| LC control no. | n 85098930 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML419.C48 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Cheatham, Doc |
| Variant(s) | Cheatham, Adolphus |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1905-06-13 |
| Death date | 1997-06-02 |
| Place of birth | Nashville (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Chick Webb Orchestra McKinney's Cotton Pickers Cab Calloway Orchestra Eddie Heywood Sextette Benny Goodman Sextet Sweet Basil (Restaurant : New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Trumpet players Jazz musicians |
| Found in | His Doc & Sammy [SR] 1977?: container (Doc Cheatham, trumpet) Jack Kleinsinger's highlights in jazz [SR] p1985: container (Doc Cheatham; b. June 13, 1905) I guess I'll get the papers and go home, 1996: CIP t.p. (Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham) New York times, June 3, 1997: p. A14 (Doc Cheatham, 91, jazz trumpet player, d. June 2, 1997, Washington, D.C.; b. Adolphus Anthony Cheatham, June 13, 1905, Nashville) African American National Biography, accessed January 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cheatham, Doc; Aldophus Cheatham; trumpeter, bandleader, jazz musician; born 13 June 1905 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. He played tenor saxophone in Nashville's Bijou Theater (1920s) and with Chick Webb's orchestra, New York City (1928), as well as with McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1930s). He was a member of the Cab Calloway orchestra (1931-1939). For atime he worked at the U.S. post officein Long Island, NY (1944-1946). He also played with the Eddie Heywood Sextet (1952), and was lead trumpeter in Benny Goodman sextet (1966-1967). He was a jazz musician at Sweet Basil's in New York (1980-1997). He died 02 June 1997 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) |
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