Suche nach:
5137 / Daten zuletzt bearbeitet von: SJO allgemein
Musiker: Cheatham, Doc
Nationalität: US
Geburtsjahr: 1905
Todesjahr: 1997
Instrumente: tp voc
Stile / Genres   
Mainstream Jazz → Swing

(weitere Info am Schluss der Seite)

Bilder mit " Cheatham, Doc":
     
Doc Cheatham — 1988
Ascona
 Doc Cheatham — 1988
Ascona
Doc Cheatham Doc Cheatham tp voc
Geschenk von JazzTime
Viktor Schell Biel

Tracks ↓    top ↑

Anzahl Alben: 258
Es werden max. 100 Alben angezeigt.

Alben auf denen " Cheatham, Doc" mitwirkt:
X = Album im einem SJO-Shop erhältlich
 Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret  —  Titel
LabelLabel-NummerAufnahme-Jahr 
XA Dixieland Sound Spectacular  —  At The Jazz Band BallPrestige09021241961LP
XAdolphus "Doc" Cheatham  —  ADOLPHUS "DOC" CHEATHAM (Box mit 2 LP's)JEZEBELJZ-102-ST1973LP
 Adolphus Anthony "Doc" Cheatham  —  I've Got A Crush On YouNew York JazzJ-0031982LP
 Adolphus Anthony "Doc" Cheatham  —  Too Marvelous For WordsJAZZ17745 / J-0021982LP
XAlberta Hunter  —  Alberta Hunter – The Glory of…Alberta HunterCBSFC 376911982LP
 Alberta Hunter  —  AMTRAK BLUESColumbiaAL 364301978LP
 Alberta Hunter  —  LOOK FOR THE SILVER LININGCBSFC 389701983LP
XAlberta Hunter  —  Look for the Silver LininigColumbiaFC 389701983LP
 Alberta Hunter  —  REMEMBER MY NAMECBSAL 355531977LP
 Allen Lowe & Orchestra X  —  New Tango ' 92 : After Astor PiazzollaFairhaven0031991CD
 American Jazz Orchestra  —  The Music Of Jimmie LuncefordLimelight Records820 846-21988CD
 Art Hodes acc. Carrie Smith with Doc Cheatham  —  THE AUTHENTIC Art Hodes Rhythm SectionParkwood Records1061985LP
 Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 RecordsLP 20011974+75LP
 Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 Records360 LP 20011974+75LP
 Benny Carter & His Orchestra  —  BENNY CARTER 1940 -1941RCA Victor741 0731940-41LP
 Benny Carter & HIS ORCHESTRA  —  What a Diff'rence a Day MadeBluebirdB111971941SH
XBenny Carter and His Orchestra  —  TREASURY OF JAZZ (1940-41) N° 56RCA Victor430.686 S1940+41LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Billie Holiday Volume llEverest RecordsFS 3101956-58LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Easy To RememberSaga RecordsSOC 10271957-1958LP
 Billie Holiday  —  History Of JazzJOKERSM 32891939 - 1944LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Immortal Sessions Volume 1SagapanPAN 69051955-58LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lover Come Back To MeDriveCD DRIVE 35091952-53CD
 Billie Holiday  —  Strange Fruit No. 2King RecordsSLC 453 M1939-44LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Commodore Master TakesCommodore543 272-31939/44CD
 Billie Holiday  —  Twelve Of Her Greatest InterpretationsCommodore30.0081939 - 1944LP
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  BILLIE HOLIDAYTOP RANKRLP 1131939+44LP
 Billie Holiday and Band  —  Billie HolidayVogueINT 400221939+44LP
 Billie Holiday and Orchestra  —  ClassicsGuilde du Jazz10101939-44LP
 Billie Holiday and Orchestra  —  ClassicsJazztoneJAZ 1010 / J-1010 mit anderem Cover1939-44LP
 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  BILLIE HOLYDAYCommodoreXFL 153511944LP
 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  I'LL BE SEEING YOU BILLIE HOLYDAY 1944London Records6.24291 AG1944LP
 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  I'm yours, Billie HolidayJazztoneJ-7141944LP
 Billie Holiday with Orchestras  —  BILLIE HOLYDAYCommodoreXFL 144281939+44LP
 Billie Holiday with Orchestras  —  FINE AND MELLOW 1939 and 1944London Records6.24055 AG1939+44LP
 Billy Holiday  —  This is JazzColumbiaCK 646221935-58CD
 Billy Holiday  —  Volume 2 1936-1937Média 7MJCD 111936-37CD
 Buck Clayton  —  A BUCK CLAYTON JAM SESSIONChiaroscuroCR-1321974LP
 Buck Clayton  —  A Buck Clayton Jam SessionChiaroscuroCR(D)1321974CD
 Buck Clayton  —  A Buck Clayton Jam SessionChiaroscuroCR(D)-1321974CD
 Buck Clayton  —  Jay HawkChiaroscuroCR 1631974-75LP
 Buddy Tate All Stars  —  Jive At FiveStoryvilleSTCD 50101975CD
 Buddy Tate and his Band (Side 1) - Earl Warren and the Count's Men (Side 2)  —  THE COUNT'S MENRCALFL1 50341973LP
 Buddy Tate, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Johnny Guarnieri, George Duvivier And Oliver Jackson  —  JIVE AT FIVEmahogany558 1031975LP
 Butch Thompson And Doc Cheatham  —  Butch And DocDaring RecordsDaring CD 30121994CD
XCab Calloway  —  16 cab calloway classicsCBS629501939-41LP
 Cab Calloway  —  An Introduction to Cab CallowayBest Of Jazz40111930-42CD
 Cab Calloway  —  CAB CALLOWAY 1937 -1938Jazz Documentva-79981937-38LP
 Cab Calloway  —  CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRABrunswick64001932SH
 Cab Calloway  —  CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRAVocalionV 40451938SH
 Cab Calloway  —  Hi De Ho ManColumbiaG325931935-47LP
 Cab Calloway  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaCG-325931935-47LP
XCab Calloway  —  JUMPIN JIVECBSCBS 211151935-47LP
XCab Calloway  —  ON FILM 1934-1950Harlequin RecordsHQ 20051934-50LP
 Cab Calloway  —  Swing Era - Hi-De-DoIdem Home VideoIDVD 10191947DVD
 Cab Calloway & Co  —  Cotton Club Jazz Tribune #58RCA VictorND 895601931-34CD
XCab Calloway & Co  —  Jazz Tribune #58RCA VictorNL 895601931-49LP
 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra  —  The Complete 1933 - 1934 Cottonclub Orchestra SessionsRCAFSM1 71251931-49LP
 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra  —  The Complete 1933 - 1934 Cottonclub Orchestra SessionsRCAND 895601931-49CD
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  Cab Calloway & His OrchestraJazum291931-36LP
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  Cab Calloway & His OrchestraJazum201930 - 1932LP
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  Cab Calloway & His OrchestraVJM RecordsVEP 241930-31EP
 Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 5371932CD
 Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 5761938-39CD
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 5541934-37CD
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  Jazz Star Serie No. 15RCARCA LPM 101201933-34LP
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  Jazz Star Serie No. 15RCALPM 101201933 - 1934LP
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  The Man From HarlemJazz PanoramaJPLP 221930 - 1932LP
 Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra  —  1933-34RCAFXM1 71251933-34LP
 Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra  —  Evenin' / Harlem HospitalityVictorVi244141933SH
 Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra  —  Harlem Camp Meeting / Zaz Zuh ZazBlueBirdB-5677-A/B1933SH
 Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra  —  Long About Midnight / Jitter BugHis Masters VoiceX.43141934SH
 Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra  —  Moon Glow / Hotcha Razz-Ma-TazzVictorVic 249601934SH
 Cab Calloway and his Famous Band  —  The Beginning 1930 / 1934Bandstand Records71241030-34LP
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  1932Collector's ClassicsColl.Classics CC 201932LP
XCab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  1932Collector's ClassicsCC 201932LP
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  Basin Street Blues / I Gotta Go Places and to ThingsBrunswick015741931/1932SH
 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra  —  Boog-itJazz & JazzJJ-6071939-1942LP
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaCG 325931935-47LP
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  I've Got the World on a String / Harlem HolidayBrunswickBr 64241932SH
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  JUMPING AND JIVING VOL.1 1930 -1937SwingtimeST 10011930-37LP
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  Minnie the Moocher 1933-1934RCAINTS 51211933-34LP
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  Ratamacue / Ad-De-DevVocalionVoc 47001939SH
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  Trylon Swing / The Jumpin' JiveVocalionVoc 50051939SH
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  Utt Da Zay / Crescendo in DrumsVocalionVoc 50621939SH
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra (Side 1) - Count Basie and his Orchestra (Side 2)  —  JAZUM 45JazumJAZUM 45 / 7601471936-41LP
XCap'n John Handy with the Claude Hopkins Band  —  INTRODUCING CAP'N JOHN HANDYRCANL 89503 / LPM-37621966LP
XCarrie Smith  —  Do your dutyBlack & Blue33.1031976LP
 Carter Benny & HIS ORCHESTRA  —  Blue MountainHis Masters VoiceB.106441952SH
XChu Berry  —  CHUPhilips MinigrooveB 07084 L1937-40LP
 Chu Berry  —  THE CALLOWAY YEARS 1937 -1941Meritt21/22*1937-41LP
 Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM Volume 3, 1939 -1940Two Flats DiscTFD 5.0091939-40LP
 Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  PENGUIN SWING 1937 - 1941Jazz ArchivesJA-81937-41LP
 Chu Berry, Cab Calloway  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM volume 2 FILLIN' THE CHU GAPSTwo Flats DiscTFD 5.0081937+38LP
 Clyde Bernhardt  —  Jay Cole - Blues and JazzbandVLP - 400 W. 1504001973LP
 Clyde Bernhardt - Jay Cole Blues And Jazz Band  —  More Blues & Jazz From Harlem400 W. 150VLP 400*1973LP
 Clyde Bernhardt - Jay Cole Blues and Jazz Band  —  MORE BLUES AND JAZZ FROM HARLEM400 W. 150VLP 4001973LP
 Clyde Bernhardt And The Harlem Blues And Jazz Band  —  Sittin' On Top Of The WorldBarronVlp4011975LP
 Clyde Bernhardt and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band  —  SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLDWAM780.0611975LP
 Coleman Hawkins and the Walter Thomas All-Stars  —  HAWKINSJazz BirdJAZ-20001944+45LP
 Count Basie  —  i grandi del JAZZFabbri EditoriGdj 17 oder Gdj-011936-62LP
Abbruch nach 100 Einträgen

