[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Don Kinch RIP Correct Date June 28, 2011

[Rick Campbell]

Of course I meant June 28, 2011. --RC

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> From: Rick Campbell <ricksax at comcast.net>
> Date: July 23, 2011 8:51:50 PM PDT
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Don Kinch RIP
>
> Dear Listmates,
>
> This is bit of a puzzle to me.
>
> Don Kinch, celebrated cornetist and bass player, passed away on July  
> 28 at age 94 in Portland, Oregon. He is survived by his third wife  
> Patty Bagan Kinch and two sons from an earlier marriage.
>
> Yet, he expressed a desire to have no services, no local obituary,  
> and no fuss. It has been very difficult to research.
>
> Those of us who knew him in Oregon are in a terrible dilemma: he was  
> one of the finest trad jazz cornet players of his time, and later  
> one of the finest bass players (tuba, helicon, and upright), and  
> later one of the most respected lutiers, specializing in damage to  
> string basses, on the West Coast.
>
> I have forwarded Hal Smith's write-up on Don from the Frisco Jazz  
> Society to the American Rag, which details his early involvement  
> with the Firehouse Five, then the Castle Jazz Band, then Turk  
> Murphy, and finally his own Don Kinch and the Conductors band, which  
> I remember fondly. I am also in contact with his son Michael.
>
> My guess is that this mailing list would have many more things to  
> share about Don that would result in a quality tribute. I welcome  
> your postings.
>
> Should we say more, or simply let him fade away as he wished?
>
> Rick Campbell
> Milneburg Social Aid and Pleasure Society Jazz Band
> Portland, Oregon USA
> 503-701-7356
> ricksax at comcast.net
>

Rick Campbell
Milneburg Social Aid and Pleasure Society Jazz Band
Portland, Oregon USA
503-701-7356
ricksax at comcast.net