THE JIM CULLUM JAZZ BAND
(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS)

Jim Cullum - Cornet
Ron Hockett - Clarinet
Kenny Rupp - Trombone
Jim Turner - Piano
Howard Elkins - Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
Don Mopsick - Bass
Mike Waskiewicz - Drums

THE JIM CULLUM JAZZ BAND (San Antonio TX)   While attending college, Jim Cullum and his clarinetist father, the late Jim Cullum Sr, formed a seven-piece traditional group they called the Happy Jazz Band.  Soon after a group of San Antonio business leaders established The Landing, a jazz club on the San Antonio Riverwalk, as a showcase for the Happy Jazz Band.  Under Jim Jr.'s direction the band evolved into a nationally acclaimed professional company known as The Jim Cullum Jazz Band.  Boasting 45 record albums of traditional jazz, the group has performed with a great number of jazz luminaries and at many famous venues including Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center.

In 1990, Jim Cullum along with Margaret Moos Pick, under the auspices of Texas Public Radio, created the high-profile radio show Riverwalk, Live from the Landing.  Riverwalk features the great jazz music of the early 20th century and the jazz luminaries who best extol the music.  Riverwalk is distributed by Public Radio International and is broadcast on over 200 stations nationwide.

A new member of this group is Jim Turner on piano who joined the band in March of 2003.  To read the biographies of each of the members of the band, visit their website at www.landing.com.

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band has been one of the groups at Summit Jazz each year since 1983!