[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Sad news about Tom Jacobsen

[Charles Suhor]

Hello, Listmates— 

Some of you knew Tom from his four books about N.O. Jazz, or his writings for Mississippi Rag, Clarinet, and other journals. See the sad notice below. Do follow the link to his obituary—a remarkable man.

Charlie

> 
>> On Jan 19, 2017, at 12:07 PM, Thomas Jacobsen <twj1964 at gmail.com <mailto:twj1964 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Friends of Tom Jacobsen,
>> 
>> I am writing with a heavy heart to let you know that Tom died peacefully in his home on Sunday, January 15th surrounded by his family. He had been in home hospice care for close to a month dealing with the increasing challenges of multiple lung diseases. My sincere apologies for sending this message from Tom's account, but I want to ensure that it reaches you and doesn't end up in your spam folder. He asked that the news of his death be shared with this list and we are following his wishes.
>> 
>> While there is no public service scheduled at this time, Tom's family hopes to plan a memorial in New Orleans later this spring. His obituary can be found here:  https://www.stlouiscremation.com/obituary/thomas-w-jacobsen <https://www.stlouiscremation.com/obituary/thomas-w-jacobsen> and will soon be included in the New Orleans Times Picayune and Bloomington Herald Times.
>> 
>> Your friendship has been much appreciated and on behalf of Tom, we thank you.
>> 
>> With love and gratitude,
>> Sharyn Jacobsen    sjnola at gmail.com <mailto:sjnola at gmail.com>
>> Kirsten Jacobsen (Dunn) (daughter)     kijacobdunn at gmail.com <mailto:kijacobdunn at gmail.com>
>> Mark Jacobsen (son)    mark at dsboca.com <mailto:mark at dsboca.com>
>> _______________________________________

> Dear Sharyn, Kristen, and Mark,
> 
> This is deeply saddening. Though I spent little face-to-face time with Tom, we were in very close contact over the years as we exchanged thoughts on New Orleans musicians and music. I was grateful and flattered that he wrote two books that took my volume on postwar jazz forward to the present. He also wrote kindly about my late brother Don, a reedman like himself. His passing is a great loss to the jazz community and the larger fellowship of just plain good people. And to the field go archaeology, as I learned from the splendidly written obituary. Amazing. Thanks for that. My condolences and thoughts of peace and love go to you and all his family. 
> 
> Charlie Suhor
> 

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