[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Gilbert Erskine--A death notice and a query

[nvickers1 at cox.net]

To: DJML
From:  Charlie Suhor via Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola

Dear DJML listmates, please see this note from Charlie Suhor.  He has queries about Gilbert Erskine.
Help him if you can. Send copy directly to Charlie as well as DJML.  Thanks.

Norman


> To: Norman Vickers <nvickers1 at cox.net>
> From: Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net>
> Subject: Gilbert Erskine--A death notice and a query
> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:07:22 -0500
> 
> Hello, Norm—
> 
> This is an unusual request, but I hope that someone on your list or the 
> DJML group (if you’ll send this on) can help. I was saddened to learn 
> on Monday after an internet search that Gilbert Erskine, an old friend 
> and the last surviving founder of the New Orleans Jazz Club (1948), 
> died last December in Malone, New York. He never told folks there about 
> his life as a jazz writer and scholar, although he was active until the 
> end. I’m doing a bio/obit to send to you and other jazz communities in 
> N.O. and elsewhere.
> 
> I’d like to wrap it up by Tuesday morning with a few more facts. One is 
> about recordings. I found on Tom Lord’s Jazz Discography index that 
> Gilbert was the drummer on a recording in 1948. But I don’t have access 
> to the details of the Lord materials, so I’m hoping that someone who 
> does will get more info about who was on the date.
> 
> Also, if anyone out there knew Gil and has other info—I’d like to 
> confirm that he was from Louisville, KY, and clarify the years when he 
> arrived at and left New Orleans. Actually, anything you send will be 
> appreciated, even if it duplicates the pretty good store I have from my 
> files, the internet, and the contacts I made during the week.
> 
> Gilbert deserves to be remembered as the dedicated, unselfish 
> contributor to the jazz world that he was. If you can help, please send 
> a message, on or off-list, or call me at 334-284-5683. Thanks.
> 
> Charlie Suhor