[Dixielandjazz] Ernie Carson as a player

[L Patrick Briody]

Listmates,
  I'm certainly not as well-"listened" (versus "read" ) as most of the contributors to the "Top Ten" and specifically the subset Ernie Carson discussion.  I remember when Ernie was a contributor, although I'm not sure that is the correct word.  He did distinguish himself but not in a positive way.  Nevertheless, Having listened to his interpretations of tunes for many years, I feel that in many ways he epitomizes the trad jazz genre - rough and tumbled, aging, somewhat bitter, but not really depressed, e.g. "I like life, I'd like to do it again" from "Old Bones".  Celebrating my 70th birthday today with my twenty-one grandkids, I can relate to Ernie and his contribution to OKOM. 
  Regards,
  Pat
  

Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
  I agree with Dave Hanson and Jim Butler who proposed that one of Ernie's CDs
should be on the "10 list".

I only worked with him twice. Once with tuba/banjo and one with piano/double
bass rhythm sections. Was amazed at how he played both the lead and the
improvised solos. Very easy to play along side of. Complete knowledge of
lots of tunes and fantastic chordal knowledge. etc., etc., etc.

Yes, all the stories you hear about his personality quirks are probably
true, but the man played his ass off. No denying that.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

PS to Dave. I'll bet when he was living in Atlanta, he called you up more
than once at 4 in the morning to chat. :-) VBG. 


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