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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

Buck Clayton and Vic Dickenson with musicians at the airport

Image

Vic Dickenson standing with Buck Clayton and an unidentified group of people, including a man at a drum kit and a trombonist at the airport in Dunedin...

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

Image

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone...

Date Published
February-11-1972
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

Jam session underway

Image

Harbor Island Jam Session in progress with Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Dinky Morris, and other musicians on stage; at Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann performing with Woody Herman

Image

Jay McShann playing piano with Woody Herman playing clarinet during an unidentified event; a saxophonist and trombonist can be partly seen next to...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

Image

Jay McShann and band performing: Gene Ramey (bass), McShann (piano), Gus Johnson (drums), Walter Brown (vocals), Bud Gould (trombone), unidentified...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano in Nice, France

Image

Jay McShann playing piano on stage at the Nice Festival with an unidentified African American male trombonist next to him; Nice, France.

Date Published
1976
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Jimmy Cheatham and Ironman Harris performing

Image

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 and Jimmy Cheatham playing on stage

Image

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham playing on stage; just Jeannie's head is visible and Jimmy is beside her playing trombone and wearing a red sweater and...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with other musicians

Image

View of the stage during a Harbor Island Jam Session; Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Jimmy Noone, Jr., and other musicians with their instruments are...

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with others

Image

Jeannie Cheatham at the piano and Jimmy Cheatham, trombone, on stage with other musicians; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham on stage playing trombone

Image

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone on stage wearing a red sweater and beret; turned to the right of the photo.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham on stage playing trombone

Image

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone on stage wearing a red sweater and beret; turned to the right of the photo; on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone

Image

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone wearing a flower patterned shirt; he's looking down toward unseen sheet music.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham, Nolan Smith, Louis van Taylor, Rickey Woodard, and Charles Owen

Image

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Nolan Smith (trumpet), Louis Van Taylor (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), and Charles Owens (saxophone) in a row...

Date Published
July-05-1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Watching Eubie Blake play piano on his 89th birthday

Image

Eubie Blake playing piano (facing the right) with Jo Jones, Tyree Glenn, Maxine Sullivan, Billy Taylor, and Bill Bolcom gathered around him watching...

Date Published
February-07-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
  • Clear selected
  • African American men
  • Trombone

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (12)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (19)

Genres

  • Group portraits (15)
  • Snapshots (14)
  • Color photographs (12)
  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Publicity photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (9)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Trombonists (18)
  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • Pianists (11)
  • Musical instruments (10)
  • Piano (10)
  • Men, White (8)
  • African American women (7)
  • Jazz musicians, White (7)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (6)
  • Clarinet (4)
  • Clarinetists (4)
  • Drum set (4)
  • Saxophone (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Banners (3)
  • Berets (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Trumpet (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Birthday parties (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Men's underwear (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Police (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) African American men (19)
  • (-) Trombone (19)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (11)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (5)
  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Glenn, Tyree (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (2)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (2)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (1)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Big James (1)
  • Bolcom, William (1)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (1)
  • Dickenson, Vic (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Gould, Bud (1)
  • Green, Urbie (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Jackson, Bubba (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Woodard, Rickey (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (6)
  • Long Beach Jazz Festival (1)
  • Nice Festival (1976 : Nice, France) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (9)
  • 1984 (6)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1955 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1964-03-01 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1972-02-07 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1976 (1)
  • 1995-07-05 (1)

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