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Alberta Hunter

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Promotional photo for NPR Jazz Alive! Radio show featuring Alberta Hunter singing into microphone. Hunter has one arm raised and is looking to the...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Brenda Lee Eager

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Headshot of Brenda Lee Eager leaning forward with her elbows on a table and holding her head in her hands. Eager is wearing a large flower in her hair...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Helen Humes singing

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Promotional photo for NPR Jazz Alive! Radio show featuring Helen Humes singing into a microphone. Humes is grinning and wearing a patterned dress.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jeannie Cheatham

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Jeannie Cheatham standing for a photo against a light colored brick wall; facing the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham on the street outside Radio City Music Hall

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Jeannie Cheatham standing on the street outside of the marquee for Radio City Music Hall in New York; various pedestrians can be seen behind her as...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing a grand piano; photo taken from the end of the piano and facing Jeannie directly; she is looking down at the keys and wearing...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano

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Jeannie Cheatham at grand piano; viewed from the side with her facing the right; wearing a caftan, hair in an afro, and with eyes closed with head...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham walking among tables

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Jeannie Cheatham walking amongst a crowded group of tables with a glass of wine or brandy in one hand; wearing white clothes and facing the camera.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with eyes closed

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Close up portrait of Jeannie Cheatham showing the head only; she's facing to the left with head tilted and eyes closed.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with Janice Robinson

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Jeannie Cheatham standing next to Janice Robinson in Madison, Wisconsin; Robinson is holding a glass of something and a telephone is seen on the wall...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham together; photo from the shoulders up, both facing the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Nancy Wilson

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Publicity photo of Nancy Wilson looking forward and smiling while resting her head on her folded arms. Wilson is wearing a fur coat.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cheatham, Marshall Hawkins and Jeannie Cheatham performing

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Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cheatham, Marshall Hawkins, and Jeannie Cheatham with an unidentified musician behind them at a Jam Session; Jeannie is seated at...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Patrice Rushen

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Headshot of Patrice Rushen looking forward and smiling. Rushen is wearing beads and chopsticks in her hair.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Portrait of Jeannie Cheatham

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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...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Randy Crawford

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Angled headshot of Randy Crawford looking forward, wearing a sweater, and smiling at the camera.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Roberta Flack

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Publicity photo of Roberta Flack looking down and smiling while sitting at the piano.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Warren Durrett Orchestra in performance with woman singing

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Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In front of them to the right is a woman singing in a dress and...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett Orchestra in performance with woman singing

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Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In front of them to the right is a woman singing in a dress and...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Woody Herman speaking

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Woody Herman speaking from behind a podium on a stage lined with portrait photographs on music stands of Buck Clayton, James P. Johnson, Pee Wee...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1971
  • African American women jazz singers

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (12)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (17)
  • Gelatin silver prints (17)
  • Portrait photographs (16)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (21)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • Women jazz musicians (12)
  • Women pianists (12)
  • Pianists (7)
  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • Piano (5)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Hairdressing of African Americans (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Brick walls (2)
  • Caftans (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American couples (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Corduroy (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Drinking glasses (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Vests (1)
  • (-) African American women jazz singers (22)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (12)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (4)
  • Johnson, Lew (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Crawford, Randy (1)
  • Eager, Brenda Lee (1)
  • Flack, Roberta (1)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Hunter, Alberta (1)
  • Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (1)
  • Robinson, Janice (1)
  • Rushen, Patrice (1)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (1)
  • Wilson, Nancy, 1937- (1)

Date Published

  • 1980 (15)
  • 1975 (7)
  • (-) 1971 (22)

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