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<p>Indeed, Jim; Jude and I have pleasant memories of meeting you and
Orla in Madrid (an alarming number of years ago now), visiting
your club and even sitting in on a number, as I recall. Of course
we know Marek, having met him in places as far apart as Bude in
Cornwall and Kecskemét, Hungary, and admire his passion for jazz
(though his taste is a little narrower than ours; after all I
called my younger son Miles <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>:-)</span></span>).</p>
<p>And, while paying tribute to this list, let's not forget the
wonderful and much-missed Bill Gunter, who with his wife Bev
became good friends and opened many doors for us on our visits to
the US. More doors were opened by Bill Haesler and Ross Anderson
(both, I'm glad to say still with us), on our 2015 trip to
Australia. The DJML has certainly enriched our lives beyond
measure. Long may it continue.<br>
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<p>Tony<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/05/17 10:41, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jim@kashprod.com">jim@kashprod.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yes. Once again, this
list, DJML has shown itself to be an “Ambassador of Jazz” on
the world scene, having brought myself & my wife into
direct friendship (as opposed to only on-line) with our
Israeli listmate Marek and his wife Nitza. As you all know
by his postings, Marek is a great guy (my wife would say “a
lovely chap”!), and we had 3 nice evenings full of food,
wine & jazz only because of this list! Nitza is not a
jazz fan, but kindly (as most loving partners do) puts up
with Marek’s interests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Marek was able to chat
with our trumpeter, Evgeniy in Russian, American English
with me, British English with my wife, and even had a go
with some Spanish with various waiters. They plan to visit
Armenia in the near future, prompted hopefully by our tales
of the culture we saw while visiting that country. They
have already been in contact with a travel agent we know
there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Marek & Nitza are
great travelers, so if they happen to appear in any one of
your various ports, be sure to make contact. Albeit, they
are not performing artists themselves, they are definitely
“artists” in the true sense of the word, and you will be in
for a very enjoyable encounter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jim, in Madrid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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