[Dixielandjazz] Jim Leigh obituary

[Marek Boym]

Another one!
I corresponded with him for a while, and even made him some recordings
of the Polish Jazz Band Ball Orchestra whose trombonist, Marek
Michalak, he admired.  But by then he was hospitalized and had no
mailing address, and the correspondence was never resumed.  Actually,
he wrote me because of my name, and asked whether I was that trombone
player - he had never heard the name Marek in another context.
A good player and a good leader.  I have two double albums by his
Eldorado Jazz Band (one he shares with Ev Farey), and the Gremoli one
on GHB.  lovely music!
Jim will be missed, but not forgotten!  I hope to play something in
his memory (and Graeme Bell's as well) at tomorrow's jazz evening.
Cheers

On 20 June 2012 19:58, Ken Gates <kwg915 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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