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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Jimmy Cheatham performing

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone in front of a music stand; a timpani, various cases, and recording equipment is seen behind and around him; he's facing toward the middle left.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone

Jimmy Cheatham playing trombone wearing a flower patterned shirt; he's looking down toward unseen sheet music.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham

Jimmy Cheatham in a flower patterned shirt looking to the left with hands on his hips.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham teaching a jazz class

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham working with a jazz class; Jeannie is seated a the piano and turned to talk to the bassist and another student; Jimmy Cheatham is to the far right of the photo behind a line of three seated saxophonists; other students are seen; large number of stacked chairs at the back of the photo.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jazz performance directed by Jimmy Cheatham

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 microphone she's holding; a pianist is to the left of the photo; likely the UCSD Jazz Ensemble.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham directing the UCSD Jazz Ensemble

Jimmy Cheatham directing his UCSD Jazz Ensemble; he's at the far right of the photo facing the band; woman pianist is at the left of the photo, back to the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham at the Sheraton Inn

Jimmy Cheatham with a hat and his trombone at the Sheraton Inn; he's facing the right with his mouth open and his trombone is only partially seen.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham posing with his trombone

Jimmy Cheatham posing for a portrait with his trombone; he's wearing a hat and all black clothes with two large rings; facing the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham directing the UCSD Jazz Ensemble

Jimmy Cheatham directing UCSD's Jazz Ensemble; he's standing on a set of steps and facing and pointing the left; behind him several members of the ensemble are seen seated behind music stands.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham directing the UCSD Jazz Band

Jimmy Cheatham at the far left in front of the UCSD Jazz Band directing the performance; he's wearing a hat and light jacket; view of several members of the ensemble seated on risers and facing the left.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham and Count Basie

Jimmy Cheatham presenting an award to Count Basie at a UCSD concert; they are standing side by side in front of a microphone with Basie holding the award; Cheatham is looking at Basie and Basie is looking over to the right.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham with trombone

Jimmy Cheatham with trombone to his mouth, unconventional mute, wide eyes, and one finger raised to his mouth in a shushing gesture; staring forward at the camera; microphone in front of him.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham, Thad Jones, and Mel Lewis

View from behind and offstage of Jimmy Cheatham with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis on stage standing amid a tangle of wires in Madison, Wisconsin; Jones has his arm around Lewis and is laughing; audience members in the auditorium can be seen.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham with Janice Robinson backstage

Jimmy Cheatham (left) speaking with Janice Robinson (right) in a backstage dressing room at a concert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; a trombone is on a dressing table with mirror behind them; unidentified man is leaning against the table.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham with Papa Jo Jones and Jackie Williams

Jimmy Cheatham (center) standing at a bar with Papa Jo Jones (left) and Jackie Williams (likely); a glass of alcohol is on the bar and many bottle are lined up behind the bar with a three rows of dollar bills running the length of the bar overhead.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149