5th Annual Jimmy Cheatham Memorial Madison Jazz Jam Session
(Madison, Wisconsin) - Jimmy Cheatham, former University of Wisconsin-MadisonProfessor in the departments of Music and Afro-American Studies, who died unexpectedly on January 12, 2007, in San Diego, California, will be honored again at a
5th Annual Jimmy Cheatham Memorial Madison Jazz Jam Session on Friday, October 7, 2011, beginning at 8:00pm, at the Best Western Inn on Park, 22 South Carroll Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Jimmy Cheatham was the Founder and Director of the Experimental Improvisational Black Music Ensemble (EIBME) and taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from
1974-1978. The EIBME is still in existence today under the direction of Professor Richard Davis.
Professor Cheatham and his wife Jeannie Cheatham performed regularly in Madison at the Inn on the Park,
on campus and throughout the state. While teaching on campus, Professor
Cheatham brought noted jazz artists to Madison including Mary Lou
Williams, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
The
event is free. The public and all musicians, especially former
students, are invited to attend and jam in honor of Jimmy Cheatham. The Afro-American Studies Department, in cooperation with the African-American Alumni Foundation of theUniversity of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Jazz & Heritage Foundation (WJHF) has established the Jimmy Cheatham Black Music Education Fund (JCMBMEF) and donations will be collected at the event. For more information contact WJHF Founder & Chairman Dr. Ron Myers at 414-562-8505, 662-392-2016 or Ken Koeppler 608-444-9540, e-mail: JuneteenthDOC@yahoo.com, web sites - www.JazzWisconsin.com, Donations to the Jimmy Cheatham Black Music Education Fund (JCBMEF)
will be greatly appreciated!
How to make a DONATION to the
Jimmy Cheatham Black Music Education Fund (JCBMEF):
Make checks payable to the University of Wisconsin
Foundation (UWF),
write "Afro-American Studies Dept. - JCBMEF" in the check memo line,
and send them to:
University of Wisconsin Foundation
US Bank Lockbox
P.O. Box 78807
Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807
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