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Bettye Miller playing xylophone

Image

Bettye Miller playing a xylophone set up next to her piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass at the right.

Date Published
1967
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

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

Bettye Miller with Milt Abel

Image

Milt Abel, double bass, and Bettye Miller, piano, playing in front of an audience (primarily white men seen). The photo is taken from behind and to...

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

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

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Rod Padilla

Image

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, Lois Robers, and George Nader

Image

Bettye Miller, seated at a piano with Milt Abel holding his double bass. George Nader is leaning on the piano with Lois Roberts standing next to him...

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

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist

Image

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

Image

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

Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys

Image

Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys, a rockabilly band comprised of five white men, stand on a pier with their instruments and a suitcase. Printed in the...

Date Published
1994
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Six

Image

The Big Six, a rockabilly band comprised of six white men, stand in active positions with their instruments in front of red curtains. All of the men...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Smith

Image

Big Smith, a country, Americana, and bluegrass band comprised of four white men from Springfield, Missouri, stand on the porch of the Ponce General...

Date Published
1996
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Meanies

Image

Blue Meanies, a ska band comprised of eight white men, take dramatic poses with their instruments on stage. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
1992
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Moon Boys

Image

The Blue Moon Boys, a rockabilly and swing band comprised of four white men, appear in a five-way split photograph of the band together performing and...

Date Published
1996
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bluebirds

Image

The Bluebirds, a rock and roll band comprised of three white men, stand in the street with their instruments. The guitarist on the right has his foot...

Date Published
1994
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blues Bar BQ

Image

Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand in a stage area with their instruments smiling at the photographer. Printed on the...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Boss and his guitar

Image

Bob Boss playing guitar on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; looking...

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

Bruce Brothers Band

Image

The Bruce Brothers Band, an Australian blues band comprised of seven white men and one Black man, stand on a hillside holding their instruments...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buddy Collette and Calvin Jackson

Image

Buddy Collette playing saxophone with Calvin Jackson seen beside him at the Cheathams' Jam Session; Collette is facing the left of the photo.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Buddy Tate and unidentified man

Image

Buddy Tate (right) and an unidentified African American man (left) in Orange, California; the unidentified man is looking over the right of the photo...

Date Published
1979
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Cab Calloway and Jeannie Cheatham on stage

Image

Cab Calloway on stage directing a band with Jeannie Cheatham playing piano; eleven other band members are shown wearing black and Calloway and...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Café Accordion Orchestra

Image

Café Accordion Orchestra, a band comprised of five white men, all wearing dark shirts or turtleneck sweaters as they play their instruments.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Café Accordion Orchestra

Image

Café Accordion Orchestra, a band comprised of five white men, appear on stage behind big band stands with the orchestra's logo printed on them. Each...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Calvin Jackson playing piano

Image

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

Casselberry-Dupreé

Image

Publicity photo of the reggae folk duo Casselberry-Dupreé: (left to right) Judith Casselberry and Jacque Dupreé. They are each posing with a guitar...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Cathy Winter

Image

Publicity photo of Cathy Winter holding a guitar; body is turned slightly to the right with head turned to look at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

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  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (121)
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Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (214)
  • African American jazz musicians (209)
  • African American men (119)
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  • (-) Musical instruments (306)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ musicians (24)
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  • San Diego (Calif.) (5)
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Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (64)
  • McShann, Jay (51)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (47)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (30)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (25)
  • Morris, Dinky (19)
  • Woodard, Rickey (17)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (15)
  • Peagler, Curtis (15)
  • Smith, Nolan (15)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (15)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (13)
  • Clayton, Jeff (11)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Callender, Red (9)
  • Bohanon, George, 1937- (8)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (8)
  • Stephens, John (Jazz musician) (8)
  • Boss, Bob (7)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (7)
  • Young, Snooky (7)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (6)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (5)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (5)
  • Penland, Ralph (5)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (4)
  • Gregg, Joseph Boon, 1913-1995 (4)
  • Spaits, Gerald (4)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (4)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (3)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (3)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (3)
  • Mabane, Bob (3)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (3)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (3)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (3)
  • Ramey, Gene (3)
  • Roderick, Libby (3)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Driskill, Joan (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Garay, Elisabeth (2)
  • Garay, Jolanda (2)
  • Gould, Bud (2)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Herrick, Susan (Singer) (2)
  • Hinton, Milt (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Jackson, Calvin (2)
  • Johnson, Lew (2)
  • Johnson, Reggie (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Lucas, Clyde (2)
  • McPartland, Marian (2)
  • Minor, Orville (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Simpson, Christy (Musician) (2)
  • Smull, Ned (2)
  • Tate, Buddy (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Wilkerson, Todd (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Armstrong, Matt (Musician) (1)
  • Aspen, Kristan, 1948- (1)
  • Bacon, Billy (Singer) (1)
  • Baird, Taswell (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bonano, Sharkey (1)
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  • Bruce, Harold (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Calloway, Chris (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Casselberry, Judith (1)
  • Collette, Buddy, 1921-2010 (1)
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  • Constant, Joyce (1)
  • Cookingham, Gene (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Costello, Jori (1)
  • Costello, Sean, 1979-2008 (1)
  • Davidson, Miriam (Musician) (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • De Marchi, Ray (1)
  • DeMore, Melanie (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Dupreé, Jacque (1)
  • Dye, Coots, 1912-1998 (1)
  • Eicher, Greg (1)
  • Fergenson, Harold (1)
  • Fields, Ernie, Jr. (1)
  • Forehand, Kim (1)
  • Frank, Cindy (Singer) (1)
  • Fure, Tret (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Gayten, Paul, 1920-1991 (1)
  • Goodwin, Charles (Vocalist) (1)
  • Grover, Terry (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Hampton, Bruce, 1947-2017 (1)
  • Harris, Gene, 1933-2000 (1)
  • Hayes, Thamon (1)
  • Hazel, Monk, 1903-1968 (1)
  • Heartwood, Kiya (1)
  • Heat, Horton (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Howard, Jacque (1)
  • Ian, Janis (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Jackson, John (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Jefferson, Carl E. (1)
  • Kaitz, Emily (1)
  • Koch, Lisa (1)
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  • Lewis, Zoë (Singer) (1)
  • MacAuslan, Janna (1)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (1)
  • Martin, Chink, 1886-1981 (1)
  • McLean, Maurine (1)
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  • Padilla, Rod (1)
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  • Reed, Ann, 1954- (1)
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  • Riley, Herman, 1933-2007 (1)
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  • Rutstein, Sonia (1)
  • Small, Judy (1)
  • Smith, Art (Arthur T.), 1918-2011 (1)
  • Smith, Carol (Musician) (1)
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  • Venaas, Terje, 1947- (1)
  • Walder, Herman (1)
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  • Washington, Booker T., 1909-1992 (1)
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  • Wolf, Kate, 1966- (1)

Events

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Date Published

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