[78-L] Brian Rust RIP

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He was scheduled to appear at the IAJRC meeting in London in '05 but bowed out at the last minute. He was just not a very public person.
Why? Because there would no doubt be someone in the audience yelling out, "Why did you leave off the prefixrs of all those Victor matrices?"
 DJD
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From: Michael Biel [mailto:mbiel at mbiel.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2011 11:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Brian Rust RIP

I never got to meet him but I did try to tempt hi into coming to the 2001 ARSC/IASA conference in Lindon. I arranged a panel of the ARSC Lifetime Achievement Award winners but even that couldn't get him to travel to London. I wonder if he would have come if Queenie knighted him?Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.comOn 1/6/2011 11:56 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:> Brian took the time and was quick in helping budding discographers with> vexing questions about the field (like moi!). He was able to fill in> gaps in data and accepting of new info on material he'd researched years> before any of us were doing it.> I still hope he'll eventually be knighted for his work and service.> A couple of years ago he had to go into nursing care - some minor> strokes I was told - and that, in the end, the last thing he wanted to> talk about was discography!> So, a raised glass and a tip of the hat to Sir Brian!> He is certainly deserving of our honor.> Malcolm>> *******>> On 1/6/2011 5:07 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:>> Just read the following:>>>> Cary Ginell>>>>>>>>>> Mike Fitzgerald of the Jazz Research list has just sent an e-mail announcing>> that Brian Rust passed away in his sleep last night. He was 88.>>>> Jeff Sultanof >_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l