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1988 Playboy Jazz Festival Line-Up

Image

Publicity photo featuring the 1988 Playboy Jazz Festival line-up: Ray Charles, Jay Beckenstein, Timeless All-Stars, Jon Faddis, Jeannie and Jimmy...

Date Published
June-19-1988
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Eddie Saunders offstage

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap and holding a saxophone, and Eddie Saunders, wearing a fedora, stand offstage at an unidentified outdoor festival.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen on stage

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white fedora, closes his eyes and leans back as he blows into saxophone with a Kansas City skyline backdrop behind him...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen outside with a fan

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen smiles as he stands at an unidentified outdoor setting. A person in a folding chair and mobile toilets are visible behind him.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performing in a straw hat

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen seated outside under a tent, wearing a straw sombrero and blowing into a saxophone. Three other band members are visible behind him.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen standing and blowing into a saxophone while wearing a straw fedora hat. A torn envelope hangs out of his right pocket with the words...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs at City Light Restaurant and Bar

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen performing (with City Light Orchestra); City Light Restaurant and Bar; Kansas City, Missouri. White and red balloons are hanging from...

Date Published
1983
1986
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen promoting tourism in Missouri

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, from his right side wearing a white fedora and sunglasses, stands on a stage with a Kansas City skyline backdrop, and blows into a...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen sits at a restaurant table

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, from his left side, sitting at a table with a tenor saxophone, an upside down fedora, and an instrument case lying on it. A napkin...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen sits at a restaurant table

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen sitting at a table with a tenor saxophone and an upside down fedora lying on it at an unidentified venue. A napkin stands high twisted...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Carmell Jones, and LaVerne Barker performing as part of the City Light Orchestra

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen performing with Carmell Jones (trumpet) and LaVerne Barker (bass) of the City Light Orchestra at the City Light Restaurant and Bar...

Date Published
1983
1986
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, David Basse, and Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson (trumpet) enjoy performing

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), looks straight at the photographer with a surprised face. David Basse (vocal), standing and singing into a microphone...

Date Published
1983
1986
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

At the airport

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Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band posing for a photo while at an airport (Red Callender, Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, Clora Bryant, Rickey Woodard...

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

Band performing

Image

Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band (Dinky Morris, Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, unidentified, Curtis Peagler, Rickey Woodard, unidentified, and...

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

Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab

Image

Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab stand outside an unkempt building with glass block windows and look at the camera while...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Smith playing saxophone

Image

Bobby Smith playing "Tippin' In" on his saxophone at Jam Session in San Diego, California; he's turned to the left of the photo and wearing a white...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bobby Watson

Image

Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, sits with his forearms crossed over his knees and looks back at the camera over his right shoulder in a close-up...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Watson at an unidentified venue

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Bobby Watson performing at an unidentified venue. He is playing saxophone on stage in front of an unidentified bass player. Watson is wearing a...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Charles McPherson with saxophone

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Charles McPherson playing saxophone into a microphone on stage during the Cheathams' Jam Session in San Diego in 1983; behind him Jimmy Cheatham and...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Charles McPherson with saxophone

Image

Charles McPherson, guest artist with the Sweet Baby Blues Band, with part of his saxophone visible; he's wearing dark clothes and has a greying beard...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's with Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, and others

Image

Jimmy Cheatham standing behind Jeannie, seated in a yellow chair, with Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, and another unidentified man standing beside them...

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

Cheatham's with Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, and others

Image

Jimmy Cheatham standing behind Jeannie, seated in a yellow chair, with Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, and two unidentified other men (one African...

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

Cheathams, Dinky Morris, and others

Image

Jeannie Cheatham seated in a yellow chair with Jimmy Cheatham standing behind her; Dinky Morris is seated on the right and three unidentified white...

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

Cheathams, Dinky Morris, and others

Image

Jeannie Cheatham, seated in a yellow chair, with Jimmy Cheatham standing beside her and Dinky Morris and another unidentified man seated beside her...

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

Cheathams, Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris and friend

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham with Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, wearing sunglasses, and one other, unidentified man posing for a photo together...

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

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Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (126)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (18)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (18)
  • Jay McShann Collection (15)
  • Ed Dix Collection (4)
  • Betty Crow Collection (3)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (189)

