[Dixielandjazz] RIP Ernie Carson

[James Butler]

He was my favorite cornet/trumpet player that I ever played with. We were
on many Gene Mayl bands together and Gene had a lot of excellent
cornet/trumpet players over the twenty or so years that I played on those
bands
Jim Butler

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:10 PM, M J (Mike) Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

> >>>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.<<<
>
> Indeed.  In those volatile days he had a choice epithet or two for me,
> which I may or may not have deserved, I can't recall.  But the recordings
> he leaves behind are all gems as far as I'm concerned.  It's him on Turk's
> RCA Victor "Living Stereo" album, and his "One Beer" with "San Andreas
> Shake" is my favorite of his CDs.  (The latter was in the player when my
> car was stolen back in 2007.  I've often wondered what the bastards thought
> of it!)
>
> Sent from my cOmputer
>
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