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Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, and others at the Gem Theater

Image

Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated) and others during...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, and others at the Gem Theater

Image

Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Billie Holiday commemorative plaque at the Swing Street Dedication

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Buck Clayton holding an plaque commemorating Billie Holiday, with Billy Taylor standing beside him behind the microphone on the stage at the Swing...

Date Published
June-24-1979
June-28-1979
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Norene Tate on stage

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Norene Tate speaking into a microphone on stage with Buck Clayton.

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

By a koi pond

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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham standing together with an unidentified Japanese man for a photo beside a large koi pond with tree branches shading them...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams and friend

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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

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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 others at a restaurant

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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham with Rickey Woodard and several Japanese men eating at a row of tables in a restaurant in Japan.

Date Published
1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams and Rickey Woodard

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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 receiving an award

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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 Clora Bryant

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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham seated with Clora Bryant on three chairs in a row at the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams with friends

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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified, older white couple at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams with Mel Lewis and Jay McShann

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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 and the Cheathams

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Unidentified woman in royal blue African style dress standing in front of Jeannie Cheatham and they are passing a copy of Jeannie's autobiography...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant and the Cheathams

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Clora Bryant with Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham at a banquet table at the 2006 Zora Neale Hurston Award ceremony of the National Association of Black...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant and the Cheathams

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Clora Bryant with Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham at a banquet table at the 2006 Zora Neale Hurston Award ceremony of the National Association of Black...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant and the Cheathams with Annjennette McFarlin

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Clora Bryant, Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with a conference attendee named Dr. Annjennette McFarlin (seated with the others standing...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant, Jeannie Cheatham, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman

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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

Discussing Jeannie's book

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Unidentified African American woman holding up a copy of Jeannie's autobiography and speaking into a microphone to an unseen audience as part of the...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Don Mumford, Angela Hagenbach, Will Matthews, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tyrone Clark, and Everette Freeman

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Don Mumford (drums), Angela Hagenbach (singing at microphone), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone...

Date Published
August-01-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Getting ready for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Myra Taylor, Chuck Berg sit at the panel table with Bobby Watson and Ronnell Bright standing in background...

Date Published
August-19-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ivy Anderson and Leon Rene rehearsing music

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Ivy Anderson leaning on a piano looking at music and Leon Rene playing the piano while smiling during a rehearsal in a studio. An NBC microphone hangs...

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

Jack Wheaton congratulates Jeannie Cheatham

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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

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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

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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

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (71)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (6)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (5)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (85)

Genres

  • Group portraits (71)
  • Color photographs (64)
  • Snapshots (61)
  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Portrait photographs (13)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Architectural photographs (2)
  • Promotional photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (26)
  • 2001-2010 (24)
  • 1981-1990 (17)
  • 1971-1980 (8)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (76)
  • Women pianists (70)
  • Jazz musicians (53)
  • Women jazz musicians (51)
  • Trombonists (46)
  • Microphone (18)
  • Saxophonists (17)
  • Hats (16)
  • Piano (16)
  • Trumpet players (16)
  • African American couples (12)
  • African American women musicians (12)
  • Award winners (8)
  • Double bassists (8)
  • Jazz singers (8)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • African American women (7)
  • Musical instruments (7)
  • Signs and signboards (7)
  • African American men (5)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Double bass (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Tables (5)
  • Trombone (5)
  • Books (4)
  • Restaurants (4)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • African American women authors (3)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Awards (3)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Clarinetists (3)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (3)
  • Lecturers (3)
  • Name tags (3)
  • Pendants (Jewelry) (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Award presentations (2)
  • Bookstores (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Ethnic costume (2)
  • Fish ponds (2)
  • Food (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Shelving for books (2)
  • Sofas (2)
  • Sunglasses (2)
  • Trees (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • Wine (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American composers (1)
  • African American families (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African Americans (1)
  • Ashtrays (1)
  • Authors (1)
  • Baby strollers (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Bowls (Tableware) (1)
  • Brick walls (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Chopsticks (1)
  • Coffee cups (1)
  • Doors (1)
  • Drinking glasses (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Entertaining (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Fishes (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hotel lobbies (1)
  • Koi (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lawn chairs (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Music critics (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Noodles (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Piers (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Ponds (1)
  • Salads (1)
  • School buses (1)
  • Screens (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sisters (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Swing (Music) (1)
  • Vases (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women authors, American (1)
  • (-) African American women jazz singers (85)
  • (-) Pianists (85)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Japan (7)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (70)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (44)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (7)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (6)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (5)
  • Woodard, Rickey (5)
  • Taylor, Myra (4)
  • Hamza, Luqman (3)
  • Peagler, Curtis (3)
  • Tate, Norene (3)
  • Bright, Ronnell, 1930- (2)
  • Cady, Drew (2)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (2)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (2)
  • Johnson, Lew (2)
  • Mitchell, Grover, 1930-2003 (2)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • Wallace, Sippie (2)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (2)
  • Allen, Geri (1)
  • Anderson, Ivie (1)
  • Berg, Chuck (1)
  • Bohanon, George, 1937- (1)
  • Boss, Bob (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (1)
  • De Rivel, Moune (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Evans, Charlotte (Sister of Jeannie Cheatham) (1)
  • Evans, Jo Anne (1)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (1)
  • Hagenbach, Angela (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Hassell, Hollis (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Jefferson, Carl E. (1)
  • Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (1)
  • Lammond, Joe (1)
  • Lewis, Mel, 1929-1990 (1)
  • Liston, Melba (1)
  • Lundy, Carmen (1)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (1)
  • McFarlin, Annjennette (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Mumford, Don (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • René, Leon, 1902-1982 (1)
  • Rushen, Patrice (1)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (1)
  • Shirley, Don, 1927-2013 (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Stanley, Leotha (1)
  • Stephens, John (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Tesser, Neil (1)
  • Wheaton, Jack (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Woodman, Britt (1)
  • Young, Snooky (1)

Events

  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (8)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (8)
  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Generations of Jazz at Science City (2000 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of Kansas City Jazz Competition (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Swing Street Dedication (1979 : New York, N.Y.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (12)
  • 2000 (12)
  • 2009-09-26 (9)
  • 1995 (8)
  • 2006-11 (8)
  • 1971 (7)
  • 1980 (7)
  • 1981 (5)
  • 1990 (5)
  • 1989-06 (4)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1992 (3)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 2000-08-19 (2)
  • 2006 (2)
  • 2010-05-02 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1961-11 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1973-09 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1979-06-24 (1)
  • 1979-06-28 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1989-02-20 (1)
  • 1991-08-01 (1)
  • 1995-05 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2005-08-02 (1)
  • 2010-10-02 (1)

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