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Big Mama Thornton singing

Image

Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone; wearing a cowboy hat and sparkly floral patterned shirt; head turned to look over to the right.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bobby Smith playing saxophone

Image

Bobby Smith playing "Tippin' In" on his saxophone at Jam Session in San Diego, California; he's turned to the left of the photo and wearing a white...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Charles McPherson with saxophone

Image

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...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams with Mel Lewis and Jay McShann

Image

Mel Lewis, Jeannie Cheatham, Jay McShann, and Jimmy Cheatham all standing together outside of a white luxury car in a parking lot for a photo; Jimmy...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant playing trumpet

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Clora Bryant playing trumpet on stage in front of a microphone as part of the Sweet Baby Blues Band.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone

Image

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone; against a black background and turned a bit to the right of the photo.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler with his saxophone

Image

Curtis Peagler wearing a black shirt, patterned suspenders, and holding a saxophone; looking forward at the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and Ironman Harris performing together

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Dinky Morris, saxophone, and Ironman Harris, drums, performing together on stage on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and saxophonist

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Dinky Morris adjusting a microphone in front of an unidentified African American saxophonist while he plays on stage; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris on Harbor Island

Image

Dinky Morris playing saxophone on stage at a night club on Harbor Island, San Diego; he's wearing a tan jacket and a microphone is in front of him and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris speaking with someone

Image

Dinky Morris in a tan jacket seated on a couch speaking with an unidentified white man in glasses seated next to him; a few pictures are hung on the...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Double bassist on Harbor Island

Image

Unidentified, white male double bassist playing on stage; wearing grey pants and a white t-shirt he's facing to the right of the photo; on Harbor...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Earl Fatha Hines holding a microphone

Image

Earl "Fatha" Hines in a light colored suit with polka-dot tie on stage holding a microphone and smiling.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Frank Wess

Image

Frank Wess playing clarinet as guest artist with the Sweet Baby Blues Band; wearing a tan jacket and reddish orange shirt; facing the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

George Red Callender, Ed Dinky Morris, and Clora Bryant

Image

Three photos on one sheet of Red Callender, Dinky Jones, and Clora Bryant; Callender is with his bass, Morris his saxophone, and Bryant is playing...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Image

Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Ironman Harris and friend

Image

Ironman Harris and an unidentified woman (white), both dressed in capes as vampires, on stage and drawing close to each other; part of a drum set and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Ironman Harris and friend

Image

Ironman Harris and unidentified woman (white) in vampire costumes showing of their fangs to the camera; at a night club on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Ironman Harris, Snooky Young, Jimmy Noone Jr., and Curtis Peagler

Image

Four photos on one sheet of members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band (John "Ironman" Harris, drums; Snooky Young; trumpet; Jimmy Noone Jr. and Curtis...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jam session

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Jeannie Cheatham at the piano with Jimmy Cheatham, trombone, and other musicians on stage with them during a jam session.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jam session underway

Image

Harbor Island Jam Session in progress with Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Dinky Morris, and other musicians on stage; at Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham and Charles McPherson

Image

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

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jazz musicians performing

Image

Two unidentified white male jazz musicians on stage performing; the man in glasses on the left is playing trombone, and the man in the striped shirt...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jazz performance directed by Jimmy Cheatham

Image

Jimmy Cheatham at the right of the photo on stage directing a jazz ensemble of largely white musicians; an unidentified woman is singing into a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and family on a Jazz cruise

Image

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a small table in a bar with her Mother (M'ma) and two sisters (Charlotte and Jo-Anne) while on the S.S. Norway during a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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  • (-) Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (91)

Types

  • photographs (91)

Genres

  • Group portraits (59)
  • Color photographs (52)
  • Snapshots (44)
  • Black & white photographs (39)
  • Gelatin silver prints (39)
  • Portrait photographs (32)
  • Publicity photographs (17)
  • Promotional photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (91)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (84)
  • Trombonists (44)
  • Jazz musicians (41)
  • African American men (32)
  • Saxophonists (29)
  • Saxophone (26)
  • Pianists (24)
  • Trombone (21)
  • African American women (20)
  • Musical instruments (20)
  • Jazz musicians, White (18)
  • Hats (17)
  • Women jazz musicians (17)
  • Women pianists (17)
  • Microphone (16)
  • Double bass (15)
  • Double bassists (15)
  • Men, White (15)
  • Piano (15)
  • Trumpet players (13)
  • African American women jazz singers (11)
  • Bands (Music) (10)
  • African American band directors (9)
  • Berets (9)
  • Trumpet (9)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (8)
  • Band directors (7)
  • Drum set (7)
  • Audiences (6)
  • Halloween costumes (6)
  • African American college teachers (5)
  • African American music teachers (5)
  • Clarinetists (5)
  • Mutes (Music) (5)
  • African American couples (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (4)
  • Clarinet (4)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (4)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • Banners (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • African American women musicians (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Chairs (2)
  • College students (2)
  • College teachers (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz--Instruction and study (2)
  • Jumpsuits (2)
  • Music students (2)
  • Necklaces (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Sisters (2)
  • Sofas (2)
  • Suspenders (2)
  • Vampires (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American families (1)
  • Baby strollers (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Belts (Clothing) (1)
  • Cadillac automobile (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Cruise ships (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fangs (1)
  • Gloves (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Interior decoration (1)
  • Masks (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Mothers (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Pens (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • School buses (1)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stands (Furniture) (1)
  • Toy instruments (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Wood-carved figurines (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • San Diego (Calif.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (45)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (34)
  • Morris, Dinky (11)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (6)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (5)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (4)
  • Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009 (4)
  • Peagler, Curtis (4)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (3)
  • McPherson, Charles (3)
  • Callender, Red (2)
  • Johnson, Plas (2)
  • Liston, Melba (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Smith, Nolan (2)
  • Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (2)
  • Woodard, Rickey (2)
  • Young, Snooky (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Crawford, Hank, 1934-2009 (1)
  • Creach, Papa John (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • Evans, Charlotte (Sister of Jeannie Cheatham) (1)
  • Evans, Jo Anne (1)
  • Fields, Ernie, Jr. (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Lewis, Mel, 1929-1990 (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Riley, Herman, 1933-2007 (1)
  • Smith, Bobby (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (32)

Date Published

  • 1990 (61)
  • 1984 (29)
  • (-) 1981 (91)

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