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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

Gus Johnson playing drums

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Gus Johnson playing drums and wearing a light blue suit; red curtain background.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Ironman Harris and friend

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

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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

Jay McShann and Gus Johnson on stage

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Jay McShann playing piano and Gus Johnson playing drums on stage at unidentified concert; photo taken from below the stage looking up and there is a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and Ironman Harris on stage

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Jay McShann, and Ironman Harris performing on stage at an unidentified venue with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham albums displayed in the foreground.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and three others taking a cigarette break

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Jay McShann taking a cigarette break with three unidentified musicians; all seated except the man standing next to McShann; the man 2nd from the left...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann performing with Milt Abel and unidentified drummer

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Jay McShann playing piano with bassist Milt Abel (likely) and an unidentified African American male drummer at an unidentified event; chairs and a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano on stage in Milan, Italy

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Jay McShann playing piano onstage with unidentified African American male bassist and drummer in Milan, Italy; the side of his piano reads "Ibach...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano on stage with Zoot Sims

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Jay McShann on the left playing piano on stage with saxophonist Zoot Sims, an unidentified African American male drummer, and partially seen bassist...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Jimmy Cheatham and Ironman Harris performing

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Double exposure image featuring Jay McShann, Jimmy Cheatham, and Ironman Harris all performing on stage at an unknown venue.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and others on stage

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Partial view of Jeannie Cheatham playing piano at the right of the photo, with a partial view of an unidentified white male double bassist and drummer...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano on stage, partially obscured, with the hands of an unidentified white male double bassist seen on the left and Jimmy...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone

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Jimmy Chatham on stage playing trombone and using a red mute; Dinky Morris holding his saxophone is standing behind him and there's a microphone in...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Kansas City Red

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Blues drummer and vocalist Kansas City Red cocks his head to the right as he closes his eyes to sing into a microphone and play a drum set possibly...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mike Buck

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Blues drummer Mike Buck sits at a drum set and looks to his right as he wears a polka-dot, long-sleeved shirt.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Milt Hinton playing on stage

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Milt Hinton playing bass on stage; looking over to the left of the photo; piano and drum set can be seen on either side of him; unknown event or...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Sam Lay

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Blues drummer Sam Lay glares at the drum set he sits behind. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sam Lay. Blues Management Group, Thomas J...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified emcee at the microphone

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Unidentified bald man, possibly acting as an emcee, on stage in front of a microphone and wearing a bright, pea green, jacket; various instruments are...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
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  • Drum set

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (9)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (19)

Genres

  • Snapshots (15)
  • Color photographs (14)
  • Group portraits (12)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (19)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • African American men (14)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (14)
  • Jazz musicians (12)
  • Musical instruments (8)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Double bass (7)
  • Piano (7)
  • Double bassists (6)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Microphone (5)
  • Saxophone (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Trombone (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Plants, Potted (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Vampires (1)
  • (-) Drum set (19)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (6)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Morris, Dinky (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Buck, Mike (1)
  • Hinton, Milt (1)
  • Kansas City Red (1)
  • Lay, Sam (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Peagler, Curtis (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Young, Snooky (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (3)

Date Published

  • 1990 (16)
  • 1984 (3)
  • (-) 1981 (19)

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