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Descriptive Summary Title: Jim Cullum Collection Dates: 1942-2007 Dates: Bulk, 1961-1971 Collection number: ARS0036 Creator: Cullum, Jim Collection size: 35 boxes: open reel tapes, audiocassettes, videocassettes, eight tracks, phonograph records, compact discs, etc. Repository: Archive of Recorded Sound Abstract: The Happy Jazz Band was formed in 1962 by Jim Cullum with his son, Jim Cullum, Jr. in San Antonio, Texas. Devoted to jazz from between the World Wars, the Happy Jazz Band was perhaps the foremost exponent of Dixieland in the Southwest. Jim Cullum, Jr. continued the band after his father passed as the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The Jim Cullum collection consists of tape recordings of the Happy Jazz Band and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and covers over thirty years of the band's performances. In addition, the collection contains performances by other noteworthy performers including Jack Teagarden and Bobby Hackett, as well as lesser known, but important jazz musicians from Texas, such as cornetist Garner Clark. Language of Material: English Access Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance. Publication Rights Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound. Preferred Citation Jim Cullum Collection, ARS-0036. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Source The Jim Cullum Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Jim Cullum, Jr. in 2008. Sponsor This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Scope and Contents The Jim Cullum Collection consists of audio and video recordings of traditional jazz revivalism in Texas. 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. The group still plays today, and the collection contains compact discs and a DVD of recent recordings. Among the thousand-plus tapes in the collection, Cullum chose to have digitally transferred certain reels he felt were of the highest priority, highlighting undersung regional players such as cornetist (and family friend) Garner Clark and pianists Peck Kelley and Son Harrell. In order to get a better sense of the collection's contents, these transferred tapes are listed below. Other lesser known groups represented in the collection include the Bourbon Street Bums, the Dixie Ramblers, the Rubber City Retreads, the Crawford-Ferguson Night Owls, and Johnny Wigs and Bayou Stompers. More familiar musicians, such as Jack Teagarden, Bobby Hackett, Baby Dodds, Turk Murphy, and Knocky Parker, are also present. A substantial portion of the collection belongs to performances by the Happy Jazz Band, including tape masters, live recordings, and radio broadcasts on WOAI and WWL (many of which are remotes from The Landing, a San Antonio club which has hosted their residency since they began). There are also interviews, including the Cullums on Voice of America in 1969, commercial releases (almost all Happy Jazz and the JCJB), and dubbed copies of commercial releases. There is a paper contents listing available at the Archive. Transferred tapes Selected tapes digitized by request of donor: Harold Duke Dejan's Olympia Brass Band: Explanation of Funeral Procession, etc. 1971 ; Son Harrell: Blues, Sweet Lorraine ; Bobby Hackett: Marko Piano Solo, Riverboat Shuffle, Shreveport Stomp, Winin' Boy 1972 ; Hackett: Westmoreland Weave, Everybody Loves My Baby, etc. 1972 ; Garner Clark no. 2 ; Son Harrell: ARS0036 2
Sweet Loraine; Peck Kelly: You Took Advantage of Me, Body and Soul ; Garner Clark: How Come You Do Me, Angry, If I could Be with You 1953; Hackett: Live at the Landing; Smile, Loss Butterfly, etc. 1972 ; Curtis Hurn ; Happy Jazz Band Rehearsal for record 1963 ; Jim Cullum Jazz Band Central City, Colo. 1981 ; Terrace and Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz Band 1962 ; Garner Clark no. 22: Wolverine Blues, Basin St. Blues 1953 ; Garner Clark no. 26: Tin Roof Blues, Jazz Me Blues, Royal Garden Blues 1951 ; Happy Jazz Band & Paul Crawford: San Antonio Jazz Society 1962 ; Garner Clark with Chuck Carroll and James: White Rock Terrace 1953 ; Hackett: Memphis Blues 1972 ; Hackett 1972 ; Hackett, Kevin Hess, Speed, Pryor, Mark 1972 ; Hackett and Happy Jazz Band: Strutting with Some Barbecue, New Orleans, etc. 1972 ; Garner Clark and Terrance; Happy Jazz Band on Shadow Land 1962 ; Son Harrell: Who's Sorry Now, When A Woman Loves a Man ; Happy Jazz Band; WOAI Live from the Landing 1964 ; Garner Clark no. 21: Muskrat Ramble, Peg o' My Heart, Milenburg Joys 1953 ; Garner Clark no. 25: Jada, Ballin' the Jack, Da Da Strain 1951 ; Curtis Hurt, Jim Cullum, CWR, Cliff