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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

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Holiday photo of Bettye Miller playing piano while facing the camera and Milt Abel playing bass behind her. A sign on the back of the piano reads...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Jay McShann at the Oslo Jazz Festival

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Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway; a sign with the...

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann at the Oslo Jazz Festival

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Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at Det Apne Teater (The Open Theater) during the Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway; a sign with the...

Date Published
August-1992
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann laughing on stage with Joe Williams in Japan

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Jay McShann seated at the piano laughing at something Joe Williams just said; Williams is standing by McShann's piano; on stage during the Budweiser...

Date Published
August-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann masters class

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Unidentified white man with a microphone seated next to Jay McShann by a piano during a masters class for the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program...

Date Published
October-16-1996
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann on stage in Toronto

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Jay McShann on stage with a microphone near him; unidentified white male musician in glasses is partly seen behind him along with a red and white...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann on stage with Joe Williams in Japan

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Jay McShann and Joe Williams on stage together at the Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan; McShann is at his piano and Williams is...

Date Published
August-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann performing with Jim Galloway in Toronto

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage with Jim Galloway during the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival; McShann is facing the right of the photo and Galloway...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

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Jay McShann playing piano; seated with body facing the right of the photo; on the wall beside him is a poster advertising a performance of The Scamps...

Date Published
August-1972
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano during an outdoor concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an unidentified outdoor concert with speakers and stage lighting around him; a banner above the stage reads...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano on stage in Europe

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage, possibly in Germany or Austria; facing the right of the photo with German language posters announcing his concert...

Date Published
March-08-1981
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano on stage outside

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Jay McShann playing piano in a light blue suit at an unidentified outdoor event; facing the right of the photo and an unidentified bassist can be...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Gerald Spaits, and others performing on an outdoor stage

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Jay McShann performing on stage with Gerald Spait, bass, and other musicians at an unidentified outdoor concert; banners for Miller Genuine Draft are...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham eating at a restaurant in Japan

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated side by side at a table in a Japanese restaurant with an unidentified Japanese man seated across from them; everyone...

Date Published
1995
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 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 on the street outside Radio City Music Hall

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Jeannie Cheatham standing on the street outside of the marquee for Radio City Music Hall in New York; various pedestrians can be seen behind her as...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano

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Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano with a microphone in front of her; she's turned to look beyond the piano at a sign reading "Jeannie Cheatham & The...

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

Kiwanis event for the hospital

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Eric Jones (left) shaking hands with an unidentified member of an area Kiwanis Club while other members (all white men) watch. A white man is seated...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Kiwanis event for the hospital

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Twelve unidentified members of an area Kiwanis Club (all white men) standing around a piano being donated to Children's Mercy Hospital and being...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Kiwanis event for the hospital

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Ten unidentified members of an area Kiwanis Club (all white men) standing around a piano being donated to Children's Mercy Hospital and being played...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Sweet Baby Blues Band in front of the bus

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Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band standing in front of a bus (Jimmy Cheatham, Dinky Morris, Jeannie Cheatham, Rickey Woodard, unidentified white...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

View of Jay McShann from behind playing piano in Japan

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Shot of Jay McShann from behind while playing piano on stage at the Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan; a large sign with the name of...

Date Published
August-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Pianists
  • Signs and signboards

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (13)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (3)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Snapshots (23)
  • Color photographs (16)
  • Group portraits (16)
  • Black & white photographs (8)
  • Gelatin silver prints (8)
  • Portrait photographs (8)
  • Architectural photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (12)
  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 1991-2000 (5)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (21)
  • Jazz musicians (19)
  • Piano (19)
  • African American men (15)
  • Microphone (11)
  • Men, White (8)
  • African American women jazz singers (7)
  • Women pianists (7)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Banners (5)
  • Trombonists (5)
  • Women jazz musicians (4)
  • Businessmen (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Philanthropists (3)
  • Advertising (2)
  • African American women musicians (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Hospital administrators (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Ashtrays (1)
  • Bowls (Tableware) (1)
  • Chopsticks (1)
  • Doors (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hotel lobbies (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Noodles (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • School buses (1)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) Pianists (24)
  • (-) Signs and signboards (24)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Japan (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (13)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (7)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (5)
  • Jones, Eric (Administrator) (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Peagler, Curtis (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Woodard, Rickey (1)

Events

  • Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival (1989 : Madarao, Japan) (3)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (2)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (2)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1971 (4)
  • 1980 (4)
  • 1981 (4)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 1989-08 (3)
  • 1984 (2)
  • 1989-06 (2)
  • 1992-08 (2)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1972-08 (1)
  • 1981-03-08 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1996-10-16 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2009-09-26 (1)

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