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Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing on stage

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and leaning over toward Milt Abel playing double bass. An unidentified African American man is on drums behind...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Claudia Russell at the microphone

Image

Claudia Russell, emcee, speaking in front of a microphone at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th...

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

Dinky Morris and Ironman Harris performing together

Image

Dinky Morris, saxophone, and Ironman Harris, drums, performing together on stage on Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Doc Cheatham on stage

Image

"Doc" Cheatham on stage holding his trumpet while looking at an unidentified man applauding him, also on stage; microphones, a trombone, and a drum...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Doc Cheatham playing trumpet

Image

"Doc" Cheatham on stage playing trumpet in front of a microphone and using a mute; behind him an unidentified drummer playing a blue set of drums and...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and unidentified bassist on stage

Image

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson seated and singing into a microphone with his saxophone in his lap; an unidentified white male bassist is behind him; also seen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and Ironman Harris on stage

Image

Jay McShann, and Ironman Harris performing on stage at an unidentified venue with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham albums displayed in the foreground.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and Paul Gunther on stage

Image

Jay McShann playing piano with a microphone in front of him with drummer Paul Gunther behind him; and unidentified third man can be partially seen...

Date Published
January-1971
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann laughing at something Joe Williams just said

Image

Joe Williams and Jay McShann seated side by side and both holding a microphone with a drum set seen behind them; Williams has his arms spread and...

Date Published
October-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing an electronic piano

Image

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 at an outdoor concert

Image

Jay McShann playing piano on stage with an unidentified African American male bassist, and Paul Gunther, drummer, during an outdoor event; tree at the...

Date Published
June-1982
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann singing and playing an electronic piano

Image

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, Jimmy Cheatham and Ironman Harris performing

Image

Double exposure image featuring Jay McShann, Jimmy Cheatham, and Ironman Harris all performing on stage at an unknown venue.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Gerald Spaits performing

Image

Terry Hughes (drums), Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jay McShann (piano) performing together at a daytime concert in Palm Beach...

Date Published
April-28-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jazz band

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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

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (19)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (9)
  • Jay McShann Collection (9)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (38)

Genres

  • Snapshots (34)
  • Group portraits (30)
  • Color photographs (27)
  • Black & white photographs (13)
  • Gelatin silver prints (13)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Promotional photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (13)
  • 1951-1960 (11)
  • 1971-1980 (7)
  • 2001-2010 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (33)
  • Jazz musicians (28)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (23)
  • Piano (23)
  • African American men (22)
  • Musical instruments (21)
  • Pianists (20)
  • Double bass (19)
  • Double bassists (18)
  • African American women (12)
  • Saxophone (11)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Saxophonists (10)
  • Trombone (9)
  • Jazz musicians, White (8)
  • Porches (8)
  • Trombonists (7)
  • Hats (5)
  • Trumpet (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • Masters of ceremonies (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Mutes (Music) (3)
  • Signs and signboards (3)
  • Women pianists (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • African American women musicians (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Berets (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Electronic piano (2)
  • Hospitals--Employees (2)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Drum set (40)
  • (-) Microphone (40)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (9)
  • Brown, Corky (8)
  • McShann, Jay (8)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (7)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (7)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (7)
  • Morris, Dinky (5)
  • Woodard, Rickey (3)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (2)
  • Callender, Red (2)
  • Cheatham, Doc (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Peagler, Curtis (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Russell, Claudia (Master of ceremonies) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Bohanon, George, 1937- (1)
  • Clayton, Jeff (1)
  • Grant, Carolyn (Museum director) (1)
  • Grover, Terry (1)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (1)
  • Lammond, Joe (1)
  • Lee, Henry (1)
  • Penland, Ralph (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Taylor, Joyce (Singer) (1)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Vernon, Mary Ann (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (4)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (2)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (9)
  • 1960 (9)
  • 1981 (5)
  • 1989-06 (4)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 2009-09-26 (4)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1975-01-01 (2)
  • 1975-12-31 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2004-03 (2)
  • 1971-01 (1)
  • 1974-02-09 (1)
  • 1982-06 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1989-10 (1)
  • 1997-04-28 (1)

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