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Ahmad Alaadeen, Terry Hughes, and Gerald Spaits performing

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Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing during a concert in Palm Beach, Florida; Jay McShann may be...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Army band at an unidentified venue

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Army band performing at an unidentified venue. From left to right: Cal Gould playing trombone, Connie Newton playing trumpet, Ed Stafford playing...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

At the La Jolla Jazz Festival

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Jimmy Cheatham directing an unidentified jazz band (likely a UCSD band) on an outdoor stage at the La Jolla Jazz Festival; photo taken with Cheatham's...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Band performing

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Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band (Dinky Morris, Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, unidentified, Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, unidentified, and...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bettye Miller playing on stage

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Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and leaning over toward Milt Abel playing double bass. An unidentified African American man is on drums behind...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing on stage

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Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and facing the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass and an unidentified African American man is...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Big Six

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The Big Six, a rockabilly band comprised of six white men, stand in active positions with their instruments in front of red curtains. All of the men...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blues Bar BQ

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Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand in a stage area with their instruments smiling at the photographer. Printed on the...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Boss and his guitar

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Bob Boss playing guitar on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; looking...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Buddy Tate and unidentified man

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Buddy Tate (right) and an unidentified African American man (left) in Orange, California; the unidentified man is looking over the right of the photo...

Date Published
1979
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Claudia Russell at the microphone

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Claudia Russell, emcee, speaking in front of a microphone at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant playing trumpet

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Clora Bryant in a red dress with a large red flower in her hair playing trumpet amidst the audience at the Blue Note in New York City; behind her is...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Close up of Jay McShann at a Kansas City diner

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Closer up photo of Jay McShann seated at a table in a diner in Kansas City; he's wearing a winter jacket, black hat; on the wall behind him are...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann wearing glasses

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Close up of Jay McShann while he's wearing his glasses and playing piano; behind him bassist Brian Harmon is partially seen; unknown venue.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Country music ensemble performing for children

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Four piece country music band with three guitarists and a fiddle player (all white). They are wearing cowboy attire, performing for patients (African...

Date Published
October-31-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Curtis Peagler on break

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Curtis Peagler standing with his saxophone while holding a white coffee mug; he's wearing a black shirt, sunglasses, red suspenders, and a red beret...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and Ironman Harris performing together

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Dinky Morris (saxophone) in a red hat and Ironman Harris (drums) on stage together at the Blue Note in New York City; instruments, microphones, and...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris and Jeannie Cheatham on stage

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Dinky Morris, in a red vest and matching hat, playing soprano saxophone on stage in front of a microphone; behind is an unidentified bassist and...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris conducting

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Dinky Morris in a white hat and blue shirt conducting a performance; an unidentified saxophonist can be seen in front of him and his back is largely...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris on stage

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Dinky Morris in a red hat and holding his saxophone on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; sound and lighting equipment and part of a drum set...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris with two girls

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Dinky Morris, with two of his saxophones and wearing a red vest and matching hat, speaking to two young African American girls; one in a grey checked...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris with young girl

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Dinky Morris, wearing a red vest and matching hat, posing for a photo with a young African American girl in a white dress holding one of Morris'...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Empty stage

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Stage Set Up at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; drum set and other instruments...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Entertaining two girls

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Clora Bryant (trumpet) and Rickey Woodard (saxophone) playing in a crowd of people and in front of two African American girls; at the Jazz Showcase in...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (99)
  • Jay McShann Collection (41)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (7)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (4)
  • Betty Crow Collection (3)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (160)

Genres

  • Snapshots (152)
  • Group portraits (126)
  • Portrait photographs (29)
  • Publicity photographs (6)
  • Film transparencies (2)
  • Stereographs (2)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Photographic postcards (1)
  • (-) Color photographs (160)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (69)
  • 2001-2010 (38)
  • 1991-2000 (37)
  • 1971-1980 (10)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (136)
  • Jazz musicians (136)
  • African American men (60)
  • Saxophonists (57)
  • Piano (56)
  • Pianists (51)
  • Saxophone (51)
  • Trombonists (44)
  • Double bass (42)
  • Double bassists (42)
  • Men, White (39)
  • Drum set (38)
  • Trumpet players (38)
  • Microphone (37)
  • Trombone (37)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (31)
  • Jazz musicians, White (31)
  • Trumpet (30)
  • Audiences (27)
  • Hats (23)
  • African American women (19)
  • Signs and signboards (19)
  • African American women musicians (17)
  • Women pianists (15)
  • African American women jazz singers (11)
  • Clarinetists (11)
  • Bands (Music) (10)
  • Clarinet (9)
  • Guitarists (9)
  • Women, White (9)
  • Women jazz musicians (9)
  • Guitar (7)
  • Violin (6)
  • Violinists (6)
  • Berets (4)
  • Musicians (4)
  • Music rehearsals (4)
  • Mutes (Music) (4)
  • String ensembles (4)
  • African American girls (3)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Children, White (3)
  • Hair ornaments (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Masters of ceremonies (3)
  • Banners (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Hospitals--Employees (2)
  • Photographs (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Restaurants--Decoration (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Sunglasses (2)
  • Toddlers (2)
  • Xylophone (2)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American couples (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Beards (1)
  • Brass instruments (1)
  • Cellists (1)
  • Cello (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Dalmatian dog (1)
  • Diners (Restaurants) (1)
  • Dining rooms (1)
  • Djembe (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Mugs (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Plants, Potted (1)
  • Rockabilly musicians (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Teenage musicians (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Waiters (1)
  • Waitresses (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • (-) Musical instruments (160)

Subjects, Geographic

  • La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (56)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (37)
  • McShann, Jay (37)
  • Morris, Dinky (16)
  • Woodard, Rickey (16)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (14)
  • Peagler, Curtis (14)
  • Smith, Nolan (14)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (14)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (12)
  • Clayton, Jeff (11)
  • Bohanon, George, 1937- (8)
  • Callender, Red (8)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (8)
  • Stephens, John (Jazz musician) (8)
  • Boss, Bob (7)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (6)
  • Young, Snooky (6)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (5)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (5)
  • Penland, Ralph (5)
  • Gregg, Joseph Boon, 1913-1995 (4)
  • Spaits, Gerald (4)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (3)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (3)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (3)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Johnson, Reggie (2)
  • Lucas, Clyde (2)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (2)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (2)
  • Wilkerson, Todd (2)
  • Armstrong, Matt (Musician) (1)
  • Brown, Cheryl (Philanthropist) (1)
  • Cookingham, Gene (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • De Marchi, Ray (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Eicher, Greg (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Grover, Terry (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hinton, Milt (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lammond, Joe (1)
  • Russell, Claudia (Master of ceremonies) (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Joyce (Singer) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (36)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (10)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (1)
  • La Jolla Jazz Festival (1)
  • Nice Festival (1976 : Nice, France) (1)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2009-09-26 (36)
  • 1989-06 (32)
  • 1981 (31)
  • 1990 (21)
  • 2000 (18)
  • 1991 (14)
  • 1984 (11)
  • 1995-07-05 (8)
  • 1996-08-21 (5)
  • 1971 (4)
  • 1980 (4)
  • 1995 (4)
  • 1997-04-28 (4)
  • 1971-01 (2)
  • 1974-02-09 (2)
  • 1985-08-16 (2)
  • 1993-03 (2)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1952-10-01 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1966-05 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1976 (1)
  • 1979 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1989-07 (1)
  • 1996-12-01 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2006-11 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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