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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

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

Helen Humes in the studio

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Helen Humes singing into a microphone with a music stand in front of her.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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

Jazz performance directed by Jimmy Cheatham

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Jimmy Cheatham at the right of the photo on stage directing a jazz ensemble of largely white musicians; an unidentified woman is singing into a...

Date Published
1981
1990
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

Image

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 and Benny Carter

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Promotional portraits of Jeannie Cheatham and Benny Carter for Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio program (likely air date 2/20/89); Cheatham is at...

Date Published
February-20-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and Bob Boss

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Jeannie Cheatham seated at the piano with a microphone beside her looking out into the audience and smiling; behind her can be seen Bob Boss with...

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

Jeannie Cheatham and Bob Boss

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Jeannie Cheatham at piano and Bob Boss playing guitar beside her on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of...

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

Jeannie Cheatham and Jay McShann

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Jeannie Cheatham seated with Jay McShann at a piano with a microphone in front of them; both are smiling and Jeannie seems to have a Band-Aid on her...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham at a book signing

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Jeannie Cheatham at a book signing; standing at a lectern with a microphone and flipping through a copy of her autobiography; bookshelves are seen...

Date Published
2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham at a book signing

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Jeannie Cheatham at a book signing; standing at a lectern with a microphone and flipping through a copy of her autobiography; bookshelves are seen...

Date Published
2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham at the piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing at piano with a microphone in front of her; she has a glass of brandy (likely) and sheet music in front of her; she's facing...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham at the piano

Image

Jeannie Cheatham seated at the piano and singing into a microphone at the Blue Note in New York City; facing the right of the photo; unidentified man...

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

Jeannie Cheatham at the piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano with a microphone set up next to her; side view of her facing the right of the photo; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

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

Jeannie Cheatham at the piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano and singing into a microphone; wearing all red and facing the right of the photo; at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

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

Jeannie Cheatham performing on stage

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano and singing into a microphone on stage at an unidentified venue; a vase of flowers is sitting on the piano; she's...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano in a library

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano with head tilted back and eyes closed in front of a microphone at the South Dakota State University North County...

Date Published
March-1992
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

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano

Image

Jeannie Cheatham seated in front of a piano with her back to it with her head turned to look to the right of the photograph; "An Evening of Note"...

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

Jeannie Cheatham singing

Image

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano while singing into a microphone with Bob Boss playing guitar behind her; at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie...

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

Jeannie Cheatham singing at the Jazz Showcase

Image

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano and singing into a microphone on stage at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago; facing the right of the photo.

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

Jeannie Cheatham singing at the piano

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Publicity photo of Jeannie Cheatham performing at the Park Motor Inn, Madison Wisconsin seated at a piano and singing into a microphone mounted beside...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Sippie Wallace on stage with Big Mama Thornton and Jeannie Cheatham with Jimmy Cheatham and his trombone standing behind them; Big Mama Thornton is...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (31)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (32)

Genres

  • Snapshots (22)
  • Group portraits (20)
  • Color photographs (19)
  • Black & white photographs (13)
  • Gelatin silver prints (13)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Publicity photographs (4)
  • Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (12)
  • 2001-2010 (11)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (2)

Subjects

  • Women pianists (30)
  • African American jazz musicians (27)
  • Piano (23)
  • Women jazz musicians (22)
  • Pianists (18)
  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • Trombonists (11)
  • African American women musicians (8)
  • Musical instruments (8)
  • Saxophone (5)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Trombone (5)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Books (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Lecturers (3)
  • Shelving for books (3)
  • Signs and signboards (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • African American women authors (2)
  • Award presentations (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Bookstores (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Academic libraries (1)
  • African American composers (1)
  • African American mayors (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musical notation (1)
  • Music rehearsals (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Reference books (1)
  • Screens (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Vases (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) African American women jazz singers (32)
  • (-) Microphone (32)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (29)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (12)
  • Boss, Bob (3)
  • Johnson, Lew (2)
  • Smith, Nolan (2)
  • Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 (1)
  • Cady, Drew (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (1)
  • Crump, Bob (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Lee, Gene (1)
  • Legge, Jimmy (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Peagler, Curtis (1)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (1)
  • Shareef, Museyf (1)
  • Shepard, Elvin (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)
  • Woodard, Rickey (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (5)
  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1989-06 (7)
  • 2009-09-26 (6)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 2006 (2)
  • 2006-09-18 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1976 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1989-02-20 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1992-03 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2006-11 (1)

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