Eddie Condon

Albert Edwin Condon called, Eddie Condon, ( born November 16, 1905 in Goodland, Indiana; † August 4, 1973 New York, NY ) was an American jazz guitarist of traditional jazz (Chicago- style).

Life and work

Eddie Condon began his musical career as a ukulele player, but then switched to banjo and guitar. After he played in his birthplace with various groups, Condon moved to Chicago, where he became one of the most important jazz musicians of the 1920s. In 1922, he played banjo in the band Hollis Peavey and then ( as a banjo player and organizer ) with many important Chicago musicians such as Bix Beiderbecke and the groups of members of the Austin High School gear. In 1927, he headed with these along with Red McKenzie 's famous photographs of the McKenzie / Condon Chicagoans who made known to the Chicago style. In 1928 he moved to New York and at the same time from the banjo to the guitar. He played in Red Nichols ' Five Pennies and Red McKenzie 's Mound City Blue Blowers and took 1929 with Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five. In the depression he made the Windy City Seven with Pee Wee Russell and took with Artie Shaw, Bobby Hackett and All Star Groups on under his own name.

In 1938, he was as a band leader of one of the main artists at the newly founded label Commodore Records. On January 17, 1938, he played there with Commodore # 500 the very first panel of the New York record company a ( Love Is Just Around the Corner / Ja-Da ). By the time he became famous and played until 1942 every night jazz club Nick's in Manhattan. He played with jazz greats like Armstrong, Mezz Mezzrow and Fats Waller. 1944/45, he organized weekly concerts in the Town Hall, which were broadcast on radio. In 1948, he even had its own jazz program on television. Between 1945 and 1967 he was the owner of the New York jazz club " Eddie Condon 's" ( he was at the address 47 West 3rd Street until 1985 ), which was entirely devoted to Chicago - style and became a meeting place for intellectuals. In the 1950s he recorded for Columbia and was in Newport in 1954 and 1956 a great success. 1957 and 1964 he was on a world tour ( to England, Australia and Japan). By 1971 he was still performing with musicians such as Billy Butterfield, Kai Winding, Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davison and Barney Bigard. When you play the guitar was limited to the accompaniment of the rhythm section.

Condon was a lifelong heavy whiskey drinker. Also, an emergency operation in 1936 (removal of the pancreas) stopped not, but led to his being spared from military service.

With "We Called It Music" Condon published in 1947 and 1973, his autobiography.

Disco printing specifications

  • His recordings from 1938 to 1950 are documented on the albums of the company Classics.
  • The Town Hall Concerts Vol 1-11 ( Jazzology, 1944/45 )
  • Bixieland / Treasury Of Jazz ( Collectables, 1955 /56)
  • Midnight In Moscow / The Roaring Twenties ( Collectables, 1958 /62)
  • Confidentially, it's Condon ( Gala GLP 342 records, 1958)

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