Block 5 of Jo Ann Cheatham Weeksville Oral History (Q25940)

Jo Ann Cheatham: It started when I was a teenager, and I guess “Poinciana” [Ahmad Jamal’s hit record] was out when I was like a pre-teen. Young people that I hung out with were into jazz. I remember my mother playing music like Dave Brubeck and those other kinds of people. Even though she played the music she didn’t particularly care for jazz musicians because of the whole substance thing. I r...