Severinsen-Akright B-Flat Trumpet, used by Doc Cheatham
date: label: date made
content: 1994
name: label: user
content: Cheatham, Doc
label: maker
content: Severinsen-Akright
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Severinsen-Akright in Oakland, California in 1994. It is a B-flat trumpet, 54 Bel Canto model, serial #0601, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet was given to American trumpeter Doc Cheatham for his 90th birthday from Doc Severinsen, Dick Akright, and Donald Byrd in 1994. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
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content: <p>HAPPY 89TH BIRTHDAY<br>DOC CHEATAM<br>from<br>DOC SEVERINSEN<br>DICK AKRIGHT<br>DONALD BYRD<br>JUNE 13th, 1994</p>
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content: <p>and</p>
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content: <p>SEVERINSEN-AKRIGHT<br>MODEL 54<br>Bel Canto<br>564-14th St.<br>OAKLAND, CA 94612</p>
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content: <p>Adolphus Anthony “Doc” Cheatham (1905-1997), first learned to play saxophone as well as trumpet. Early in his career, Cheatham performed with the African American Vaudeville theater in Nashville. Around 1924, Cheatham moved to Chicago where he heard trumpeters King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, both would have a lifelong influence on Cheatham’s playing.</p>
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content: <p>Cheatham performed with several jazz musicians including Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, and Benny Goodman throughout the 1930s to the 1960s. In the 1970s, Cheatham worked to improve his playing by recording and listening to himself. After the age of 70, Cheatham’s self-assessment work would result in him receiving his best acclamations and critical reviews.</p>
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Oakland
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Trumpets
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content: Jazz
label: Exhibition
content: South Music Lobby
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Amanda N. Cheatham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0218.01
label: serial number
content: 0601
label: accession number
content: 2002.0218
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0218.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/4 in x 5 in x 6 in; 48.895 cm x 12.7 cm x 15.24 cm