Adolphus Anthony “Doc” Cheatham (1905-1997)

Jazz Musician. A trumpeter, he started his career in the early 1920s, playind and recorded with people such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Albert Wynn, Wilbur deParis, Chick Webb, Sam Wooding, Cab Calloway, Teddy Wilson, Benny Carter, Teddy Hill, Eddie Heywood, Machito, Perez Prado, Sammy Price, Herbie Mann, Nicholas Payton, and on one occasion substituted for Louis Armstrong.

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