He also wrote a number of tunes, including "Meet Me at the Green Goose", "Satanic Blues", and "Mardi Gras Parade".

Emile Christian played both cornet and trombone with the Papa Jack Laine bands.

[1] He went to Chicago, Illinois in late 1917 to play trombone with the Bert Kelly Jass Band.

[1] There, from 1924 into the 1930s, he played bass and trombone[1] with various jazz bands including those of Eric Borchard and Lud Gluskin, in European cities including Berlin (where he made more recordings), Paris, Stockholm (where he recorded with Leon Abbey's band).

[3] Christian played in both Black and White bands in Europe and India before returning to the United States after the outbreak of World War II.