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Jim Cullum Jazz Band

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Genres
  
Jazz

Associated acts
  
Happy Jazz Band

Active from
  
1989

Years active
  
1989–present

Website
  
jimcullum.com

Genre
  
Jazz

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Origin
  
San Antonio, Texas, United States

Labels
  
Riverwalk Jazz, Stomp Off

Albums
  
'Tis the Season to Be Jammin', Porgy and Bess Live

Members
  
Jim Cullum - Jr, Allan Vache, Evan Christopher, John Sheridan

Profiles

Jim cullum jazz band in adler theatre at bix jazz festival 2012


The Jim Cullum Jazz Band is an acoustic seven-piece traditional jazz ensemble led by cornetist Jim Cullum, Jr. Since 1989, the band has been featured nationally on their weekly public radio series, Riverwalk Jazz. The band performed live at the Landing Jazz Club on the San Antonio River Walk from 1981 to 2011.

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Happy Jazz Band

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band is the successor to the Happy Jazz Band, which was formed in 1962 by Cullum and his father, Jim. The next year, a group of San Antonio investors founded the Landing Jazz Club in the basement of the Nix Hospital building on the San Antonio River Walk. The Landing was the second business established on the Riverwalk after the Casa Rio Mexican restaurant. Cullum took over leadership of the band after his father died in 1973 and changed the name to the Jim Cullum Jazz Band.

The Mission City Hot Rhythm Cats, a six-piece traditional jazz band, is composed of several former members of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band.

Current members

  • Jim Cullum, Jr. – cornet
  • Evan Arntzen – clarinet, saxophone
  • Mike Pittsley – trombone
  • John Sheridan – piano
  • Howard Elkins – banjo, guitar
  • Bernie Attridge – bass
  • Benji Bohannon – drums
  • Former members

  • Don Mopsick – bass
  • Ric Ramirez – bass
  • Steve Pikal – bass
  • Zack Sapunor – bass
  • Mike Waskiewicz – drums
  • Hal Smith – drums
  • John Sheridan – piano
  • Allan Vache – clarinet
  • Brian Ogilvie – clarinet, saxophone
  • Ron Hockett – clarinet, saxophone
  • Evan Christopher – clarinet
  • Jim Turner – piano
  • Ed Torres – drums
  • Kevin Dorn – drums
  • Jack Wyatt – bass
  • Jim Hunter – bass
  • Kenny Rupp – trombone
  • Randy Reinhart – cornet, trombone
  • Brian Nalepka – tuba, st. bass, bass sax
  • Ed Hubble – trombone
  • Robert (Bobby) Black - banjo
  • Songs

    Burnin' the IcebergShootin' the Agate: Music of Jelly Roll Morton · 2016
    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea1999
    Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland1999

    References

    Jim Cullum Jazz Band Wikipedia