Eddie Condon
A major propagandist for freewheeling Chicago jazz, an underrated rhythm guitarist, and a talented wisecracker, Eddie Condon's main importance to jazz was not so much through his own playing as in his ability to gather together large groups of all-stars and produce exciting, spontaneous, and very coherent music.
Condon started out playing banjo with Hollis Peavey's Jazz Bandits when he was 17, he worked with members of the famed Austin High School Gang in the 1920s, and in 1927 he co-led (with Red McKenzie) the McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans on a record date that helped define Chicago jazz (and featured Jimmy McPartland, Jimmy Teschemacher, Joe Sullivan, and Gene Krupa). After organizing some other record sessions, Condon switched to guitar, moved to New York in 1929, worked with Red Nichols' Five Pennies and Red McKenzie's Blue Blowers, and recorded in several settings, including with Louis Armstrong (1929) and the Rhythm Makers (1932). During 1936-1937, he co-led a band with Joe Marsala.
Although Condon had to an extent laid low since the beginning of the Depression, in 1938, with the opportunity to lead some sessions for the new Commodore label, he became a major name. Playing nightly at Nick's (1937-1944), Condon utilized top musicians in racially mixed groups. He started a long series of exciting recordings (which really continued on several labels up until his death), and his Town Hall concerts of 1944-1945 (which were broadcast weekly on the radio) were consistently brilliant and gave him an opportunity to show his verbal acid wit; the Jazzology label reissued them complete and in chronological order. Condon opened his own club in 1945, recorded for Columbia in the 1950s (all of those records have been made available by Mosaic on a limited-edition box set), and wrote three colorful books, including his 1948 memoirs We Called It Music. A partial list of the classic musicians who performed and recorded often with Condon include trumpeters/cornetists Wild Bill Davison, Max Kaminsky, Billy Butterfield, Bobby Hackett, Rex Stewart, and Hot Lips Page; trombonists Jack Teagarden, Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall, George Brunies, and Vic Dickenson; clarinetists Pee Wee Russell, Edmond Hall, Joe Marsala, Peanuts Hucko, and Bob Wilbur; Bud Freeman on tenor; baritonist Ernie Caceres; pianists Gene Schroeder, Joe Sullivan, Jess Stacy, and Ralph Sutton; drummers George Wettling, Dave Tough, and Gene Krupa; a string of bassists; and singer Lee Wiley. Many Eddie Condon records are currently available, and no jazz collection is complete without at least a healthy sampling.
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1927-1943
Jazz - Lançado por Giants of Jazz em 01/01/1997
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Eddie Condon 1928-1931
Jazz - Lançado por Timeless Records em 19/06/2008
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Dancing Fool, Vol. 2
Jazz - Lançado por Firefly Entertainment em 05/05/2008
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World War II - The V-Disc Recordings
Dixieland - Lançado por Master Classics Records em 01/04/2011
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Somebody to Love
Jazz - Lançado por Eddie Condon em 21/07/1950
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Impromptu Ensemble (Live NYC May/June 1944)
Jazz - Lançado por Quadrifoglio em 26/01/1992
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Presenting Eddie Condon
Jazz - Lançado por Universal Digital Enterprises em 22/04/1958
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Complete Jazz Series 1927 - 1938
Jazz - Lançado por Complete Jazz Series em 01/12/2008
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The One and Only: Eddy Condon (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Kateland em 16/04/2014
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Essential Jazz Sessions
Jazz - Lançado por Burning Fire em 27/11/2009
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Eddie Condon's Town Hall Concert, New York - March 11, 1944 - Vol. 12
Jazz - Lançado por Jazzology em 02/01/2014
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1930-1944
Jazz - Lançado por Giants of Jazz em 01/01/1995
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Bixieland (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 13/10/2013
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Complete Jazz Series 1938 - 1940
Jazz - Lançado por Complete Jazz Series em 01/12/2008
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Frank Teschemacher - Eddie Condon
Frank Teschemacher, Eddie Condon
Jazz - Lançado por Documents em 01/09/2009
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Complete Jazz Series 1951 - 1953
Jazz - Lançado por Complete Jazz Series em 01/12/2008
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The King of Jazz Story - All Original Recordings - Remastered
Jazz - Lançado por Silver Classics Jazz em 29/10/2013
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Eddie Condon Selected Favorites, Vol. 5
Jazz - Lançado por Charly Records em 21/03/2011
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The Town Hall Concerts One and Two (Live)
Eddie Condon, James P. Johnson
Jazz - Lançado por GHB em 24/04/2016
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Eddie Condon Selected Favorites, Vol. 3
Jazz - Lançado por Charly Records em 21/03/2011
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