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

[Gerard Bielderman]

This is what Lord has:
Raymond Burke Trio : Raymond Burke (cl) Stanley Mendelson (p) Gilbert 
Erskine (d)

  New Orleans, LA, 1948

C103 Muskrat ramble              Creole 2 (prob. withdrawn)

C104 Sweet Georgia Brown        -

          Smiles                                -



Gerard Bielderman





----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nvickers1 at cox.net>
To: "Gerard Bielderman" <gerard.bielderman at telfort.nl>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 3:27 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Gilbert Erskine--A death notice and a query


>
> 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
>
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