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Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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This collection documents the personal and professional lives of blues musicians and married couple 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 - 1 of 1 items

Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cheatham, Marshall Hawkins and Jeannie Cheatham performing

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Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cheatham, Marshall Hawkins, and Jeannie Cheatham with an unidentified musician behind them at a Jam Session; Jeannie is seated at a piano and singing into a microphone.

Date Published

1971

1980

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Musical instruments
Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (1)
Gelatin silver prints (1)
Group portraits (1)
Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1971-1980 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (1)
African American women jazz singers (1)
Double bass (1)
Double bassists (1)
Jazz musicians (1)
Piano (1)
Trombonists (1)
Trumpet (1)
Trumpet players (1)
Women jazz musicians (1)
Women pianists (1)
(-) Musical instruments (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
Hawkins, Marshall (1)
(-) Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)

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