Warm recollections of a 75 year career in jazz music.
Doc recalls touring and recording with the likes of, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Ma Rainey.
His vivid memories bring alive a classic era of American music.
DOC CHEATHAM’S LIFE IN JAZZ
Warm recollections of a 75 year career in jazz music, touring and recording with Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Ma Rainey. His vivid memories bring alive a classic era of American music.
Gabriel Broadcast Award-winner, 2009
Doc Cheatham 1A.mp3
IF DREAMS COME TRUE -- Butch Thompson & Doc Cheatham, 1994
WOLVERINE BLUES -- Doc Cheatham, 1993
SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE SORRY -- Doc Cheatham and Sammy Price, piano, 1976
SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET -- Doc Cheatham with the Swedish All Jazz Stars, 1987
ROSETTA -- Butch Thompson & Doc Cheatham, 1994
MEMPHIS BLUES -- Doc Cheatham and Sammy Price, piano, 1976
HOT WATER -- Cab Calloway & his Orchestra, 1932, Rare 78 RPM
Doc Cheatham 1B.mp3
BROKEN SOUL BLUES [excerpt] -- Ma Rainey, 1926
SWEET BLACK BLUES [excerpt] -- Sam Wooding y sus Chocolate Kiddies, 1929 78 RPM
BULL FOOT STOMP [excerpt] -- Sam Wooding y sus Chocolate Kiddies, 1929, 78 RPM
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE -- Benny Goodman Qunitet, Live, NYC, 1966, Private tape
HANDFUL OF KEYS -- Benny Goodman, 1966, Private tape
OUT OF NOWHERE -- Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton, 1997
Doc Cheatham 2A.mp3
BLUES IN MY HEART -- Doc Cheatham, 1993
QUEEN ISABELLA -- Cab Calloway & his Orch, 1932
OLD YAZOO [excerpt] -- Cab Calloway & his Orch, 1932, 78 rpm
SAVAGE RHYTHM -- Cab Calloway & his Orchestra, 1937
HESITATION BLUES [excerpt] -- Wilbur De Paris and his “New” New Orleans Jazz, 1959
MALTA -- Wilbur De Paris and his “New” New Orleans Jazz, 1959
NICE WORK -- Doc Cheatham with the Swedish All Jazz Stars, 1987
Doc Cheatham 2B.mp3
I COVER THE WATERFRONT -- Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton. 1997
I COVER THE WATERFRONT [excerpt] -- Billie Holiday, 1944
LOVER COME BACK TO ME [excerpt] -- Billie Holiday, 1944
I’LL BE SEEING YOU -- Billie Holiday, 1944
SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY -- Alberta Hunter, 1982
I’VE GOT A MIND TO RAMBLE -- Alberta Hunter, 1980
WAS IT A DREAM -- Doc Cheatham, 1993
I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME -- Doc Cheatham, 1993
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