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"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him with Jimmy Cheatham conducting (back to the camera)shown are: Elvin Shepard (tenor sax)Bob Crump (alto sax)Museyf Shareef (trombone)Eggie Riding (trombone)Jimmy Cheatham (conductor, arranger)Jean Cheatham (piano)Jerry Evans (bass violin)Cubby Copeland (drums)Jimmy Legge (tuba).1959Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.Text on photo border: 'Cheathams' Jazz Showcase Musicians Club - Buffalo, New YorkLeft to right: Gene Lee/vocalist, Elvin Shepard/Tenor sax, Bob Crump/alto sax, Museyf Shareef/trombone, Eggie Riding/trombone, Jimmy Cheatham/conductor-arranger, Jean Cheatham, piano, Jerry Evans, bass violin, Cubby Copeland, drums, Jimmy Legge, tubahandwritten date on border: 1959.
1 Photograph : Black And White Print; 21 X 26 Cm; Image/Tiff; Image/Jpeg; Image/Jp2
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Missouri HubKeywords
- African American Band Directors
- African American Jazz Musicians
- African Americans
- Band Directors
- Big Bands
- Cheatham, Jeannie
- Cheatham, Jimmy
- Copeland, Calvin
- Crump, Bob
- Double Bass
- Double Bassists
- Drum Set
- Drummers (Musicians)
- Evans, Jerry (Musician)
- Jazz Musicians
- Jazz Singers
- Lee, Gene
- Legge, Jimmy
- Microphone
- Musical Instruments
- Piano
- Riding, Albert
- Saxophone
- Saxophonists
- Shareef, Museyf
- Shepard, Elvin
- Trombone
- Trombonists
- Women
- Women Pianists
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