[Dixielandjazz] Jim Leigh obituary

[Ken Gates]

http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/another-jazz-father-gone-jim-leigh-june-18-2012/

The link is to the obituary of Jim Leigh.  My memories of him are from
occasional
visits to a restaurant in Claremore (30 or so miles east of LA)  where he
and various
configurations would play OKOM on twice a month Thursday evenings.  I highly
recommend his autobiography mentioned in the link.  The publisher's website
is
www.Xlibris.com   Turk Murphy alumni will probably post some
interesting information
about his time in the Northern California jazz scene.

Ken Gates