Emile Christian

Emile Joseph Christian was an early jazz trombonist he also played cornet and string bass. He also wrote a number of tunes, including Meet Me At the Green Goose, Satanic Blues, and Mardi Gras Parade.

Christian was born into a musical family in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, most prominently his older brother Frank Christian was a noted cornetist and bandleader. Emile Christian played both cornet and trombone with the Papa Jack Laine bands. He went to Chicago, Illinois in late 1917 to play trombone with the Bert Kelly Jass Band. In 1918 he went to New York City to replace Eddie Edwards in the Original Dixieland Jass Band he toured England with the ODJB, contributed his tune Satanic Blues to their repertory, and made his first recordings with this band. After a brief time in the Original Memphis Five, he returned to Europe. There, from 1924 into the 1930s, he played bass and trombone with various jazz bands in European cities including Berlin , Paris, Stockholm . In 1935 he played with Benny Peytons Jazz Kings in Switzerland.

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