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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

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

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 at the piano

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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 singing at the Jazz Showcase

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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 with headphones at the piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano while wearing a set of headphones with a microphone in front of her during a recording session; facing the right of the...

Date Published
1993
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 during a recording session

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Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone with Snooky Young and Clora Bryant, trumpets, Dinky Morris, Curtis Peagler, and another unidentified saxophonist...

Date Published
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 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, 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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Jeannie Cheatham (piano), Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Curtis Peagler (saxophone), Rickey Woodard (clarinet), Dinky Morris...

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

On stage at the Jazz Showcase

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano, Dinky Morris playing saxophone, Rickey Woodard playing clarinet, unidentified saxophonist, and Ironman Harris on drums...

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) all on stage...

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

Rehearsal at the Jazz Showcase

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Rickey Woodard (Saxophone), Jeannie Cheatham, Curtis Peagler (saxophone), and unidentified saxophonist on stage during a rehearsal at the Jazz...

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

Shaking the Emcee's hand

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Unidentified African American man in a red sweater and blue pants bowing and shaking the hands of man, likely an emcee, with a microphone; behind them...

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

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (25)

Types

  • photographs (25)

Genres

  • Color photographs (22)
  • Snapshots (22)
  • Group portraits (18)
  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (21)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (22)
  • Jazz musicians (20)
  • Hats (14)
  • Trombonists (13)
  • Saxophonists (12)
  • Women pianists (12)
  • Saxophone (10)
  • Signs and signboards (10)
  • Trumpet players (10)
  • Musical instruments (9)
  • African American women jazz singers (8)
  • Piano (8)
  • Audiences (6)
  • Trombone (6)
  • Trumpet (5)
  • Clarinetists (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Berets (3)
  • Clarinet (3)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (3)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Award winners (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Coffee cups (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Hair ornaments (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Headphones (1)
  • Lecturers (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Music rehearsals (1)
  • Pendants (Jewelry) (1)
  • Sound engineers (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • (-) African American women musicians (25)
  • (-) Microphone (25)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (13)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (13)
  • Peagler, Curtis (11)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (10)
  • Woodard, Rickey (10)
  • Morris, Dinky (7)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (3)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (2)
  • Young, Snooky (1)

Events

  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1989-06 (18)
  • 2006-11 (2)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1993 (1)

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