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Billie Holiday and Mary Osborne on Art Ford's Jazz Party

Image

Billie Holiday with Mary Osborne, playing guitar, performing on the Art Ford's Jazz Party against a dark background; Newark, New Jersey.

Date Published
1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cab Calloway and Jeannie Cheatham

Image

Publicity photograph featuring a gesticulating Cab Calloway in a white suit, a clarinet by his side, and Jeannie Cheatham, also in white, seated at a...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham 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

Cheathams and band members

Image

Group portrait of musicians lined up together outside a building; Rickey Woodard, Nolan Smith, Ironman Harris, Dinky Morris, Curtis Peagler, Jeannie &...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams and friend

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified African American man in a hotel lobby; part of a luggage cart and the front doors...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams and friends

Image

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with unidentified group of standing on a stair landing outside a house or apartment; all looking at the camera and smiling.

Date Published
November-1961
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams and Rickey Woodard

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham (middle and right) posing for a photo with Rickey Woodard (left) at a concert of his; all facing the camera and smiling...

Date Published
May-1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

Image

Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams receiving an award

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham receiving the African American Musicians Lifetime Achievement Award in San Diego; Hollis Hassell in a red jacket is about...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams with Mel Lewis and Jay McShann

Image

Mel Lewis, Jeannie Cheatham, Jay McShann, and Jimmy Cheatham all standing together outside of a white luxury car in a parking lot for a photo; Jimmy...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant, Jeannie Cheatham, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman

Image

Clora Bryant, Jeannie Cheatham seated side by side on conference room chairs next to Melba Liston in a wheelchair with Britt Woodman standing beside...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Helen Humes in the studio

Image

Helen Humes singing into a microphone with a music stand in front of her.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

High school portrait of Jeannie Evans Cheatham

Image

School portrait of Jeannie Evans Cheatham at age sixteen; she's wearing a light colored dress with a string of pearls and is facing the camera...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jack Wheaton congratulates Jeannie Cheatham

Image

Jack Wheaton on his way to the stage shaking hands with Jeannie Cheatham seated at a table; at the foot of the stage stairs is a Sierra Nevada beer...

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

Jay McShann with the Cheathams

Image

Jay McShann, laughing, with Jeannie Cheatham beside him and Jimmy Cheatham in a white hat behind them; all are looking at the camera and Jay's head is...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann with the Cheathams beside a car

Image

Jay McShann, in a suit and tie, Jeannie Cheatham with a straw hat, and Jimmy Cheatham in all white and a white hat, all standing together for a photo...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann with the Cheathams beside a car

Image

Jay McShann, in a blue suit with red and blue tie, Jeannie Cheatham with a straw hat, and Jimmy Cheatham in all white and a white hat, all standing...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jazz band

Image

Unidentified jazz ensemble with singer performing; all African Americans and includes a double bassist, drummer, pianist and woman singer in front of...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jean Evans publicity photo

Image

Publicity photo of Jean Evans Cheatham for the Colvinaires; head and shoulders portrait of her in a strapless dress with necklace and one hand to her...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and family on a Jazz cruise

Image

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a small table in a bar with her Mother (M'ma) and two sisters (Charlotte and Jo-Anne) while on the S.S. Norway during a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham in hats

Image

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, both wearing white clothing and hats; Jimmy is playing his muted trombone and facing the left while Jeannie is looking...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham receiving an award

Image

"Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham receiving the Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz award (for their "Sweet baby blues" album), presented by Concord Records...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with friends

Image

Jeannie (left) and Jimmy (right) Cheatham posing for a photo with two unidentified people between them: an African American man next to Jeannie and a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with Glover Mitchell

Image

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham standing on either side of Grover Mitchell who has his arms around them both; Jeannie and Grover are looking at the camera...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with Jay McShann

Image

Jeannie & Jimmie Cheatham with Jay McShann and Marshall Hawkins at the Jazz Society of Lower Southern California (likely); Jeannie and Jay are seated...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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  • African American women jazz singers
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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (91)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (93)

