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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 and band members

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Group portrait of musicians lined up together outside a building; Rickey Woodard, Nolan Smith, Ironman Harris, Dinky Morris, Curtis Peagler, Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham, Red Callender; Jimmy has his...

Date Published

1991

2000

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Morris, Dinky
Smith, Nolan

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Color photographs (1)
Group portraits (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1991-2000 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (1)
African American women jazz singers (1)
Double bass (1)
Double bassists (1)
Hats (1)
Saxophone (1)
Saxophonists (1)
Trombone (1)
Trombonists (1)
Women jazz musicians (1)
Women jazz singers (1)
Women pianists (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Callender, Red (1)
Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
Peagler, Curtis (1)
Woodard, Rickey (1)
(-) Morris, Dinky (1)
(-) Smith, Nolan (1)

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