Alben ↑    top ↑

Anzahl Tracks: 2069
Es werden max. 100 Tracks angezeigt.

Tracks auf denen " Cheatham, Doc" mitwirkt:
Track-TitelX = Album im SJO-Shop erhältlich
 Album
Label 
 Wilbur DeParis  —  The Wild Jazz AgeCollectablesCD
'Deed I do Eddie Heywood  —  THE BIGGEST LITTLE BAND OF THE FORTIESCommodoreLP
'Long about midnightXCab Calloway & Co  —  Jazz Tribune #58RCA VictorLP
'Long about midnight Cab Calloway and his Famous Band  —  The Beginning 1930 / 1934Bandstand RecordsLP
'Round midnightXDoc Cheatham  —  The Fabulous Doc CheathamParkwood RecordsLP
'tain't No Good Cab Calloway And His Orchestra  —  Boog-itJazz & JazzLP
(Back home again in) Indiana Eddie Heywood  —  THE BIGGEST LITTLE BAND OF THE FORTIESCommodoreLP
(I got a man crazy for me) He's funny that way 2 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  I'LL BE SEEING YOU BILLIE HOLYDAY 1944London RecordsLP
(I got a man crazy for me) He's funny that way 2 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  BILLIE HOLYDAYCommodoreLP
(Theme) Minnie the moocher Chu Berry  —  THE CALLOWAY YEARS 1937 -1941MerittLP
71 Teddy Wilson  —  TEDDY WILSON AND HIS BIG BAND 1939/40TAXLP
71 Teddy Wilson  —  Just A MoodHistoryCD
71 Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
71 Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra  —  "BIG BAND"Swing Era RecordsLP
: Bass duet - African Percussion - Space notes - Prayer Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 RecordsLP
: Bass duet - African Percussion - Space notes - Prayer Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 RecordsLP
A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird Cab Calloway  —  Hi De Ho ManColumbiaLP
A Fine Romance Billy Holiday  —  Volume 2 1936-1937Média 7CD
A Good Man Is Hard To Find Juanita Hall  —  Sings The BluesFresh Sound RecordsCD
A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight Milt Hinton  —  Old Man TimeChiaroscuroCD
A kiss to build a dream on Doc Cheatham and his Swedish Jazz All Stars  —  A tribute to Louis ArmstrongKennethLP
A Little Street In Copenhagen Fessor's Guestbook  —  Fessor's GuestbookStoryville RecordsCD
A minor breakdown Chu Berry  —  THE CALLOWAY YEARS 1937 -1941MerittLP
A new moon and an old serenade Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM Volume 3, 1939 -1940Two Flats DiscLP
A.M. Rag Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 RecordsLP
A.M. Rag Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 RecordsLP
Abi gezunt Cab Calloway  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaLP
Abi Gezunt Cab Calloway  —  Hi De Ho ManColumbiaLP
Abi gezunt Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaLP
Ad-De-Dey Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Ad-de-dey Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM Volume 3, 1939 -1940Two Flats DiscLP
Afraid Of Love Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
African drums Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 RecordsLP
African drums Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience  —  From RAGTIME to NO TIME360 RecordsLP
After Theatre Jump Fessor's Guestbook  —  Fessor's GuestbookStoryville RecordsCD
After You' Ve Gone Juanita Hall  —  Sings The BluesFresh Sound RecordsCD
After you've goneXJazz Band  —  Highlights in JAZZ - ANNIVERSARY CONCERTStash RecordsLP
Ain't Misbehavin' Doc Cheatham's Group  —  Jazz At The "West End" New York CityNot On LabelCD
Ain't misbehavin' Jay McShann  —  THE BIG APPLE BASHAtlanticLP
Ain't misbehavin'XJay McShann  —  THE BIG APPLE BASHAtlanticLP
Ain't misbehavin'XJay McShann  —  THE BIG APPLE BASHAtlanticLP
Al's Fifth Floor Drag Fessor's Guestbook  —  Fessor's GuestbookStoryville RecordsCD
Angels With Dirty Faces Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Anything goes Wilbur DeParis with Orchestra  —  WILBUR DE PARIS PLAYS COLE PORTERAtlanticLP
April In My Heart Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
April in my heart Chu Berry, Cab Calloway  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM volume 2 FILLIN' THE CHU GAPSTwo Flats DiscLP
Are You In Love With Me Again? Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
As time goes by 1 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  BILLIE HOLYDAYCommodoreLP
As time goes by 1 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  I'LL BE SEEING YOU BILLIE HOLYDAY 1944London RecordsLP
