Big Al Carson
Illustration — Big Al Carson (right), with pianist Lars Edegran (left) Alton "Big Al" Carson (October 2, 1953 – April 26, 2020) was an American blues and jazz singer from New Orleans. He performed with his band, the Blues Masters, in New Orleans, and with other bands. • Illustration — Carson on sousaphone with Dr. Michael White's Liberty Jazz Band, 1990 In addition to singing, he played tuba (or more specifically Sousaphone), including with such New Orleans brass bands as the Eagle Brass Band, the Spirit of New Orleans Brass Band and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band.
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Big Al Carson
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- 1953
- Died
- 2020
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- United States
- Occupation
- musician
- Fields
- jazz
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Born in 1953, died in 2020.
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Woldenberg Park, New Orleans. "Louis Armstrong Classic Jazz Festival" September 1990 - good music, festival didn't last. I took a couple of rolls of black white film rolls, almost all of which I thought turned out bad.
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