Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Dinky Morris (saxophone), and Ironman Harris (drums, partly hidden) all on stage performing...

Jeannie Cheatham (piano), Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (clarinet), Dinky Morris (saxophone) all on stage performing together at the...

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano, Dinky Morris playing saxophone, Rickey Woodard playing clarinet, unidentified saxophonist, and Ironman Harris on drums all on stage performing together at the Jazz...

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (clarinet), Dinky Morris (saxophone) all on stage performing together at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago...

"Papa" John Creach seated in front of a microphone and about to play his violin during a recording session; facing to the right of the photo.

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard (saxophones) on stage during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler has one arm around Bryant in an...

Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, and Dinky Morris all playing saxophones at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Peagler is wearing red suspenders, sunglasses, and a red beret, Woodard just a black shirt and...

Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, and Dinky Morris playing saxophones together; Rickey is standing forward from the other two; Peagler is wearing sunglasses and Morris is wearing a red vest and matching...

Reproduction of an ad from Vocalion featuring Pete Jonson playing piano and looking at the camera with inset image of the label for Vocalion 78 rpm number 4607 "Goin' away blues" written by Johnson...

"Plas" Johnson playing sax as guest artist with the Sweet Baby Blues Band; he's turned mostly to the right.

Portrait of Jeannie Cheatham with a brick wall behind her; she's wearing her hair in a large afro with a corduroy vest and white shirt; she's looking down and to the right.

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with two unidentified Japanese men at the end of a set of stairs outside the entrance to a large building, possibly a shrine or temple, in Japan.

Count Basie postcard; Basie is photographed face on in a spotlight and he is casting a large shadow on the wall behind him.

Henry Lee; Carolyn Grant; Claudia Russell at the microphone making program announcements at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; a...

Ralph Penland playing drums on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; photo taken from between drums and only his head is...

Ralph Penland playing drums and partially hidden behind his drum set; at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Ralph Penland playing drums with George Bohanon and Jeff Clayton standing beyond him on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.

Break time during a recording session; featuring Jimmy Cheatham, "Snooky" Young, Clora Bryant, Dinky Morris, Jimmy Noone, Jr., Curtis Peagler and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy and Jeannie are both standing...

Portrait of Red Callender, smiling and facing the camera.

Red Callender playing double bass on stage at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; a microphone, saxophone, and part of a drum set can also be seen around him.

Red Calendar playing bass next to a drum set, of which cymbals can be seen; facing the left of the photo; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Red Callender seated and playing double bass while reading sheet music on a stand in front of him during a recording session; he's wearing a set of headphones and turned to the left of the photo.

Jimmy Cheatham with Clora Bryant, and Rickey Woodard during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Cheatham is pointing with his arm and Woodard has a hand to his face; a sign for the Jazz...

Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard, saxophones, with Dinky Morris and an unidentified African American male musician on stage during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; part of Clora Bryant...

Rickey Woodard (Saxophone), Jeannie Cheatham, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), and unidentified saxophonist on stage during a rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; Cheatham is standing behind the...