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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and two others

Image

An unidentified white man, Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and an unidentified African American woman standing in a group together with a big band playing...

Date Published
May-1967
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel 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

Image

"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

Group photo of Thamon Hayes Rockets

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Thamon Hayes' Rockets posing for a photo on the bandstand at Fairyland Park, 75th Street and Prospect Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Hayes is standing...

Date Published
1932
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band

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Reprint of a newspaper or magazine group photo of the Art Smith Kansas City Jazz Band (L to R): Ben Kynard, Charles "Crook" Goodwin, Art Smith, "Sarge...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with his orchestra

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Jay McShann and his orchestra; (top row L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums; Pete Anderson, bass; (bottom row L-R) David Newman (likely), clarinet or saxophone...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jimmy Cheatham leading the UCSD Jazz Band

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Jimmy Cheatham conducting the UCSD Jazz Band; photo taken from behind and to the side of the risers the band is seated on.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham with the UCSD Jazz Ensemble

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Jimmy Cheatham Leading the UCSD Jazz Ensemble with a saxophonist standing up to play with the rest of the band seated.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham with the UCSD Jazz Ensemble

Image

Jimmy Cheatham posing for a group photo with the members of the UCSD Jazz Ensemble; all holding instruments and facing forward.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Pete Haney playing saxophone with Jay McShann's Orchestra

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Pete Haney standing to play saxophone with the Jay McShann Orchestra; other musicians in the photo (L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums, David Newman (likely)...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

San Marcos High School Jazz Ensemble at the entrance

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San Marcos High School Jazz Ensemble performing at the entrance to "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music...

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

T.H. Holder's Orchestra

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T.H. Holder's Orchestra posing for a group photo. All the musicians are standing and facing forward, wearing black tuxedos with a sash. All the...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Woman singing with big band

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Unidentified white woman singing in front of a microphone with a big band behind her. Ed Dix seen in the back right, on tenor saxophone.

Date Published
1964
Member of
Ed Dix Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Big bands
  • Musical instruments

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (6)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (13)

Genres

  • Group portraits (13)
  • Black & white photographs (11)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • African American jazz musicians (9)
  • African American men (6)
  • Band directors (6)
  • African American band directors (5)
  • Saxophone (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • College students (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Music students (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Teenage musicians (1)
  • (-) Big bands (13)
  • (-) Musical instruments (13)

Subjects, Geographic

  • San Diego (Calif.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (5)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Armstrong, Matt (Musician) (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Goodwin, Charles (Vocalist) (1)
  • Hayes, Thamon (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Meyers, Richard (Guitarist) (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Smith, Art (Arthur T.), 1918-2011 (1)
  • Washington, Booker T., 1909-1992 (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1967-05 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 2009-09-26 (1)

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