of an unidentified white male double bassist and drummer Ironman Harris performing; on Harbor Island, San...

Jeannie Wallace (right), standing arm in arm on stage with "Big Mama" Thornton (center), and Sippie Wallace (left); Thornton and Wallace both are wearing hats; Cheatham and Thornton are both looking...

Jeannie Cheatham seated at the piano and singing into a microphone at the Blue Note in New York City; facing the right of the photo; unidentified man in sunglasses and a suit seated behind her.

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano on stage, partially obscured, with the hands of an unidentified white male double bassist seen on the left and Jimmy Cheatham with his back to the camera standing behind...

Jeannie Cheatham playing the piano during a Harbor Island Jam Session, San Diego; a few audience members can be seen as well as other musicians on stage with her.

Jeannie Cheatham seated next to and speaking with an unidentified sound engineer at the sound board during a recording session.

Jeannie Cheatham standing with a drink in her hand and looking over to the left with a white man and a blonde woman standing in front of her; the man is in a suit and the woman is in a black dress and...

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing in front of a microphone and looking to the right; part of a drum set and an unidentified, seated...

Jeannie Cheatham standing next to a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing and singing in front of a microphone; part of a drum set and an unidentified, seated, white...

Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified white man in a white jacket holding a cigarette and Helen Dorn of the New Jersey Jazz Society; Dorn is on the right and Jeannie on the left...

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham speaking with an unidentified blond white man in a red t-shirt during a recording session; they're standing just outside of the sound booth.

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified white man from the New Jersey Jazz Society in a white jacket and holding a cigarette; on Harbor Island, San Diego.