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Band performing

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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...

Date Published
1989-06

Big Mama Thornton seated on stage

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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach; she's wearing a jacket and cowboy hat and looking over to the...

Date Published
1983

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him with Jimmy Cheatham conducting (back to the camera)...

Date Published
1959

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him with Jimmy Cheatham conducting (back to the camera)...

Date Published
1959

Chico Hamilton performing in a gym

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Chico Hamilton playing drums in his military uniform under a basketball net in an gym at an unspecified place; the drum is marked with the initials F H and beside him two unidentified African American...

Date Published
1941
1950

Curtis Peagler on break

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Curtis Peagler standing with his saxophone while holding a white coffee mug; he's wearing a black shirt, sunglasses, red suspenders, and a red beret; behind is Ironman Harris seated at his drum set...

Date Published
1989-06

Curtis Peagler's fancy suspenders

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Curtis Peagler with his back to the camera and Ironman Harris at his drums partially seen beyond him; Peagler is wearing a set of red suspenders with a picture of Mickey Mouses' face at the...

Date Published
1989-06

Dinky Morris and Ironman Harris performing together

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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...

Date Published
1989-06

Dinky Morris with Jimmy Cheatham and others

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Dinky Morris (saxophone) playing with two unidentified trombonists and a scarcely seen drummer in front of a fireplace at an unknown venue.

Date Published
1971
1980

Doc Cheatham playing trumpet

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"Doc" Cheatham on stage playing trumpet in front of a microphone and using a mute; behind him an unidentified drummer playing a blue set of drums and an unidentified double bassist can be see...

Date Published
1991
2000

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

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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)...

Date Published
1972-02-11

Ironman Harris

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Ironman Harris seated at his drum set at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; facing the left of the photo and only a part of a cymbal can be seen of the drum set.

Date Published
1989-06

Ironman Harris and friend

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Ironman Harris and an unidentified woman (white), both dressed in capes as vampires, on stage and drawing close to each other; part of a drum set and paper streamers can be seen behind them; at a...

Date Published
1981
1990

Ironman Harris at his drum set

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Ironman Harris seated at his drum set and looking directly at the camera; photo taken from behind a bar and two patrons can be partially seen along with one of their drinks; at the Horton Grand Hotel...

Date Published
1995-07-05

Ironman Harris playing drums

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Ironman Harris, bearded and all in black, playing the drums at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; holding a drumstick and facing the left of the photo.

Date Published
1995-07-05

Ironman Harris playing drums

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Ironman Harris playing drums and facing the left of the photo; next to him Red Callender is playing bass; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Date Published
1989-06

Ironman Harris playing drums

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A smiling Ironman Harris seated at his drum set and playing at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; facing the left of the photograph.

Date Published
1989-06

Ironman Harris playing drums

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Ironman Harris seated at his drum set and playing at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; facing the left of the photograph.

Date Published
1989-06

Ironman Harris with young boy

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Ironman Harris with unidentified, young white boy (around three years old); the boy is seated at Harris' drum set with Harris standing behind him and smiling; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Date Published
1989-06

Jazz band

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Unidentified jazz ensemble with singer performing; all African Americans and includes a double bassist, drummer, pianist and woman singer in front of a microphone.

Date Published
1951
1960

Jeannie Cheatham and others on stage

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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...

Date Published
1981
1984

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano outside

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano and singing into a microphone at an outdoor venue (likely the campus of UC San Diego); Red Callender (double bass) and Ironman Harris (drums) are accompanying her; she's...

Date Published
1986-06

Jo Jones

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Jo Jones playing drums and laughing; photo taken from a point lower than Jones and is seen over a cymbal.

Date Published
1960
1969