Re: [Harp-L] Michael Polesky

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I loved Michael, sorry to hear it.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Words just can't express it, but I will say he was brilliant, one of a kind, and made beautiful music on that thing.
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> Here's a cut from the jazz harmonica summit dvd of Michael playing "Old Folks" that I hadn't previously posted. His playing on this says it all, at least for me:
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> http://youtu.be/xJGwKxaiArI
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> RIP my friend.
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> - Slim.
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> On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:41 AM, David Fairweather wrote:
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>> I'm very sad to inform you all that Michael Polesky passed last night
>> around 10:30 pm on November 25, 2011.   As many of you know,  Michael was
>> very sick with lung and liver cancer.  Although he was unable to attend
>> SPAH 2011 in Virginia last August where he received this years Award of
>> Merit,  Michael and his family did make the trip to the Garden State
>> Harmonica Festival in New Jersey last month where he delivered his last on
>> stage performances and received a nice round of applause.   He wanted you
>> all to know how very grateful and proud he was of the SPAH Award of Merit
>> and spoke frequently of his gratitude for it.    Michael is survived by his
>> wife Sherri and his daughter Marilyn.    In coming days and weeks I will
>> try to post links to his musical legacy, and I invite you all to do
>> likewise if you have any of his performances recorded.
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>> Peace.
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