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Jim Cullum Band at Annies
Every night should be like Thursday night at Annies. Place was packed. Tables were hopped. Appetites were sated.
Why the commotion? Jim Cullum’s jazz band played. Cullum, who entertained Louis Armstrong and lit up the White House during President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s administration, nurtures special ties to Austin. The San Antonio frontman (pictured center) is related to several key local connectors, who spread the world about Cullum’s four-night residency at the Congress Avenue bistro.
Bonnie Cullum and Robert Nash
Our table alone included theatrical director Bonnie Cullum, professional connector Robert Nash and partner Paul Simmons, writer and jazz promoter Dean Lofton, social angel Christine Perrault Moline, power blogger Chris Apollo Lynn (dressed as if lolling around Paris of the ’30s), new-to-me Michele Foster and Earl Lundquist, a jazz blogger.
Dean Lofton and Michele Foster
Bouncing to the Dixieland sounds elsewhere at Annies were drink entrepreneur Clayton Christopher, prodigal returnee Adam Ayres, cafe owner Love Nance, peripatetic Charles Gentry, recent acquaintance Frank Rivera, and many others recognizable to followers of this column.
Frank Rivera and Chris Apollo Lynn
The music? What can I say? As authentic as New Orleans gumbo (a dish prepared to perfection, by the way, by NOLA expats Moline and husband Terrence Moline at their house recently!)
Cullum returns Jan. 27, Feb. 3 and Feb. 17, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. There’s no cover charge, but one must order food from the simplified menu.
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By Dean Lofton
January 22, 2011 3:58 PM | Link to this
Thanks for being there Michael! Annie's is a another great place in Austin for jazz. Since, sadly, no radio stations in Austin carry Jim Cullum's Riverwalk, a nationally syndicated show, it was really a treat to hear this band live.