Trumpeter Johnny Helms was a pillar of Columbia’s jazz scene for more than fifty years. A gifted musician from an early age, he was performing in local clubs by thirteen and leading his own band by sixteen. Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

Trumpeter Johnny Helms was a pillar of Columbia’s jazz scene for more than fifty years. A gifted musician from an early age, he was performing in local clubs by thirteen and leading his own band by sixteen. Visit southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz for full transcripts.

Trumpeter Johnny Helms was a pillar of Columbia’s jazz scene for more than fifty years. A gifted musician from an early age, he was performing in local clubs by thirteen and leading his own band by sixteen.&nbsp;Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

Johnny Helms

Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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