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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: The Saxophone In Early New Orleans Jazz

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: The Saxophone In Early New Orleans Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band joins forces with saxophonists Kim Cusack, Vince Giordano, Brian Ogilvie and others to explore the music of early jazz saxophone masters. Our own Ron Hockett shows off his saxophone chops while his clarinet duties are covered by Allan Vaché and Evan Christopher. Bass saxophonist Vince Giordano ...

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Fats, Hoagy And W.C. Handy This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Fats, Hoagy And W.C. Handy This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

This week Riverwalk Jazz explores the rich legacy of three jazz heroes whose work has inspired The Jim Cullum Jazz Band through the years—Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael and the blues-driven work of W.C. Handy. Series favorites Vernel Bagneris, Topsy Chapman and Shelly Berg join the band on the stage of Pearl Stable, a century-old limestone horse ...

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Charlie Christian's Riffs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Charlie Christian's Riffs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week Riverwalk Jazz salutes Benny Goodman's pioneering Sextet featuring the early electric guitarist Charlie Christian. Our guests are both life-long devotees of the Benny Goodman Sextet. Clarinetist Allan Vaché and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen join Cullum band reedman Ron Hockett on “Swinging on a Riff: The Legacy of the Benny Goodman Sextet." The program is ...

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The Music of President Lester Young This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

The Music of President Lester Young This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Vernel Bagneris and Topsy Chapman paint a picture of Lester Young's life based on his own first-person accounts and those of musicians who knew him. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, with tenor saxophonists Brian Ogilvie and Ron Hockett, offer their homage to the “President of Tenor Sax." The program is distributed ...


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