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Big Mama Thornton at the microphone

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Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone held close to her mouth; she's wearing a straw hat and facing to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Big Mama Thornton singing

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Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone; wearing a cowboy hat and sparkly floral patterned shirt; head turned to look over to the right.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Big Mama Willie Mae Thornton

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Big Mama Thornton holding a microphone close to her face; wearing a cowboy hat, pinstripe suit jacket and looking at the camera smiling.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant with her award plaque

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Clora Bryant standing with upraised arms and holding her plaque for winning the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black...

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

Curtis Peagler and others at the Blue Note

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Clora Bryant, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), Dinky Morris (saxophone) and an unidentified double bassist on stage at the Blue...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Gloria McShann with Jay and Marianne McShann and unidentified man and woman

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Gloria McShann, Jay McShann, unidentified white man and white woman, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing around a podium at an unknown event...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing an electronic piano

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Jay McShann wearing a ball cap and performing outdoors playing an electronic piano at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; behind McShann a drum...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing an electronic piano

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Jay McShann wearing a ball cap and performing outdoors playing an electronic piano with a set list at the edge of the keyboard; at the 2004 Western...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing an electronic piano

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Jay McShann wearing a ball cap and performing outdoors playing an electronic piano at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; behind McShann are...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano outdoors

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Jay McShann performing outdoors at an unidentified event; microphone in front of him he's facing the left of the photo and trees can be seen behind...

Date Published
July-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann singing and playing an electronic piano

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Jay McShann wearing a ball cap singing into a microphone and playing an electronic piano at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; the head of an...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann singing and playing an electronic piano

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Jay McShann in a ball cap, singing into a microphone and playing an electric piano outdoors at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; facing the...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham on stage

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; Jeannie, in red, is seated at a piano, playing and singing into a microphone...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham on stage

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham on stage at the Blue Note in New York City; Jeannie, in red, is seated at a piano, playing and singing into a microphone...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Publicity photo for the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" (filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach) featuring a performance shot of...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham and Nolan Smith

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Jimmy Cheatham next to Nolan Smith; both viewed from the side facing the left of the photo and looking down at something and laughing; Cheatham in a...

Date Published
July-05-1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham and others at the Blue Note

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, Dinky Morris (saxophones) on stage at the Blue Note in New York...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham and others on stage

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, Dinky Morris (saxophones) on stage at the Blue Note in New York...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone

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Jimmy Cheatham on stage playing trombone and using a red mute with a microphone in front of him; he's wearing a black outfit and black hat with white...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone at the Jazz Showcase

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Jimmy Cheatham standing playing trombone and wearing a red hat; behind him Jeannie Cheatham is seated at a piano; both have microphones in front of...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham receiving an award

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Jimmy Cheatham on stage accepting an award from an unidentified man; Jimmy is wearing all white and a hat; cymbals can be seen behind them and they...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham, Clora Bryant, and Curtis Peagler

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), on stage with unidentified double bassist at the Blue Note in New York...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

On stage at the Jazz Showcase

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (clarinet), Dinky Morris (saxophone), and Ironman Harris...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

On stage at the Jazz Showcase

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler and Rickey Woodard (saxophones) playing on stage together at the Jazz Showcase in...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

On stage at the Jazz Showcase

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Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Rickey Woodard (saxophone), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Dinky Morris (saxophone), and Ironman...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (20)
  • Jay McShann Collection (7)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Color photographs (21)
  • Snapshots (21)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Publicity photographs (3)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (16)
  • 2001-2010 (7)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1991-2000 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (24)
  • Jazz musicians (21)
  • African American women musicians (14)
  • Trombonists (12)
  • Piano (10)
  • Pianists (9)
  • Trumpet players (9)
  • Audiences (8)
  • Saxophonists (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • African American men (7)
  • Musical instruments (7)
  • Saxophone (6)
  • Drum set (5)
  • Electronic piano (5)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (4)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Trumpet (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Fans (Machinery) (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Award winners (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Coffee cups (1)
  • Cornet players (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Hair ornaments (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lists (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Pendants (Jewelry) (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Hats (27)
  • (-) Microphone (27)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (13)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (8)
  • Peagler, Curtis (8)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Woodard, Rickey (7)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (5)
  • Morris, Dinky (4)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (4)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (2)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Jones, Thad (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)

Events

  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (5)
  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1989-06 (11)
  • 2004-03 (5)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1975-10 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1995-07-05 (1)
  • 1997-11-09 (1)
  • 2004-07 (1)
  • 2006-11 (1)

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