Brewtin, Bob McClender ; Don Albert Recalls Music Of New Orleans - Southwest Jazz Foundation 1961 ; Curtis Hurt, Garner Clark, Jim Cullum Sr., etc.: Put your Arms Around Me, Jazz Me Blues, etc. ; Garner Clark no. 4: Sister Kate, Black and Blue, I Want to Be Happy, etc. 1953 ; Garner Clark no. 6: Wolverine Blues, Basin St. Blues, I Found a New Baby, etc. 1951 ; Garner Clark no. 15: Ballin' the Jack, Ain't She Sweet, Jazz Band Ball 1953 ; Garner Clark and Mel Torme: Tin Roof Blues, Boogie in C, etc. 1953 ; White Rock Terrace 1962 ; Bonnie and Geo. C. 1966 ; Mike Wallace Show ; Garner Clark no. 28 at the VFW, Dallas: Fidgety Feet 1951 ; Jesse James, Jim Cullum Sr., Cliff Brewton, etc.: China Bay and Shine from Record no. 2 1942 ; Teagarden: Dallas Jam Session. Indexing Terms Cullum, Jim, Sr. Cullum, Jim Happy Jazz Band. Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Dixieland music Jazz Texas 1. Open Reel Tape Physical Description: 27 boxes Box 1 1-38 Physical Description: 38 7" open reel tapes Box 2 39-74 Box 3 75-111 Box 4 112-148 Box 5 149-185 ARS0036 3
1. Open Reel Tape 186-223 Box 6 186-223 Box 7 224-259 Box 8 260-295 Box 9 296-332 Box 10 333-369 Box 11 371-406 Box 17 543-561 Physical Description: 19 10.5" open reel tapes Box 14 488-506 Physical Description: 19 10.5" open reel tapes Box 12 407-442 Box 13 443-485 Physical Description: 38 open reel tapesthree 3" ; five 4" ; eighteen 5" ; seventeen 7" Box 15 507-525 Physical Description: 19 10.5" open reel tapes Box 16 525-542 Physical Description: 18 10.5" open reel tapes Box 18 562-567, 570, 595, 600-610 Physical Description: 18 open reel tapes: ten 7" ; seven 10.5" ; one 2" master ARS0036 4
1. Open Reel Tape 562-567, 570, 595, 600-610 Box 19 611-648 Physical Description: 38 open reel tapes: one 5" ; thirty-seven 7" Box 20 649-683 Physical Description: 37 open reel tapes: four 5" ; thirty-three 7" Box 21 684-724 Physical Description: 42 open reel tapes: five 3" ; one 5" ; thirty-six 7" Box 22 725-741 Physical Description: 17 open reel tapes: five 7" ; seven 10.5" ; four 1/2" masters, one 2" master Box 23 742-780 Physical Description: 39 mixed media: thirty-six 7" open reel tapes ; three 8 tracks (two sample/test releases, one commercial release by Cullum) Box 24 782-792 Physical Description: 11 open reel tapes: six 10.5" ; two 1/2" masters ; three 2" masters Box 26 793-798, 826, 828-832, 835-838, 1020-1042 Physical Description: 37 open reel tapes: one 3" ; four 5" ; thirty-two 7" Box 32, Audio 36 1046-1072, 1091-1092, 1107-1113, 1124, 1126 (in Box 36) 1132-1134 Physical Description: 44 open reel tapes: one 5" ; forty-two 7" ; one 10.5" Box 34 1023-1024, 1078, 1093, 1096-1100, 1102, 1105 Physical Description: 13 10.5" open reel tapes 2. Audiocassettes Physical Description: 6 boxes Box 27 816, 844-878 Box 28 879-914 ARS0036 5
2. Audiocassettes 915-937 Box 29 915-937 Box 30 938-974 Physical Description: 38 audiocassettes Box 31 974-1007 Box 33 1008-1017, 1072-1078, 1114 Physical Description: 17 mixed media: sixteen audiocassettes, one DAT 3. Video Physical Description: 1 box Box 25 799-825, 833-834, 1115-1119 Physical Description: 34 videocassettes: thirty-three VHS ; one U-Matic 4. Discs Box 35 1019, 1021, 1028, 1084, 1086, 1088, 1090, 1129-1131 Physical Description: 10 vinyl discs: 7" 45 rpm Audio 36 Instantaneous discs Physical Description: 13 instantaneous discs: six 10" ; seven 12" Scope and Contents 10" discs: The Chordsmen and Happy Jazz Band (Mastersound, San Antonio) ; Charlie Carl- Big Fat Mama/Woodchopper (Duodisc) ; Hindustan/Struttin' with Some B (Audio Devices) ; New Orleans/Swanee (Audio Devices) ; Bugle Call Rag/Stumbling (Audio Devices) ; Dee Bell (Music City Recorders 12" discs: I Found a New Baby/It Had to be You, Roses of Arcady (RCA) ; Isle of Capri/Song of the Islands (Sound Recording Studios, Dallas) ; I Can't Give You Anything but Love/No. 50 Blues (Sound Recording Studios, Dallas) ; 2 unlabeled Presto ; Moonlight on the Ganges/Blue Lou, The Sheik (RCA) ; Georgia/Sweet Lorraine (RCA) Audio 36 Happy Jazz Band (Happy Jazz Records AP-87) [no cover] ; three white-label test pressings Physical Description: 4 12" vinyl discs ARS0036 6
5. Optical media Box 25 5. Optical media Physical Description: 8 mixed media: seven compact discs ; one DVD Scope and Contents Seven unnumbered compact disc recordings of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band including Riverwalk Live from the Landing CD series RW CD-1, 3-6, 8-9, and one DVD recording of 2007 Concert Highlights. Box 35 6. Notes on recordings (photocopies, inserts from tape boxes, etc.) Physical Description: 12 folders ARS0036 7