| Don Mopsick | |
|---|---|
| Forums name: | mophandl |
| Directory category: | Musician (bass) |
| Organization/Affiliation: | Jim Cullum Jazz Band |
| Description: | Bassist with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band at the Landing jazz club in San Antonio, TX. Web content developer and education curriculum developer for the Riverwalk Jazz public radio series, editor/writer of Jazz Me News newsletter. |
| User since: | December 19, 2007 |
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Don Mopsick is the bassist with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band in San Antonio, TX. He joined the band in 1991. The JCJB appears in its own public radio series, Riverwalk Jazz, created in 1989.
Don has recorded Riverwalk shows with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, Linda Hopkins, Joe Williams, Dick Hyman, Bob Barnard, Bob Wilber, Harry Allen, Vernel Bagneris, William Warfield, Sweets Edison, Dan Barrett, Kenny Davern, Johnny Frigo, Savion Glover, Rebecca Kilgore, Stephanie Nakasian, Nicholas Payton, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Ralph Sutton, Banu Gibson, Vince Giordano, and many others.
Born in New Jersey, Don studied at Rutgers University and the Manhattan School of Music. Before joining Cullum, he free-lanced in New York and Florida, appearing with Howard Alden, Mousey Alexander, Dan Barrett, John Bunch, Pete Christleib, Al Cohn, Richie Cole, Kenny Davern, Buddy DeFranco, Terry Gibbs, Don Goldie, Scott Hamilton, Eddie Higgins, Don Lamond, Buddy Morrow (with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra), Ken Peplowski, Flip Phillips, Red Rodney, Bob Rosengarden, Ira Sullivan, Clark Terry, Warren Vaché Jr. and Joe Wilder.
For the Riverwalk Jazz series, Don develops content for individual shows, the website, and the newsletter Jazz Me News. He also is the Curriculum Developer for a Riverwalk Jazz education project for grades 3-5.
Website www.riverwalkjazz.org
