[Dixielandjazz] RIP Ernie Carson

[Rick Campbell]

To the DJML and friends,

I just received a phone call from Garry Powell reporting that Ernie  
Carson passed away yesterday in Portland, Oregon at age 74. At this  
point I have no details as to cause of death or any plans for a  
memorial. He was working on a book on his life in jazz, but sadly it  
will not be published now. He was one of a kind, and certainly defined  
the term "jazzman" in his era.

 From Wikipedia:
Ernie Carson (born December 4, 1937, Portland, Oregon) is an American  
Dixieland jazz revival cornetist, pianist, and singer.

Carson played trumpet from elementary school, and played with the  
Castle Jazz Band in the mid-1950s prior to a stint in the U.S.  
Marines. Following this he worked in Los Angeles with Dave Wierbach,  
Jig Adams, Ray Bauduc, Pat Yankee, and Turk Murphy, and led several of  
his own groups from the 1970s, including the Capital City Jazz Band  
and a new version of the Castle Jazz Band. After more than twenty  
years of playing based in Atlanta, he moved back to Oregon in 1995.



Rick Campbell
Milneburg Social Aid and Pleasure Society Jazz Band
Portland, Oregon USA
503-701-7356
ricksax at comcast.net