[Dixielandjazz] R.I.P. TOM BENGTSSON

[Jazzman joe]

TO THE DJML MEMBERSHIP.............TOM BENGTSSON ALIAS "DIXIELAND TOM" HAS PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY MARCH 4,2013 AT HIS HOME IN MENLO PARK,CA. TOM WAS 83 YEARS OLD.....

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING TOM FOR NEARLY FIFTEEN YEARS,WE HAD ATTENDED THE SACRAMENTO JAZZ JUBILEE,THE SAN DIEGO JAZZ FESTIVAL AND THE BIX BEIDERBECKE JAZZ FESTIVAL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TOGETHER......WE WERE VERY CLOSE AND KEPT IN CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AT LEAST EVERY WEEK FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS...

...PER HIS WISHES THE BODY WILL BE CREMATED . TOM LEAVES THREE DAUGHTER'S WENDY IN MENLO PARK,AND JEANETTE AND AMANDA IN IDAHO....


SADLY,

JOE LYNCH.............JAZZMAN JOE.................JAZZMNJOE at AOL.COM   5159643477..