Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham and Clora Bryant playing amid a crowded audience at the Blue Note in New York City; Cheatham, in a red hat, is walking ahead of Bryant and several audience members can be seen.

Jimmy Cheatham presenting an award to Count Basie at a UCSD concert; they are standing side by side in front of a microphone with Basie holding the award; Cheatham is looking at Basie and Basie is...

Jimmy Cheatham seated next to an unidentified African American man in a suit and smoking a cigarette in the booth of a restaurant in New York City; empty glasses and an ashtray are on the table in...

Jimmy Cheatham posing for a photo with four other, unidentified, people; two white Women , a white man and an African American man; all are looking at the camera and smiling.

Jimmy Cheatham next to Nolan Smith; both viewed from the side facing the left of the photo and looking down at something and laughing; Cheatham in a red hat; at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego.

Jimmy Cheatham next to Nolan Smith; Smith is looking directly at the camera and smiling and Cheatham, in a red hat, is looking to the left of the photo; at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego.

Jimmy Cheatham next to Nolan Smith, both smiling; Cheatham is wearing a red hat; at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego.

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, Dinky Morris (saxophones) on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; members of a crowded audience can be seen below...

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone with Snooky Young and Clora Bryant, trumpets, Dinky Morris, Curtis Peagler, and another unidentified saxophonist during a recording session; all but Cheatham are seated...

Jimmy Cheatham on stage with Red Callender, Snooky Young, Curtis Peagler and Jimmy Noone, Jr. at an unidentified venue; photo is taken from the middle of the audience (the blurred heads of several...

Jimmy Cheatham on stage with Red Callender, Snooky Young, Curtis Peagler and Jimmy Noone, Jr. at an unidentified venue; photo is taken from the middle of the audience (the blurred heads of several...

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, Dinky Morris (saxophones) on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; members of a crowded audience can be seen below...

Jimmy Cheatham animatedly directing an ensemble; only he is seen with a necklace with a cross or ankh pendant and a large wooden door behind him; he's facing the left.

Jimmy Cheatham seated at his desk in Madison; it, along with the wall and shelf behind him, are covered in papers; he's facing the camera and smiling.

Jimmy Cheatham seated at a bar on a blue barstool; wearing a red V-neck sweater and matching red beret; facing the camera and smiling; others can be seen in the background; on Harbor Island, San Diego...

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone in the Palace Bar of the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; wearing a red hat and belt he's facing the camera; behind him a seated man is seen as well as a sign reading...

Jimmy Cheatham with a hat and his trombone at the Sheraton Inn; he's facing the right with his mouth open and his trombone is only partially seen.

Jimmy Cheatham directing Jazz Ensemble UC San Diego; only Cheatham is seen against a black background and facing to the left.

Jimmy Cheatham conducting the UCSD Jazz Ensemble; wearing a vest and hat he's facing the right of the photo with arms raised to shoulder height; an unidentified pianist is seen beyond him.

Jimmy Cheatham at the far left in front of the UCSD Jazz Band directing the performance; he's wearing a hat and light jacket; view of several members of the ensemble seated on risers and facing the...

Jimmy Cheatham directing his UCSD Jazz Ensemble; he's at the far right of the photo facing the band; woman pianist is at the left of the photo, back to the camera.

Jimmy Cheatham directing UCSD's Jazz Ensemble; he's standing on a set of steps and facing and pointing the left; behind him several members of the ensemble are seen seated behind music stands.

Jimmy Cheatham photographed from behind as he plays trombone wearing a red hat at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego.

Jimmy Cheatham, in a jean jacket and black hat, greeting two elderly men; one of them he's holding by both arms and the other with sunglasses is looking on; a crowd is seen behind them.

Jimmy Cheatham greeting a seated Ravi Shankar; Cheatham is wearing a black hat and Shankar is dressed in orange silk robes and wearing eyeglasses; both are wearing name tags; unknown venue.