[Dixielandjazz] RIP Ernie Carson

[Don Robertson]

I remember in my early days on DJML, Ernie was also on the list and 
tended to be somewhat volatile.  I never saw him in person, but he was a 
great cornet player on the recordings I've heard.

Don Robertson
Napa, CA

On 1/9/2012 9:29 AM, Rick Campbell wrote:
> 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 will not be published now.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
>
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