Jim Cullum Jazz Band

Jim Cullum Jazz Band
Origin	San Antonio, Texas, United States
Genres	Jazz
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Riverwalk Jazz, Stomp Off
Members	Jim Cullum, Jr. Evan Arntzen Mike Pittsley John Sheridan Howard Elkins Bernie Attridge Benji Bohannon
Past members	See members section
Website	jimcullum.com

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band is an acoustic seven-piece traditional jazz ensemble led by cornetist Jim Cullum, Jr. Since 1989, the band has been featured nationally on their weekly public radio series, Riverwalk Jazz. The band performed live at the Landing Jazz Club on the San Antonio River Walk from 1981 to 2011.

Happy Jazz Band

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band is the successor to the Happy Jazz Band, which was formed in 1962 by Cullum and his father, Jim. The next year, a group of San Antonio investors founded the Landing Jazz Club in the basement of the Nix Hospital building on the San Antonio River Walk. The Landing was the second business established on the Riverwalk after the Casa Rio Mexican restaurant. Cullum took over leadership of the band after his father died in 1973 and changed the name to the Jim Cullum Jazz Band.

The Mission City Hot Rhythm Cats, a six-piece traditional jazz band, is composed of several former members of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band.

Band members

Current members

• Jim Cullum, Jr. – cornet
• Evan Arntzen – clarinet, saxophone
• Mike Pittsley – trombone
• John Sheridan – piano
• Howard Elkins – banjo, guitar
• Bernie Attridge – bass
• Benji Bohannon – drums

Former members

• Don Mopsick – bass
• Ric Ramirez – bass
• Steve Pikal – bass
• Zack Sapunor – bass
• Mike Waskiewicz – drums
• Hal Smith – drums
• John Sheridan – piano
• Allan Vache – clarinet
• Brian Ogilvie – clarinet, saxophone
• Ron Hockett – clarinet, saxophone
• Evan Christopher – clarinet
• Jim Turner – piano
• Ed Torres – drums
• Kevin Dorn – drums
• Jack Wyatt – bass
• Jim Hunter – bass
• Kenny Rupp – trombone
• Randy Reinhart – cornet, trombone
• Brian Nalepka – tuba, st. bass, bass sax
• Ed Hubble – trombone
• Robert (Bobby) Black - banjo

External links

• Interview, June 11, 1980 (University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections)
• Interview, August 12, 1986 (University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections)
• Jim Cullum Collection (ARS.0036) (Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound)