IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHRIS.
TWIN CITY'S FAMILY SAYING
GOOD-BYE TO A MAN WITH MANY
TALENTS.
A GIFTED MUSICIAN AND A
BRILLIANT SCIENTIST.
HE WAS A QUIET PERSON.
NOT A BIG TALKER.
HE ONLY SPOKE WHEN HE ACTUALLY
HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.
JIM LIVED IN SHORE VIEW AND
A RESEARCH PHYSICIST AT A
COMPUTER COMPANY CALLED UNIVAC.
ANGELA DISCOVERED IN THIS
WEEK'S LIFE STORY, HE LEFT HIS
MARK ON SCIENCE AND MUSIC IN
MANY WAYS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND
JIM ON MANY NIGHTS PLAYING THE
SAX PHONE OR TRUMPET IN THE
PIG'S EYE JAZZ BAND.
HE STARTED THE BAND IN 1961
BY ENCOURAGING HIS COWORKERS TO
PICK UP THEIR INSTRUMENTS
AGAIN.
HE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO PLAY
TRADITIONAL JAZZ KNOWN AS DIXIE
LAND.
HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT
AND KEEPING LIVE MUSIC THRIVING
AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE
CONTINUED TO LEARN TO PLAY
MUSIC.
GYM PLAYED WITH OTHER GROUPS
LIKE THE MOLDY FIGS, RED BEAN
ANDS RICE BAND, AND THE GAS
FELL BAND.
HE WAS VERY -- GOSPEL BAND.
HE WAS VERY METHODICAL ABOUT
IT STAYING TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL
CREATORS OF JAZZ AND IMLATING
THEM AND PRACTICING SO YOU
COULD SOUND LIKE THEY DID.
JIM'S WIFE NANCY SOMETIMES
SANG IN HIS BANDS.
SHE HAS A STACK OF HIS
RECORDINGS.
NANCY SAYS AS MUCH AS HE LOVED
JAZZ, JIM LOVED PHYSICS AND
SPENT MOST OF HIS 30 YEARS
RESEARCHING WAYS TO ADVANCE
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
MOST OF WHAT HE DID HAD TO
DO WITH MAKING COMPUTERS FASTER
AND HAVE MORE MEMORY.
JIM WAS AN INVENTOR, HE'S
THE GUY THAT CAME UP WITH
SOMETHING CALLED IMAGE ROTATING
DE-FRACTION GRADING.
THIS PLAQUE SHOWS THE PATENT
FOR IT.
HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
ACCOMPLISHING 40 PATENTS IN HIS
LIFETIME, WHICH WAS PRETTY
UNBELIEVABLE.
HE'S ALWAYS WORKING ON
SOMETHING NEW AND GAVE HIM MORE
ENERGY I THINK.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO 4 NEWS.
AND AFTER HE RETIRED, JIM
VOLUNTEERED AT PATRICK HENRY
AND COLUMBIA HEIGHTS HIGH
SCHOOL WORKING WITH BAND
STUDENTS ON HOW TO IMPROVISE.
HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 80.
DONATION CANS BE MADE AT THE
