Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Description
This collection documents the personal and professional lives of blues musicians and married couple Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham. Also highlighted is the history of the Sweet Baby Blues Band, which was birthed by the Cheathams in 1983.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Jeannie Cheatham and Gene Harris playing a duet

Jeannie Cheatham playing a duet with Gene Harris at the piano during a tribute to Carl Jefferson; Harris' head is turned to the side to look at Jeannie.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and Jeannie is seated at a piano the others are gathered around; all looking forward at the camera and all holding their instruments.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

Sippie Wallace on stage with Big Mama Thornton and Jeannie Cheatham with Jimmy Cheatham and his trombone standing behind them and an unidentified white musician with a beard seated to the left; part of the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues".
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

Sippie Wallace on stage with Big Mama Thornton and Jeannie Cheatham with Jimmy Cheatham and his trombone standing behind them; Big Mama Thornton is speaking into a microphone she's holding in her hand; part of the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues".
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Sweet Baby Blues Band in front of the bus

Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band standing in front of a bus (Jimmy Cheatham, Dinky Morris, Jeannie Cheatham, Rickey Woodard, unidentified white woman in a red jacket, Curtis Peagler, Clora Bryant and Ironman Harris); hanging above them on the side of the bus is a computer printed banner reading "Bobbie Blue Bland eat your heart out".
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham

Portrait of Jimmy Cheatham from the shoulders up and looking toward the right of the photo; wearing a grey hat and matching jacket.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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At the La Jolla Jazz Festival

Jimmy Cheatham directing an unidentified jazz band (likely a UCSD band) on an outdoor stage at the La Jolla Jazz Festival; photo taken with Cheatham's back to the camera and the camera at a higher level looking down on the stage.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham from the shoulders up and both facing the camera; Jimmy is wearing a straw hat.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham side by side against a blue photographer's background as part of the photoshoot for the cover of their album "Blues and the Boogie Masters" Jeannie is wearing a bright red dress and leaning on a black wooden stool and Jimmy is wearing black pants, black hat, and a black and white checked shirt; both looking at the camera and smiling.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated side by side; Jeannie has a glass in front of her and Jimmy is wearing a black hat; both facing the camera and smiling.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham at the piano

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 the right of the photo and her eyes are closed; various people can be seen watching her in the background, at Harbor Island in San Diego.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Clora Bryant, Jeannie Cheatham, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman

Clora Bryant, Jeannie Cheatham seated side by side on conference room chairs next to Melba Liston in a wheelchair with Britt Woodman standing beside them for a photograph; other people can be seen milling around behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Nolan Shaheed, Drew Cady and Jeannie Cheatham

Jeannie Cheatham pointing at a sheet of paper and discussing it with Nolan Shaheed and Drew Cady; a part of a microphone is in front of them; at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham and others at the program honoring her

Drew Cady and Jeannie Cheatham with five other people setting up for "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; Jeannie and Drew are standing by her piano and most others have their backs to the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano

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 Sweet Baby Blues Band"; at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149