FRIENDS OF RIVERWALK JAZZ SPONSOR NATION-WIDE RADIO BROADCAST OF 2002 SACRAMENTO JAZZ JUBILEE

Classic Jazz is alive and well mostly because of festivals staged all across the country. The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee held annually on Memorial Day Weekend--and the model for jazz festivals for over 29 years--once again invited The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and Riverwalk Jazz to record nine fabulous shows for national broadcast this summer.

The taping sessions will take place in downtown Sacramento during the Jubilee on Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25 at the beautifully restored Crest Theatre. The site that the Crest Theatre sits on has housed a theater since 1912, starting with the Empress, a vaudeville theater which opened in 1913. The second, The Hippodrome, was originally a vaudeville house which converted to a motion picture theater in the late 1920s. In 1946, the Hippodrome interior was demolished and the Crest was built inside the Hippodrome building shell. The theater showcased films for thirty years until it closed in 1979. In 1986, the theater was re-opened, and in 1995 received a one million dollar restoration featuring a fabulous gold leaf Art Deco interior, bringing Sacramento's last picture palace back to its glittery 1940s appearance.

SCHEDULE OF RIVERWALK JAZZ TAPINGS AND GUEST ARTISTS:

FRIDAY, MAY 24

Pennies From Heaven: The Lyrics of Johnny Burke

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and guest vocalist Rebecca Kilgore.

   
Rebecca Kilgore

A Night at the Movies with Irving Berlin

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and guest vocalist Rebecca Kilgore.

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band 40th Anniversary

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band celebrates 40 years on the San Antonio Riverwalk.

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

SATURDAY, MAY 25

Richard Rodgers 100th Birthday Bash

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and guest vocalist Nina Ferro.

Nina Ferro

Tribute to Harry Warren

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and guest trombonist Russ Phillips.

Russ Phillips

The Music of Stephane Grappelli

Paul Mehling, Evan Price, and The Hot Club of San Francisco.

 
The Hot Club of San Francisco

The Legacy of Trumpeter Lu Watters

John Gill and The Yerba Buena Stompers celebrate the San Francisco Revival jazz style of the great Yerba Buena Jazz Band.

The Yerba Buena Stompers

7:30-8:30 PM

Oh! Peter: The Rhythmakers

Trumpeter Duke Heitger, multi-instrumentalist Clint Baker and The Jim Cullum Jazz Band salute The Rhythmakers, a hot 1932 recording band that paired clarinetist Pee Wee Russell with trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen.

Duke Heitger

Celebrating the Benny Goodman Sextet  

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with guest clarinetist Allan Vaché and saxophonist Harry Allen

Allan Vaché  

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