Karen Beatton, Publisher of Karen’s DixieJazz Beat, has Died.

Ed. Note: If you have a picture of Karen, even in a crowd, please email it to joe.syncopatedtimes@gmail.com for use on this post and in our January print issue. Karen Beatton died peacefully December 10th after a fight with cancer. She was a classic jazz superfan who attended scores of festivals and events, cruises and weekly meetups. She helped to host many jazz events in the Los Angeles area. She was familiar to many from Karen's DixieJazz Beat, a newsletter guide to jazz happenings in Southern California and beyond, that she has been compiling for many years. It has often been a source of news later reported in The Syncopated Times. The following personal remembrance was posted by Laurie Whitlock on FB: I had to say godspeed to a long time Friend and Friend of Jazz as Karen Beatton lost her fight with the big C on Monday as she slipped away quietly in her sleep. Karen was a Southern California Classic Jazz staple and she was beloved by so many in the jazz family. Always in the audience for her favorite band, and they had to be classic with a tuba in the rhythm section. She and I began a long friendship by attending the Wednesday night Pizza parlor sessions with the Jazzin' Babies holding court. The friendship grew with sharing at the San Diego Thanksgiving Festival, Pismo Beach and The Sacramento Jubilee, she never missed the Fresno Mardi Gras! And, of course the