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Riverwalk Jazz
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Sundays at 8pm
September Program
Line Up
2008
Week of 9/4/08 Jimmy McPartland:
Hot Jazz & Good Times
In historic radio
interviews, Jazz Age cornetist Jimmy McPartland,
recalls growing up on Chicago’s west side and
meeting and playing with Bix Beiderbecke in the
Wolverines. Musical guests joining The Jim
Cullum Jazz Band on the bandstand include,
clarinetist Evan Christopher, pianist Dick
Hyman, and Vince Giordano on bass sax.
Week of 9/11/08
Peeking Through the Keyhole: Salute to
Bandleader Don Albert
Trumpeter Don Albert and His Orchestra
spent the years between 1930 and 1940 on the
road, making their way through 37 states as one
of the top ‘territory’ bands of the Swing Era.
A spectacular 12-piece Jim Cullum Jazz Band, and
special guest Vernel Bagneris celebrate their
music along with that of Boots & His Buddies.
Week of 9/18/08
Licorice Stick Gumbo: The Masters of New Orleans
Clarinet
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and
special guest, clarinet dynamo Evan Christopher,
spotlight the rich legacy of jazz clarinet
players from the Crescent City.
Week of 9/25/08 Women of the Harlem
Renaissance
The music of Duke
Ellington, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, and
Willie 'the Lion' Smith provides the backdrop
for a look at the queens who held court during
the Harlem Renaissance. They include poets,
gossip columnists, and heiresses to some of
America’s largest fortunes.