As time goes by 2 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  BILLIE HOLYDAYCommodoreLP
As time goes by 2 Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra  —  I'LL BE SEEING YOU BILLIE HOLYDAY 1944London RecordsLP
As Times Goes By Billie Holiday  —  The Commodore Master TakesCommodoreCD
At the clam-bake carnival Various  —  LEON "CHU" BERRYColumbiaLP
At the clam-bake carnivalXChu Berry  —  CHUPhilips MinigrooveLP
At The Clambake Carnival Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
At the clambake carnival Various  —  "CHU"EpicLP
At the Jazz Band BallXA Dixieland Sound Spectacular  —  At The Jazz Band BallPrestigeLP
At the Jazz Band Ball Leonard Gaskin All Stars  —  At The Jazz Band Ball / A DIXIELAND SOUND SPECTACULARSwingvilleLP
Avalon Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  JUMPING AND JIVING VOL.1 1930 -1937SwingtimeLP
Azure Chu Berry  —  THE CALLOWAY YEARS 1937 -1941MerittLP
Baby Won't You Please Come Home Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  Cab Calloway & His OrchestraJazumLP
Baby Won't You Please Come Home Juanita Hall  —  Sings The BluesFresh Sound RecordsCD
Baby Won't You Please Come Home Wilbur DeParis  —  The Wild Jazz AgeCollectablesCD
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Baby, won't you please come homeXCap'n John Handy with the Claude Hopkins Band  —  INTRODUCING CAP'N JOHN HANDYRCALP
Baby, won't you please come home Wilbur DeParis  —  THE WILD JAZZ AGEAtlanticLP
Baby, won't you please come home Wilbur DeParis  —  THE WILD JAZZ AGEAtlanticLP
Back home again to France Sammy Price  —  FireBlack & BlueLP
Back talk Walter "Foots" Thomas All Stars  —  The WALTER "FOOTS" THOMAS All StarsPrestigeLP
Back talk Walter "Foots" Thomas All Stars  —  The WALTER "FOOTS" THOMAS All StarsPrestigeLP
Back talk Coleman Hawkins and the Walter Thomas All-Stars  —  HAWKINSJazz BirdLP
Back talk Various  —  BIG BAND JAZZ from Joe Davis 1940 -1952Harlequin RecordsLP
Back to back Various  —  TEDDY WILSON and HIS BIG BANDFanfare RecordsLP
Back water Blues Art Hodes acc. Carrie Smith with Doc Cheatham  —  THE AUTHENTIC Art Hodes Rhythm SectionParkwood RecordsLP
Back water Blues Sammy Price  —  ROCKIN' BOOGIEBlack & BlueLP
Baker's dozenXVarious  —  Jazz BrassThe Franklin Mint Record SocietyLP
Ballin' the Jack The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band  —  HARLEM BLUES & JAZZBarronLP
Banjolie Wilbur DeParis  —  Plays Something Old New Gay Blue / That's A PlentyCollectablesCD
Battle Hymn Of The Republic Wilbur DeParis  —  The Wild Jazz AgeCollectablesCD
Beale St. Mama Cab Calloway and his Famous Band  —  The Beginning 1930 / 1934Bandstand RecordsLP
Beale Street Blues Wilbur DeParis  —  Wilbur De Paris Plays Something Old New Gay BlueAtlanticLP
Beale Street Blues Wilbur DeParis  —  Plays Something Old New Gay Blue / That's A PlentyCollectablesCD
Beale street mama Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  1932Collector's ClassicsLP
Begin the beguine Eddie Heywood  —  Begin the beguineFontana RecordsLP
Begin the beguine Eddie Heywood  —  THE BIGGEST LITTLE BAND OF THE FORTIESCommodoreLP
Begin the beguine Eddie Heywood  —  BEGIN THE BEGUINEMainstream RecordsLP
Begin the beguineXEddie Heywood  —  BEGIN THE BEGUINEMainstream RecordsLP
Begin the beguine Wilbur DeParis with Orchestra  —  WILBUR DE PARIS PLAYS COLE PORTERAtlanticLP
Big butter and egg man Art Hodes acc. Carrie Smith with Doc Cheatham  —  THE AUTHENTIC Art Hodes Rhythm SectionParkwood RecordsLP
Big butter and egg manXDoc Cheatham  —  The Fabulous Doc CheathamParkwood RecordsLP
Big butter and egg man Old School Band  —  20e ANNIVERSAIRE 1958 -1978OSB RecordsLP
Big Green Fessor's Guestbook  —  Fessor's GuestbookStoryville RecordsCD
Billie's Blues Billie Holiday  —  The Commodore Master TakesCommodoreCD
Billie's Blues Billy Holiday  —  Volume 2 1936-1937Média 7CD
Bird brain Walter "Foots" Thomas All Stars  —  The WALTER "FOOTS" THOMAS All StarsPrestigeLP
Bird brain Walter "Foots" Thomas All Stars  —  The WALTER "FOOTS" THOMAS All StarsPrestigeLP
Bird brain Coleman Hawkins and the Walter Thomas All-Stars  —  HAWKINSJazz BirdLP
Bird brain Various  —  BIG BAND JAZZ from Joe Davis 1940 -1952Harlequin RecordsLP
Black and blue Blues Sammy Price  —  FireBlack & BlueLP
Black and blue blues Sammy Price  —  FIREClassic JazzLP
Abbruch nach 100 Einträgen

top ↑

Info:

Cheatham stand als Trompeter rund 75 Jahre lang auf den Bühnen der Welt, weit mehr Jahre als Miles Davis oder Louis Armstrong. Letzterer war sein Vorbild. Bereits 1923 begleitete er Bessie Smith bei ihren Auftritten in Nashville. nach Übersiedlung nach Chicago spielte er hauptsächlich bei Albert Wynn, aber auch bei Erskine Tate, und auf einer Schallplattenaufnahme für Ma Rainey, allerdings damals auf seinem Erstinstrument, dem Altsaxophon, das er erst in den späten 1920er Jahren aus Verehrung für Louis Armstrong gegen die Trompete eintauschte. Joe King Oliver schenkte ihm einen Dämpfer aus Kupfer und Messing, den er sein Leben lang benutzte.
Cheatham spielte in der Schule Trompete und studierte später Medizin (daher später sein Spitzname), arbeitete aber zeitweilig in lokalen Orchestern. 1926 ging er mit John Williams auf Tournee, spielte dann mit Albert Wynn in Chicago (auch als Ersatz für Louis Armstrong im Vendome Theatre) und mit Bobby Lee.
Weitere Stationen waren 1927 Philadelphia bei Wilbur de Paris, 1927 New York bei Chick Webb, 1928-30 Europatourneen mit Sam Wooding, dann New York, bei Marion Hardy’s Alabamians und den McKinney’s Cotton Pickers. 1932-39 bei Cab Calloway, 1939 bei Teddy Wilson, ab 1940 bei Benny Carter, Teddy Hill 1941 und Eddie Heywood 1944, mit dem er Billie Holiday begleitete (The Complete Commodore Recordings). Er begann eine Lehrtätigkeit. Ab 1948 spielte er vorwiegend bei Latin Bands wie der von Machito, 1953-54 freischaffend in Boston. Von 1960 an verstärkte er wieder sein Engagement im Jazz, auf Afrika-Tournee mit Herbie Mann, 1961 bei Schallplattenaufnahmen mit Harold Shorty Baker und Sammy Price. Nach fünf Jahren mit eigener Band machte er 1966 erst seine erste Aufnahme unter eigenem Namen. In den 1970er und 1980er-Jahren wurde der alternde Solotrompeter zum Star auf internationalen Jazz-Festivals.
Er gab noch viele Konzerte, 1974 mit Teddy Wilson, 1978/79 mit Lionel Hampton, 1980 mit Cab Calloway's Reunion Band, 1981 mit Roy Eldridge, Dickie Wells, Buck Clayton und Jay McShann. Es folgten auch noch einige Platten-Aufnahmen mit eigenen Ensembles, zu denen er auch sang. 1988 nahm er mit Idris Muhammad, Jimmy Woode und Kenny Drew das Album Dear Doc... auf. Die Aufnahme ist gekennzeichnet von seinem feinsinnigen Humor bei der Auswahl der Lieder, und von einem Charme der Gesangs- und der Trompetenstimme wie bei Chet Baker in dessen letztem Lebensjahren. Im September 1996 entstand noch ein Album für Verve mit Nicholas Payton; im Juni 1997 starb Cheatham nach einem Auftritt im Washingtoner Blues Alley Club.
Ein Enkel Cheathams ist der Jazztrompeter Theo Croker (Wikipedia).