Alton Big Al Carson (Born October 2, 1953) is a United States blues and jazz singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. As of 2008, Big Al sings with his band The Bluemasters at the Funky Pirate on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans several nights a week. He also performs irregularly with other bands. Carson formerly played tuba in addition to singing. Carson has performed and recorded with a number of brass bands and jazz band in the city. In 1994 Big Al traveled through Europe on a New Orleans Music tour where he performed for the Dutch royals the tour also featured Aron Nevile, and Ernie Kayto. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.