JIM CULLUM SR

In 1962 Jim Cullum, Sr., who had played clarinet professionally with Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey, Adrian Rollini and others in the 1930s and 40s, formed a seven-piece traditional jazz group in San Antonio, Texas with his son, Jim Cullum, Jr. on cornet, called the Happy Jazz Band. After the senior Cullum's passing in 1973, the band continued under Jim's leadership as the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. from http://www.oac.cdlib.org Clarinetist Jim Cullum Sr.'s Happy Jazz Band recorded several rewarding albums for their own Audiophile and Happy Jazz labels in the 1960s. The "San" Antonio-based band in 1965 featured the leader, his son Jim Cullum Jr. on cornet, trombonist Gene McKinney, and a fine four-piece banjo/tuba rhythm section. The younger Cullum would gradually improve in power and range during the next couple decades, but he was already a fine cornetist. The group lives up to its name on such Dixieland standards as "Fidgety read more...