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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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Cheathams Jazz Showcase

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Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's back is turned away from the camera, looking at the...

Date Published

1959

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Women jazz singers
Riding, Albert (Eggie)

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

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

Time Periods (Collection)

1951-1960 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American band directors (1)
African American jazz musicians (1)
African American women jazz singers (1)
Band directors (1)
Bands (Music) (1)
Double bass (1)
Double bassists (1)
Microphone (1)
Piano (1)
Saxophone (1)
Saxophonists (1)
Trombone (1)
Trombonists (1)
Women jazz musicians (1)
Women pianists (1)
(-) Women jazz singers (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (1)
Crump, Bob (1)
Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
Lee, Gene (1)
Legge, Jimmy (1)
Shareef, Museyf (1)
Shepard, Elvin (1)
(-) Riding, Albert (Eggie) (1)

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