WOO HOO!! The audience is LOVIN’ this concert tonight!!!! Lari Dianne Young, PhD Director, Performing Arts Center Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Jim CullumTHE BAND The Jim Cullum Jazz Band has been performing since the The full archived copies of over 400 programs of “Riverwalk early 60’s all around the world, and have appeared in such Jazz” are now archived at the Stanford University Library, major venues as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, and are available 24/7, 365 days a year, online via two and hundreds of theaters and major jazz festivals. Since simultaneous streams at http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu 1987, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band has starred in its own public ______radio series, “Riverwalk Jazz”, heard on over 165 Public Group Sizes and Instrumentation Radio stations Standard group: Jim Cullum/cornet, , trombone, nationwide, XM/ piano, string bass drums, acoustic Sirius and on ______the internet. The Special Guests Available groups millions • Dick Hyman (p) • Banu Gibson (v) of fans travel • Shelly Berg (p) • Kevin Mahogany (v) far and wide • Butch Thompson (p) • Dennis Rowland(v) to attend their • Allan Vache (cl) • Bria Skonberg (tr) often sold out •______Topsy Chapman (v) concerts. Programs Available The Jim Cullum • Jim Cullum Jazz Band (standard seven piece group along Jazz Band plays with with plenty of talk on the historical aspects of the music) jazz in the classic manner, that is, in the style of small, hot • “Riverwalk Jazz” radio show reproduction including ensembles heard prior to WWII. The band’s repertoire covers authentic scripts and with option of host David Holt or actor a lot of ground - from 19th-century cakewalks to the small Vernel Bagneris pre-war Benny Goodman ensembles. • “Showboat” featuring the epic music of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein The core of the band’s music consists of the sounds of • “Porgy and Bess” featuring the celebrated music of Jelly Roll Morton, Original Jazz Band, New George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Orleans Rhythm Kings, King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Louis Heyward Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet, as well as a heavy emphasis • “Playing with Fire” – for performances with symphonies or on Bix Beiderbecke and Hoagy Carmichael. with wind ensembles. Composed by Frank Ticheli and Jim This is the roots of jazz. This is our heritage. And the Jim Cullum Cullum Jazz Band is the number one group in the world for • Gospel Jazz Mass traditional roots jazz. • Tribute to Louis Armstrong • Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke In keeping with the band’s historical point of view, period ______instruments and performance practices are used in their performances. Each member of the band is a specialist in PR Materials, Music Downloads & Videos historically informed jazz styles. Leader Jim Cullum plays www.jwpjazz.com/cullum a cornet, which was the instrument preferred by early jazz www.JimCullum.com masters King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke.

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