{"id":2839,"date":"2016-02-09T10:45:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T10:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?page_id=2839"},"modified":"2016-02-09T10:47:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T10:47:38","slug":"jim-jimbo-pack-10th-may-1932-16th-december-2015-photo-archivist-for-just-jazz-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?page_id=2839","title":{"rendered":"Jim  &#8216;Jimbo&#8217;  Pack     10th May 1932 \u2013 16th December 2015                            Photo archivist for Just Jazz Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">How sad to begin the New Year with the news of the passing of a dear friend to everyone.\u00a0 \u2018Jimbo\u2019, as he was affectionately known, was an absolute Star (with a capital S) in our jazz world.\u00a0 When he walked into a venue, he brought an absolute feeling of warmth.\u00a0 Few people have it, that immediate buzz to the air, that aura of presence and Jimbo was one of them. \u00a0He never showed anger, or gossiped about anyone and I\u2019m sure those of you who knew him will agree. \u00a0Keith and I have only known him personally for about thirty years.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">He first came to us at Badger\u2019s Mount Jazz Club (\u2018Eagles Nest\u2019), Polehill, Kent. \u00a0He was \u2018roadie\u2019 with Laurie Chescoe\u2019s Good Time Jazz and oh what days they were!\u00a0 That venue was razed to the ground for a car park, so we moved to Farnborough Jazz Club. \u00a0When \u2018Jimbo\u2019 appeared, he would join me on the \u2018mic\u2019 and tell some corker jokes. He was \u2018Sound and Lighting Technician\u2019 at many Jazz Weekends, plus Grand Marshall at many funerals of famous musicians, one of those, being dear ol\u2019 George Webb.\u00a0 I could mention lots more, but it would fill a book. I expect they needed him wherever we \u2018go\u2019 to!\u00a0 Who will take his place here, is what I want to know?\u00a0 No-one can, aye. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">Diane Pratt<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">Farnborough Jazz Club<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How sad to begin the New Year with the news of the passing of a dear friend to everyone.\u00a0 \u2018Jimbo\u2019, as he was affectionately known, was an absolute Star (with a capital S) in our jazz world.\u00a0 When he walked into a venue, he brought an absolute feeling of warmth.\u00a0 Few people have it, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":302,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2839","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2843,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2839\/revisions\/2843"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}