What a beautiful and inspiring story!! Best wishes to you and your
family.
On Mar 26, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Jon Sinigaglia wrote:

> Dear friends
>
> Please allow me this indulgence to tell you of a very personal
> story that means a ton to me and I hope will have some significance
> to you guys as well. If not, apologies in advance for taking your
> time...
>
> Last year in the summer I discovered that my lady was pregnant. As
> a present, I decided to take her to her favourite place in the
> world - Marrakech.
>
> It was a surprise trip.
>
> On the 9th September I flew her out there and on the 10th we
> celebrated her birthday.
>
> On the 11th I decided to go to an internet cafe to check my emails
> and was greeted with the dreadful news of Joe's passing away from us.
>
> The next few minutes were a blur - as I am sure the were for you
> guys as well.
>
> About 15 minutes later my incredible lady looked at me and said
> that if I wanted we could name our son after Joe. Coming from
> someone who listens to Irish folk music for spiritual nourishment
> and never really understood what Joe was about, I was so deeply
> touched - as you can imagine.
>
> We had already chosen a name for our son - Teiki - so rather than
> give him Zawinul as a middle name (sinigaglia is complicated
> enough!!), we decided to call him Teiki-Joe.
>
> Well last Easter Sunday at 0241 in the morning Teiki-Joe was born
> into this world.
>
> He was barely one day old when I took my iPod to the hospital
> along with some speakers. The little lad was a little restless, as
> you would be when you are one day old!. I plugged the iPod into the
> speakers and looked at my lady. Without a word I knew she
> understood what I needed to do. I scrolled the wheel to Badia on
> the Brown Street CD and let it play.
>
> Incredibly Teiki-Joe calmed right down. I didn't stop crying for 15
> minutes it was so moving.
>
> It will - forever - be the first piece of music he has ever
> listened to. And the first of many times he will encounter Joe's
> incredible music.
>
> It is down to us all to spread the life, energy and beauty that Joe
> brought to us all. Sadly Teiki-Joe will never have the opportunity
> of meeting Joe personally, but maybe a little of his enthusiasm for
> life and music will continue.
>
> Keep well everyone and many thanks for your understanding.
>
> Jon (and Teiki-Joe)
>
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