[Dixielandjazz] Jim Cullum info

[Kurt]

Tom,

<If Jim can do it so can you, I do not believe for a minute that San
Antonio, Texas is the only place in America where Dixieland and OKOM is
loved and respected enough to support a club six nights a week.>

Easier said than done.  I wish what you say could happen in every market,
but it simply isn't realistic.  I'd like to know what formula Jim Cullum
used to create the success of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, the NPR agreement,
the Landing jazz club, the many albums, tour dates, festivals, etc.  I have
to believe it started with the company he keeps on and off the stage.

Kurt
  -----Original Message-----
  From: TCASHWIGG at aol.com [mailto:TCASHWIGG at aol.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:54 PM
  To: bowermastergroup at qwest.net; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jim Cullum info


  In a message dated 8/5/03 9:05:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
bowermastergroup at qwest.net writes:



    Riverwalk on JAZZ.FM91
    In these days when "steady" engagements are very few and far between Jim
    Cullum's story is nothing short of amazing. His dad was a clarinetist
who
    played in the bands of Jack Teagarden and Jimmy Dorsey before settling
down
    in San Antonio. As a teenager Jim played cornet in a band formed by his
    father in 1962. The following year they moved into a club called The
    Landing.
    Here is the amazing part. He is still playing there! Six nights a week,
all
    the year round except when they are on tour, Jim Cullum and his jazz
band
    play at The Landing on San Antonio's Riverwalk.
    They play music from the "Golden Age" of songwriting and for the past 14
    years have broadcast on public radio a weekly programme exploring the
early
    greats of jazz, the culture and the characters.


  Just another one of my Loony marketing ideas guys, but has anybody on the
list who has a great band and plays OKOM ever sat down with Jim coulomb and
asked him how he set up his relationship with National Public Radio and what
his arrangement is with THE LANDING to keep his style of music alive and
well for so long and six nights a week?

  If just one group in each market would duplicate this situation then we
would no be having conversations about OKOM and Dixieland music dying all
the time.

  If Jim can do it so can you, I do not believe for a minute that San
Antonio, Texas is the only place in America where Dixieland and OKOM is
loved and respected enough to support a club six nights a week.

  Perhaps if all the Jazz societies would look into how and why this
situation continues successfully they could contribute more to the
preservation and expansion of this music that you all love so much.

  It is hard work folks but somebody has to do it, and obviously Jim Cullum
is one of those who do it. what better example do you need, follow a leader.

  Cheers,

  Tom Wiggins