[Dixielandjazz] Rosolino discussion

[Mike C.]

Thanks for sharing that info.

I personally wouldn't call that failure so much as I would hard times.

Had Rosolino gone to Europe or somewhere else to make a living he 
wouldn't be the first nor the last.

Mike



Trumpetom at aol.com wrote:
> Just got off the phone with Uan Rasey. He says that Rosolino was either  very 
> up or very depressed. There weren't enough jazz gigs for Frank to make a  
> comfortable living. Also he had been mostly left out of the studio  recording 
> scene of movie soundtracks and legitimate music. The only prospects  for more 
> income was some uncertain jazz playing prospects in other countries. A  few weeks 
> before the tragedy Frank's girlfriend left him and his kids, taking  his only 
> car with her, never to return. He was very depressed, and poured out  his 
> guts as Rasey drove him around so he could take care of some personal  business. 
> Apparently nobody was surprised Rosolino went berserk. Tough to  imagine 
> someone as talented as he was being a failure!
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> Tom Loeb
> Riverside, CA
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