The Landing Jazz Club The late coronet whiz Jim Cullum Jr. ran this longtime club dedicated to keeping the swinging sounds of Dixieland jazz alive. Considered the River Walk’s first nightclub, the site also hosted a radio show called Riverwalk Jazz, which was carried on public radio stations around the country. Credit: Jeff Salzgeber

Fans, friends and family will have one last time to say goodbye to San Antonio jazz giant Jim Cullum this weekend.

A public memorial for the cornetist will take place at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, August 31, at 2 p.m. The tribute will include a musical sendoff from past and present members of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band plus jam sessions following the memorial.

Cullum was internationally celebrated for helping preserve Dixieland and swing, even as other jazz musicians abandoned traditional styles. Over a nearly 60-year career, he performed alongside luminaries such as Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Benny Goodman.

Cullum also founded the Landing, the San Antonio River Walk’s first nightclub, and was the namesake performer on Riverwalk Jazz, a long-running music program syndicated to public radio stations nationwide.

The musician died in San Antonio on August 11 at age 77.

Doors for the free event open at 1 p.m.

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX

(210) 223-8624

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This article appears in College Guide 2019.

Sanford Nowlin is editor-in-chief of the San Antonio Current. He holds degrees from Trinity University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, and his work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative...