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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

Blue Sky

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Blue Sky, a Kansas City blues band comprised of one African American woman and four white men, stand in front of an industrial machine. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra

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Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Charmaine Neville Band with Reggie Houston and Amasa Miller

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The Charmaine Neville Band with Reggie Houston, Amasa Miller, and Charmaine Neville, stand in a group with their arms around each other and smile at...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Christfari

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Christfari, a Christian reggae band comprised of one African American woman, three African American men, and four white men, stand together in front...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and four unidentified men

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Blues singer Cotton Candy sits in the center of four unidentified white men, all wearing fedora hats. The men sit on the chair's arm rests and on the...

Date Published
May-16-1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

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

Dancing at the Awards dinner

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Attendees (African American and white women and men) dancing during the Children's Mercy Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. The...

Date Published
February-09-1974
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

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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

Fuzz

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Fuzz, a band comprised of four white men and one African American woman, stand around a vintage car. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fuzz...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ges Work

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Ges Work, a jazz ensemble comprised of four African American men and two African American women, on a street standing and sitting on and around a Ford...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ges Work

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Ges Work, a jazz ensemble comprised of four African American men and two African American women, outdoors by a rock wall. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Honeypot

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Honeypot, a band comprised of eight white men and one African American woman, lie all over a sedan out in the woods, as one man lets air out of a tire...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Infrared Rockers

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Infrared Rockers, an American reggae band comprised of four African American men and one African American woman all wearing traditional clothing...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jam session underway

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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

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with others

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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

Jeannie Cheatham and ensemble on stage

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Jeannie Cheatham on stage playing piano with unidentified musicians at Harbor Island Jam Session, San Diego; a few members of the audience can be seen...

Date Published
1981
1984
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

JGB

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JGB is a blues band comprised of two African American women, two African American men, and four white men. The men stand in a parlor behind the two...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Johnny Firmin with Kim Nalley

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Saxophonist John Firmin, of the Johnny Nocturne Band, squats behind vocalist Kim Nalley who sits in front of John holding his saxophone but looking...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Brenda Boykin

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The Johnny Nocturne Band, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, with blues vocalist Brenda Boykin, stand in front of...

Date Published
1994
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication

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An unidentified white man is speaking at a podium on stage during the Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication; Dr. Ned Smull, second from...

Date Published
May-19-1964
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

L'il Georgie and the Shuffling Hungarians

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L'il Georgie and the Shuffling Hungarians, a blues band comprised of one African American man, three African American women, and seven white men, sit...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (33)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (42)

Genres

  • Group portraits (41)
  • Black & white photographs (32)
  • Publicity photographs (32)
  • Gelatin silver prints (30)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Photocopies (5)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (24)
  • 1981-1990 (11)
  • 2001-2010 (5)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (29)
  • Men, White (29)
  • Blues musicians (16)
  • African American jazz musicians (9)
  • Singers (8)
  • Jazz musicians (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Musical instruments (6)
  • Pianists (6)
  • Funk musicians (5)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Piano (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Musicians (4)
  • Rock musicians (4)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Drum set (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Reggae musicians (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Jazz-rock (Music) (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Soul musicians (2)
  • Television specials (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • Antique and classic cars (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Contemporary Christian music (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Elementary schools (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Hispanic American men (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Lectures and lecturing (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Rap musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • School children (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) African American women (42)
  • (-) Bands (Music) (42)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (5)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (4)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Briggs, Karen (Violinist) (2)
  • Clarke, Stanley (2)
  • Kotzen, Richie (2)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (2)
  • White, Lenny (2)
  • Z., Rachel (2)
  • Alicknavitch, Mike (1)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (1)
  • Boykin, Brenda (1)
  • Carlito (1)
  • Chi, Kai (1)
  • Danielle, Monique (1)
  • Firmin, John (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Glenn, Tyree (1)
  • Gooden, Lauretta (1)
  • Hardiman, Gloria (1)
  • Houston, Reggie (1)
  • jee eye zee (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • J Truth (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • Knowledge, Cee (1)
  • Love, Rudy (1)
  • May, Frank E. (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • Meeks, Jay (1)
  • Miller, Amasa (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Nalley, Kim (1)
  • Neville, Charmaine (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Rossi, George (Pianist) (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Smull, Ned (1)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Sun, Jah (1)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Thompson, Ron (Guitarist) (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)
  • Z-Boy (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (4)

Date Published

  • 1991 (7)
  • 2000 (7)
  • 1998 (6)
  • 1981 (5)
  • 2004 (5)
  • 1984 (4)
  • 1999 (4)
  • 2001 (4)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1964-05-19 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1974-02-09 (1)
  • 1986-08 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1995-05-16 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 2002 (1)

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