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"Big James" Montgomery

Image

"Big James" Montgomery, Chicago blues style trombonist, smiles as he holds a trombone across his body with both hands with a cloth over the bell that...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bubba Jackson's black drawers

Image

Publicity photo of Bubba Jackson and Jimmy Cheatham performing at the Long Beach Jazz Festival; Cheatham is standing to the right while Jackson is...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

Image

Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Filming the Benny Goodman Story

Image

Publicity shot showing the filming crew and audience as Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performs with the band in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

Image

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

Image

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

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone

Image

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone with a mute and wearing a black hat; another person is partially visible behind him; facing to the right.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Melba Liston portrait

Image

Portrait of Melba Liston holding her trombone and wearing a flowing silk robe; facing forward and looking at the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Portrait of unidentified trombone player

Image

Portrait of unidentified white male trombone player in suit and tie, wearing glasses, holding instrument.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Tommy Dorsey with trumpet

Image

Publicity photo of Tommy Dorsey holding a trombone and facing forward while looking to the side. Dorsey is wearing a light colored jacket and tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Publicity photographs
  • Trombone

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Group portraits (6)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • (-) Publicity photographs (11)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (5)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Trombonists (11)
  • Jazz musicians (8)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Women jazz musicians (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Men's underwear (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Police (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Trombone (11)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (6)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (4)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (2)
  • Wallace, Sippie (2)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (1)
  • Big James (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (1)
  • Crump, Bob (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Green, Urbie (1)
  • Jackson, Bubba (1)
  • Lee, Gene (1)
  • Legge, Jimmy (1)
  • Liston, Melba (1)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (1)
  • Shareef, Museyf (1)
  • Shepard, Elvin (1)

Events

  • Long Beach Jazz Festival (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1955 (1)
  • 1959 (1)

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