Genres

  • Color photographs (136)
  • Group portraits (136)
  • Snapshots (131)
  • Black & white photographs (53)
  • Gelatin silver prints (52)
  • Portrait photographs (43)
  • Publicity photographs (34)
  • Promotional photographs (4)
  • Photographic postcards (2)
  • Promotional materials (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • (-) 1981-1990 (189)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (163)
  • Jazz musicians (151)
  • Saxophone (101)
  • African American men (55)
  • Trumpet players (46)
  • Hats (41)
  • Trombonists (39)
  • Musical instruments (36)
  • African American women musicians (34)
  • Men, White (32)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (31)
  • Signs and signboards (28)
  • Pianists (26)
  • Microphone (24)
  • Double bassists (23)
  • Women pianists (22)
  • Trumpet (21)
  • Jazz musicians, White (20)
  • Berets (18)
  • Drum set (18)
  • Piano (18)
  • Audiences (17)
  • Conversation (17)
  • Trombone (16)
  • African American women (14)
  • Clarinetists (14)
  • Double bass (14)
  • Sunglasses (14)
  • Women jazz musicians (14)
  • African American women jazz singers (12)
  • Guitarists (11)
  • Jazz singers (11)
  • Suspenders (9)
  • Clarinet (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Bands (Music) (7)
  • Chairs (7)
  • Blues musicians (6)
  • Bass guitarists (5)
  • Guitar (5)
  • African American band directors (4)
  • African American girls (4)
  • Applause (4)
  • Band directors (4)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (4)
  • Music rehearsals (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Banners (3)
  • Beverages (3)
  • Bow ties (3)
  • Hair ornaments (3)
  • Laughter (3)
  • Photographs (3)
  • Toddlers (3)
  • Violinists (3)
  • Advertising t-shirts (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Black leather jackets (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Handshaking (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Portraits (2)
  • T-shirts (2)
  • Violin (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American college teachers (1)
  • African American composers (1)
  • African American music teachers (1)
  • Airport terminals (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Award winners (1)
  • Brick walls (1)
  • Cadillac automobile (1)
  • Caricatures and cartoons (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Classrooms (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Discussion (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Envelopes (Stationery) (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Interior decoration (1)
  • Jackets (1)
  • Jazz--Instruction and study (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Leather jackets (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Mugs (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Name tags (1)
  • Older African Americans (1)
  • Older African American women (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Periodicals (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Plastic kitchen utensils (1)
  • Portable toilets (1)
  • Punk rock musicians (1)
  • School buses (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound engineers (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stands (Furniture) (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • Zydeco musicians (1)
  • (-) Saxophonists (189)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (6)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Morris, Dinky (67)
  • Peagler, Curtis (48)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (40)
  • Woodard, Rickey (39)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (32)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (30)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (19)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (17)
  • McShann, Jay (16)
  • Basse, David (7)
  • Barker, LaVerne (6)
  • Whitmer, Tim (6)
  • Callender, Red (5)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (4)
  • Galloway, Jim (4)
  • McPherson, Charles (4)
  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (3)
  • Vinson, Eddie (3)
  • Creach, Papa John (2)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (2)
  • Foster, Curtyse (2)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (2)
  • Holloway, Red (2)
  • Johnson, Plas (2)
  • Jones, Carmell (2)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (2)
  • Tate, Buddy (2)
  • Waters, Kim, 1965- (2)
  • Young, Snooky (2)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Beckenstein, Jay (1)
  • Brecker, Michael (1)
  • Brecker, Randy (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Brown, Les, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Crab, Tommy (1)
  • Crawford, Hank, 1934-2009 (1)
  • Eicher, Greg (1)
  • Erickson, Jimmy (Drummer) (1)
  • Faddis, Jon (1)
  • Fields, Ernie, Jr. (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Groetzinger, Red (1)
  • Hawkins, Darryl (1)
  • Hawks, Bill (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Hubbard, Freddie (1)
  • Jackson, Calvin (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jamal, Ahmad, 1930- (1)
  • Jefferson, Carl E. (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Johnson, Floyd, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lee, Marcellus (1)
  • Major, Clifton (1)
  • Marienthal, Eric (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • McFerrin, Bobby (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • Mossman, Jano (1)
  • Mouse, Mickey (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (1)
  • Piccolo, Greg (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Purim, Airto (1)
  • Purim, Flora (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Reno, Johnny (1)
  • Riley, Herman, 1933-2007 (1)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (1)
  • Sanborn, David (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Seals, Son (1)
  • Sims, Zoot (1)
  • Singer, Hal (1)
  • Smith, Bobby (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Taylor, Louis (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Valentin, Dave (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Zanders, Al (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (9)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Central Avenue Jazz Festival (1)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (1)
  • Jazz Lovers' Fall Crawl (1988 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Playboy Jazz Festival (1)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1989-06 (90)
  • 1981 (46)
  • 1990 (46)
  • 1984 (11)
  • 1985 (11)
  • 1983 (8)
  • 1986 (7)
  • 1990-09 (3)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 1983-01 (2)
  • 1985-08-16 (2)
  • 1988 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1981-03 (1)
  • 1985-11-28 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1987-02 (1)
  • 1987-07 (1)
  • 1987-09 (1)
  • 1988-06-19 (1)
  • 1988-07 (1)
  • 1988-08-05 (1)
  • 1988-08-14 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1989-02-20 (1)
  • 1990-05 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1994 (1)

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