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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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Lew Johnson, Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham with others

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Lew Johnson speaking into a microphone and gesturing toward Jimmy Cheatham who is holding his trombone; unidentified white saxophonist is behind Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham is seated at the piano...

Date Published

1971

1980

Clear selected
Jazz musicians, White
Johnson, Lew

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (1)
Gelatin silver prints (1)
Group portraits (1)
Snapshots (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)
Masters of ceremonies (1)
Microphone (1)
Musical instruments (1)
Pianists (1)
Piano (1)
Saxophone (1)
Saxophonists (1)
Trombone (1)
Trombonists (1)
Women jazz musicians (1)
Women pianists (1)
(-) Jazz musicians, White (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
(-) Johnson, Lew (1)

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