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Allen Fontenot

Image

Cajun fiddle player Allen Fontenot smiles as he lifts his elbow high to stroke the violin with the bow. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1980
1984
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Mama Thornton applauding

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Big Mama Thornton in a straw hat and seated at a table facing to the left of the photo; she's applauding and there is a bottle, some sort of leafy...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Big Mama Thornton at the microphone

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Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone held close to her mouth; she's wearing a straw hat and facing to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Buddy Morrow

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Publicity photo of Buddy Morrow looking forward and smiling while holding a trombone by his side. Morrow is on stage wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buddy Morrow

Image

Publicity photo of Buddy Morrow looking forward and smiling while holding a trombone with both hands across his chest. Morrow is wearing a black...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buzz

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Three of The Buzz band members, comprised of four white men, stand behind the fourth member seated on a chair that is turned backwards. All look...

Date Published
1984
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buzz

Image

The Buzz, a band comprised of four white men, stands on the street and sidewalk beside a building. One member leans back on the hood of a vintage car...

Date Published
1984
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cab Calloway and Jeannie Cheatham

Image

Publicity photograph featuring a gesticulating Cab Calloway in a white suit, a clarinet by his side, and Jeannie Cheatham, also in white, seated at a...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cab Calloway and Jeannie Cheatham on stage

Image

Cab Calloway on stage directing a band with Jeannie Cheatham playing piano; eleven other band members are shown wearing black and Calloway and...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

HooDoo Gurus

Image

HooDoo Gurus, an Australian garage rock band comprised of four white men, sit in different sized chairs with their hair in their eyes and their eyes...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and Illinois Jacquet

Image

Publicity photo of Jeannie Cheatham seated at the piano with Illinois Jacquet, hand on one hip and holding his saxophone, standing behind her during a...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and Thad Jones

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Publicity photo of Thad Jones and Jeannie Cheatham at piano at a concert for the Jazz Society of Lower Southern California; view is from behind...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano in leather pants

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano wearing a small checkered jacket, hat covering her hair, leather pants, and high heeled boots; side view with her...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with Calvin Jackson

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Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano, looking down at the keyboard, with Calvin Jackson and his saxophone standing next to her against a brick wall...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jim Brickman

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Jim Brickman, pop music singer and pianist, leans on the edge a piano by the keyboard, with his forearms crossed, and looks directly at the...

Date Published
1984
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Johnny Cash

Image

Publicity photo of Johnny Cash standing behind a pool table and holding a pool stick. Cash is facing forward and wearing a black suit, vest, and tie.

Date Published
1984
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Johnny Winter

Image

Blues and Blues-rock guitarist and vocalist Johnny Winter looks down at an electric Lazer guitar he is playing with the stage lights behind him. He...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Joshua Breakstone

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Jazz guitarist Joshua Breakstone looks straight at the photographer wearing clear-framed glasses, a suit jacket and a necktie. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1984
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kreuzen

Image

Die Kreuzen, a grunge, punk-rock band comprised of four white men, stand outside at night by a brick wall with the word "Hustler" painted on it as...

Date Published
1984
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mary Ann Black Steele, recipient of Starr award, with Martha Jane Starr

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Mary Ann Black Steele, recipient of Martha Jane Starr named award, with Martha Jane Starr; standing in front of a wagon wheel.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Martha Jane Starr Collection

Nighthawks

Image

The Nighthawks, a blues-rock band comprised of five white men, standing in a line smiling at the camera. The band member farthest to the left is...

Date Published
1984
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Phillip Walker

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Phillip Walker, blues guitarist, smiles at the camera as he hugs an electric blues guitar under his right arm. He wears a pinstripe business suit and...

Date Published
1983
1984
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Phillip Walker

Image

Phillip Walker, blues guitarist, smiles at the camera as he hugs an electric blues guitar under his right arm. He wears a pinstripe business suit and...

Date Published
1983
1984
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Portrait of Willie Dixon

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Portrait of Willie Dixon at the Lone Star, Kansas City, Missouri. He's wearing a hat and is in front of a microphone.

Date Published
1984
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Publicity photo of Les Brown wearing white suit

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Headshot of Les Brown facing slightly to the side wearing a light checkered suit and black tie.

Date Published
1984
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (15)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (8)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (4)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (29)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (29)
  • Publicity photographs (21)
  • Portrait photographs (16)
  • Group portraits (14)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (29)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (28)
  • 1991-2000 (4)

Subjects

  • Men, White (12)
  • Bands (Music) (8)
  • Blues musicians (7)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • African American men (6)
  • Guitarists (6)
  • Piano (6)
  • African American women jazz singers (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Women jazz musicians (5)
  • Women pianists (5)
  • Musicians (4)
  • Rock musicians (4)
  • Hats (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • African American women musicians (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Garage rock music (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Alternative rock musicians (1)
  • Americana (Music) (1)
  • Applause (1)
  • Australians (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Brick walls (1)
  • Centerpieces (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Grunge music (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians, Cajun (1)
  • Rock groups (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women social reformers (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (6)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (2)
  • Morrow, Buddy (2)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (2)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (2)
  • Baker, James, 1954- (1)
  • Bohren, Spencer (1)
  • Bramley, Clyde (1)
  • Breakstone, Joshua (1)
  • Brickman, Jim (1)
  • Brown, Les, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Calloway, Chris (1)
  • Cash, Johnny (1)
  • Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (1)
  • Faulkner, David, 1957- (1)
  • Fontenot, Allen (1)
  • Hill, Z. Z. (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jones, Thad (1)
  • Shepherd, Brad (1)
  • Starr, Martha Jane, 1906-2011 (1)
  • Steele, Mary Ann Black, 1948- (1)
  • Thompson, Ron (Guitarist) (1)
  • Winter, Johnny (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • (-) 1984 (29)

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