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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

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 and Milt Abel playing in a living room

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Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass performing in a living room. An unidentified African American man is playing drums behind them in the...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a trio

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Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel 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, Milt Abel, and Rod Padilla

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Bettye Miller, piano, Milt Abel, double bass, and Rod Padilla, drums, performing in the lounge of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist

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Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar...

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

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist

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Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar...

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

Calvin Jackson playing piano

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Calvin Jackson playing piano on stage during the Cheatham Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; he's wearing a suit and tie and facing the right of the...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham 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

Count Basie, Jo Jones and Walter Page performing

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Count Basie seated playing piano with Jo Jones playing drums and Walter Page playing bass; all are looking over the left side of the photo; sheets of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann 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 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

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (31)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (16)
  • Jay McShann Collection (16)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (64)

Genres

  • Snapshots (57)
  • Group portraits (50)
  • Color photographs (38)
  • Black & white photographs (26)
  • Gelatin silver prints (26)
  • Portrait photographs (13)
  • Promotional photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (23)
  • 1951-1960 (13)
  • 2001-2010 (9)
  • 1971-1980 (8)
  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (58)
  • African American jazz musicians (57)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (49)
  • Double bass (36)
  • African American men (35)
  • Double bassists (35)
  • Piano (35)
  • Pianists (31)
  • Microphone (21)
  • Saxophonists (19)
  • Saxophone (18)
  • African American women (17)
  • Men, White (17)
  • Jazz musicians, White (14)
  • Trombone (10)
  • Trombonists (10)
  • Porches (9)
  • Trumpet (8)
  • Trumpet players (8)
  • Hats (7)
  • Signs and signboards (7)
  • Women pianists (4)
  • African American women musicians (3)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Masters of ceremonies (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Toddlers (2)
  • African American girls (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Cymbals (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Draperies (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Fireplaces (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hispanic Americans (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Mugs (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Plants, Potted (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Drum set (64)
  • (-) Musical instruments (64)

Subjects, Geographic

  • San Diego (Calif.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (15)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (13)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (13)
  • McShann, Jay (12)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (8)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (8)
  • Morris, Dinky (8)
  • Peagler, Curtis (6)
  • Penland, Ralph (5)
  • Woodard, Rickey (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (3)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (3)
  • Spaits, Gerald (3)
  • Bohanon, George, 1937- (2)
  • Callender, Red (2)
  • Clayton, Jeff (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Johnson, Reggie (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Lucas, Clyde (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Brown, Cheryl (Philanthropist) (1)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (1)
  • Gould, Bud (1)
  • Grover, Terry (1)
  • Hinton, Milt (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lammond, Joe (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Padilla, Rod (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Price, Mike (Musician) (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Russell, Claudia (Master of ceremonies) (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Smith, Richard (Musician) (1)
  • Taylor, Joyce (Singer) (1)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Walder, Herman (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Young, Snooky (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (9)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (2)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1989-06 (12)
  • 1960 (11)
  • 1951 (10)
  • 2009-09-26 (9)
  • 1981 (8)
  • 1990 (7)
  • 1971 (5)
  • 1980 (5)
  • 1997-04-28 (3)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1971-01 (2)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 1993-03 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1974-02-09 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1995-07-05 (1)

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