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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

Jay McShann, David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, Betty Ann Bryant, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Duncan enjoy a meal at Johnson's Grill

Image

Jay McShann, David Daahoud Williams (looking down in hat), Luqman Hamza (Larry Cummings), Betty Ann Bryant, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Duncan sit and...

Date Published
1953
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen 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, Jimmy, and a dog

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a "Southern California Dog Magazine" cover with a white dog; Jimmy is wearing a red hat, laughing, and holding...

Date Published
March-1996
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Julia Lee's gravestone

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Julia Lee's gravestone, inscribed "Mother, Julia Lee, 1903-1958", located in Highland Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • African American women jazz singers
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (4)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1951-1960 (6)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Women jazz musicians (4)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • African American couples (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) African American women jazz singers (6)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (1)
  • Crump, Bob (1)
  • Duncan, Al (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Lee, Gene (1)
  • Lee, Julia, 1902-1958 (1)
  • Legge, Jimmy (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (1)
  • Shareef, Museyf (1)
  • Shepard, Elvin (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1996-03 (1)

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