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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage

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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach; she's...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Calvin Jackson playing piano

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Calvin Jackson playing piano on stage during the Cheatham Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; he's wearing a suit and tie and facing the right of the...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Charles McPherson with saxophone

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Charles McPherson playing saxophone into a microphone on stage during the Cheathams' Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; behind him Jimmy Cheatham and...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Drawing of Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Publicity reproduction of a painting featuring portraits of Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and "Big Mama" Thornton arranged against a background of...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham arm in arm with Sippie Wallace and Big Mama Thornton

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Jeannie Wallace (right), standing arm in arm on stage with "Big Mama" Thornton (center), and Sippie Wallace (left); Thornton and Wallace both are...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with Sippie Wallace

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Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing in front of a microphone and looking to the right...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with Sippie Wallace

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Jeannie Cheatham standing next to a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing and singing in front of a microphone; part...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Sippie Wallace on stage with Big Mama Thornton and Jeannie Cheatham with Jimmy Cheatham and his trombone standing behind them; Big Mama Thornton is...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Sippie Wallace on stage with Big Mama Thornton and Jeannie Cheatham with Jimmy Cheatham and his trombone standing behind them and an unidentified...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Publicity photo for the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" (filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach) featuring a performance shot of...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Mike Price playing trumpet

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Mike Price on stage playing trumpet and using a mute during a performance at the Cheatham Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; unidentified double...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
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  • (-) Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (11)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Group portraits (8)
  • Color photographs (6)
  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Paintings (1)
  • Reproductions (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (11)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (10)
  • Pianists (8)
  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • African American women (6)
  • Drum set (6)
  • Television specials (6)
  • Double bassists (5)
  • Jazz singers (5)
  • Double bass (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Piano (4)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (4)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (6)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (7)
  • Wallace, Sippie (7)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (6)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • McPherson, Charles (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Price, Mike (Musician) (1)

Events

  • Cheatham Jam Session (3)

Date Published

  • (-) 1983 (11)

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