Event Detail Information
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Jeannie Cheatham: My Life in Music |
| Event Status: | Updated |
| Modified Date: | 12/14/2007 |
| Start Date: | 1/6/2008 |
| End Date: | 1/6/2008 |
| Event Time: | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Title: | Jeannie Cheatham: My Life in Music |
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| Other Location: | lower level, West wing, Geisel Library |
| Event Category: | Performing Arts -Music |
| Sponsor: | UCSD Arts Libraries and Friends of the UCSD Libraries |
| Open to Public: | YES |
| Admission Cost: | Free |
| Contact Name: | Scott Paulson |
| Contact Phone: | (858) 534-8074 Ext. |
| Contact Email: | spaulson@ucsd.edu |
| Description: | JEANNIE CHEATHAM: MY LIFE IN MUSIC... The UCSD Arts Libraries present an exhibit about blues icon Jeannie Cheatham throughout the month of January 2008. A live event sponsored by the Friends of the UCSD Libraries officially opens the exhibit at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, January 6, 2008. At that hour at the exhibit site, Jeannie Cheatham and friends will read chapters from her lively autobiography ''Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On.'' Please join Jeannie Cheatham at this free exhibit opening on the lower level, West wing of Geisel Library at UCSD. Her book (which includes a CD recording) is available for purchase at the event. Live music from Jeannie Cheatham and friends will be featured between chapter readings that afternoon (January 6). Exhibit remains up through January 31, 2008. Call the UCSD Arts Libraries at (858) 534-8074 for more information, or click on the events section located at http://artslib.ucsd.edu For more information about Jeannie Cheatham and her book, visit this website: www.jeanniecheatham.com ****************************************** ''Few autobiographies of American musicians, written without the aid of a collaborator, have been written as artfully as this life story'' Lee Hildebrand, Living Blues Magazine ''Jeannie Cheatham has written one of the best jazz autobiographies in years-- packed yet pacey, sharply observed, personal and a real page-turner'' Peter Vacher, UK Jazz ''Well worth acquiring! This memoir is informal, yet informative with musicians such as Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams and the men of the Sweet Baby Blues Band making important appearances'' Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene ''This girl can write! She balances life's trials and tragedies with a deep faith as well as a great sense of humor!'' Dr. Jack Wheaton, Founder & Past President-International Association of Jazz Educators ''Like the author, this book is a rich, detailed, joyous account of a life devoted to the music that frames the American cultural heritage.'' David Cooper, Retired Associate Editor-Akron Beacon Journal & Co-Founder, Del Mar Jazz Party ''Her life is an open book! Unflinching candor-a compelling read!'' George Varga, Union Tribune AWARDS 2006 ZORA NEALE HURSTON AWARD -- National Association of Black Story Tellers 2006 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD -- San Diego Music, Inc. 2007 LEGENDS OF JAZZ AWARD -- Del Mar Jazz Party The story behind ''Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On'' |
