[Dixielandjazz] The Jim Cullum Jazz Band Celebrates 50 Years

[Donald Mopsick]

http://www.riverwalkjazz.org/jazznotes-blog/

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band Celebrates 50 Years


Riverwalk Jazz this week celebrates the 50th Anniversary of The Jim
Cullum Jazz Band in a concert recorded live in San Antonio. Bandleader
and cornetist Jim Cullum Jr. traces the history of the band through
five decades of performances at home and on the road, from Carnegie
Hall—to a bull ring in Mexico—and concert halls in Siberia.

The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on
Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the
Riverwalk Jazz website.

For our Golden Jubilee Concert, the Band is joined by pianist John
Sheridan, trombonist Mike Pittsley and special guest, piano legend
Dick Hyman. This celebratory performance features the band's signature
arrangements of music composed by George Gershwin, Duke Ellington,
Hoagy Carmichael and Boots Douglas. Jim recalls luminaries such as
Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton and Benny Carter, who joined his band
onstage for over two decades of Riverwalk Jazz radio shows on public
radio stations nationwide.

mopo

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