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

1 - 4 of 4 items

Clora Bryant, Jeannie Cheatham seated side by side on conference room chairs next to Melba Liston in a wheelchair with Britt Woodman standing beside them for a photograph; other people can be seen...

Date Published

1991

2000

Publicity photo of Sweets Edison, holding his trumpet, with Illinois Jacquet, playing his saxophone; Jacquet is seated in a chair and facing toward the left; Edison is also seated and facing forward...

Date Published

1951

1960

Publicity photo of Sweets Edison, holding his trumpet, with Illinois Jacquet, playing his saxophone; Jacquet is seated in a chair and facing toward the left; Edison is also seated and facing forward...

Date Published

1951

1960

Jeannie Cheatham, Melba Liston, and Clora Bryant seated and posing together for a photo; all facing the camera and smiling; other people can be seen in the background.

Date Published

1981

1990

Digital Collections

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant, Jeannie Cheatham, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman

Sweets Edison and Illinois Jacquet

Sweets Edison and Illinois Jacquet

Three jazz Women

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