[Dixielandjazz] RIP Ernie Carson

[Henry C. Mason]

I knew Ernie in Atlanta.   Not the easiest guy to get along with but a fine
player and almost as good on piano as the horn.

Henry

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:37 PM, James Butler <jbutler6 at twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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