All About Jazz is celebrating Doc Cheatham's birthday today! One of the very last survivors of the early days of jazz, trumpeter Adolphus “Doc" Cheatham attracted attention from the historically- ...
How many dozens of times did I hear Doc Cheatham play his trumpet over the years? I couldn’t tell you when the first time was, but I will never forget the last. In May 1997 he played the old Iridium, ...
Nothing surprised Baltimore business elites more than when they found out Baltimore’s civil rights firebrand Marvin L. “Doc” Cheatham was holding a “Positive Rally” at the TransAmerica Corporation’s ...