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Cullum's enthusiasm and passion for performing jazz led to his father coming out of retirement from the music industry in 1962 to form the Happy Jazz Band with him. The band's music was heavily influenced by the hot jazz ensembles of the 1920s and '30s. In 1963, the
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crowds of 1968, the
Cullums sold their grocery business, and devoted themselves full-time to music. Happy Jazz and its successor band performed at The Landing five or six nights a week for the next four and a half decades. Cullum Jr. took over leadership of the band after his father died in 1973. At
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lifestyle by one jazz publication. He remained active even after the radio show and his longstanding residency at The
Landing ended in 2012. In his final years, he appeared in weekly performances at the Cookhouse Restaurant in San Antonio and scheduled many other appearances with his band. His last
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on several occasions, and for 25 years broadcast weekly live performances on over 200 radio stations in the US. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band performed over 300 jazz masses at houses of worship across the United States during its more than four-decade run. The group recorded for
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at the age of fourteen from a pawn shop for seven dollars. While attending Alamo
Heights High School, Cullum played with a small jazz ensemble where his father would occasionally sit in on
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archives, comprising over 400 radio show programs. In
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established on the
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The Jim Cullum Jazz Band was an acoustic seven-piece traditional jazz ensemble. The band broadcast weekly performances from The
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who led the Happy Jazz Band from 1962 to 1973. Jim Cullum Jr. led the Jim Cullum Jazz Band as its successor. His band mates included
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public performance was just two days before his death. Cullum died on August 11, 2019, at his residence in San
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