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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

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Jeannie Cheatham arm in arm with Sippie Wallace and Big Mama Thornton

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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...

Date Published

1983

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Men, White
Thornton, Big Mama

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Color photographs (1)
Group portraits (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1981-1990 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (1)
African American women (1)
Double bassists (1)
Jazz musicians (1)
Jazz musicians, White (1)
Jazz singers (1)
Pianists (1)
Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
Television specials (1)
(-) Men, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
Wallace, Sippie (1)
(-) Thornton, Big Mama (1)

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