Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

The Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham Collection was gifted to the UMKC Libraries by Jeannie Cheatham in February 2009. The collection documents the personal and professional lives of 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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Charles McPherson playing saxophone into a microphone on stage during the Cheathams' Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; behind him Jimmy Cheatham and part of Dinky Morris can be seen.

Date Published

1983

Charles McPherson, guest artist with the Sweet Baby Blues Band, with part of his saxophone visible; he's wearing dark clothes and has a greying beard; looking at the camera.

Date Published

1981

1990

Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham, and Charles McPherson standing together outside of a white Cadillac parked under the covered entrance to a hotel; arm in arm and facing the camera.

Date Published

1981

1990

Composite photo of four publicity photos of Sweet Baby Blues Band Guest Artists: Charles McPherson, Lockjaw Davis, Papa John Creach, Eddie Vinson; all with their instruments and names printed under...

Date Published

1981

1990

Digital Collections

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Charles McPherson with saxophone

Charles McPherson with saxophone

Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham and Charles McPherson

Sweet Baby Blues Band guest artists

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