Genres

  • Group portraits (71)
  • Color photographs (49)
  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Snapshots (44)
  • Portrait photographs (22)
  • Publicity photographs (15)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Architectural photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (26)
  • 1991-2000 (22)
  • 2001-2010 (21)
  • 1971-1980 (17)
  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Women pianists (90)
  • African American jazz musicians (84)
  • Pianists (51)
  • Trombonists (44)
  • Jazz musicians (37)
  • Piano (30)
  • Microphone (22)
  • Hats (18)
  • Saxophonists (14)
  • African American couples (12)
  • Musical instruments (12)
  • Trombone (12)
  • Trumpet players (12)
  • Double bassists (11)
  • Double bass (10)
  • Saxophone (8)
  • Signs and signboards (7)
  • Trumpet (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • African American band directors (6)
  • African American men (6)
  • Guitarists (6)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Guitar (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Award presentations (4)
  • Band directors (4)
  • Bands (Music) (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Women jazz singers (4)
  • African American women authors (3)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Brick walls (3)
  • Chairs (3)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (3)
  • Hairdressing of African Americans (3)
  • Mutes (Music) (3)
  • Name tags (3)
  • Shelving for books (3)
  • Awards (2)
  • Award winners (2)
  • Books (2)
  • Bookstores (2)
  • Caftans (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Cruise ships (2)
  • Drinking glasses (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Lecturers (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Necklaces (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Sisters (2)
  • Sofas (2)
  • Tables (2)
  • Academic libraries (1)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American composers (1)
  • African American families (1)
  • African American mayors (1)
  • African Americans (1)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • Authors (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Baby strollers (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Belts (Clothing) (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Corduroy (1)
  • Corridors (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Doors (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Entertaining (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hotel lobbies (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lawn chairs (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Mothers (1)
  • Musical notation (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Reference books (1)
  • School buses (1)
  • School photography (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • Variety shows (Television programs) (1)
  • Vases (1)
  • Vests (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women authors, American (1)
  • Wood-carved figurines (1)
  • (-) African American women jazz singers (93)
  • (-) Women jazz musicians (93)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (90)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (42)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Peagler, Curtis (6)
  • Boss, Bob (5)
  • Callender, Red (4)
  • Morris, Dinky (4)
  • Woodard, Rickey (4)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (3)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (3)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (3)
  • Smith, Nolan (3)
  • Young, Snooky (3)
  • Cady, Drew (2)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (2)
  • Johnson, Lew (2)
  • Liston, Melba (2)
  • Mitchell, Grover, 1930-2003 (2)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (2)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (2)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (2)
  • Wallace, Sippie (2)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Allen, Geri (1)
  • Bohanon, George, 1937- (1)
  • Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 (1)
  • Calloway, Chris (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (1)
  • Crump, Bob (1)
  • Evans, Charlotte (Sister of Jeannie Cheatham) (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Evans, Jo Anne (1)
  • Hassell, Hollis (1)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Jefferson, Carl E. (1)
  • Jones, Thad (1)
  • Lammond, Joe (1)
  • Lee, Gene (1)
  • Legge, Jimmy (1)
  • Lewis, Mel, 1929-1990 (1)
  • Lundy, Carmen (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • Osborne, Mary, 1921-1992 (1)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (1)
  • Robinson, Janice (1)
  • Shareef, Museyf (1)
  • Shepard, Elvin (1)
  • Shirley, Don, 1927-2013 (1)
  • Stanley, Leotha (1)
  • Stephens, John (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Wheaton, Jack (1)
  • Woodman, Britt (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (13)

Date Published

  • 1991 (16)
  • 2000 (16)
  • 2009-09-26 (14)
  • 1980 (13)
  • 1971 (12)
  • 1981 (10)
  • 1990 (10)
  • 1984 (5)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1992 (3)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1982 (2)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 1995-05 (2)
  • 2006 (2)
  • 2006-09-18 (2)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1961-11 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1973-09 (1)
  • 1977 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1989-02-20 (1)
  • 1992-03 (1)
  • 1996-03 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2005-08-02 (1)
  • 2010-10-02 (1)

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