[Dixielandjazz] Vale Marek Boym

[Bill Haesler]

> On 2 Apr 2021, at 11:36 PM, frankfarb at aol.com wrote:
> Regret to inform you that our good friend, Marek Boym passed last Tuesday, March 31, a few days after his 80th birthday.  He had battled pancreatic cancer for several months.  

Dear Frank and DJML Listmates.
Oh no! 
What a shock.
I was wondering why we had not heard from Marek since late January 2021.
I 'met' him shortly after I joined the List about 1999, shortly after I bought my first Apple Mac computer.

> Marek was truly a one of kind.  His encyclopedic knowledge of our music was beyond belief. As I tell it "Marek could not only name the main instrumentalist but also name all the side-men in an obscure recording!".

And knew what jazz he liked. And what he didn't. <big grin>

> He was the founder of our Thursday night Jazz listening group here in Israel....
> We will miss him.

I certainly will. 
We talked a lot off-list. About Jazz, discography and lots of other interesting things. Including beer.
An amazing man.
Kind regards,
Bill.