Eddie Condon with Bud Freeman

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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), and later at his own club, Condon utilized top musicians in racially mixed groups. He started a long series of exciting recordings, 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. No jazz collection is complete without at least a healthy sampling of Eddie Condon records. (Biography by Scott Yanow, AMG)

JAMMIN' AT COMMODORE: Featured on these 1938 recordings is The Windy City Seven date that launched the Commodore label, plus a Bud Freeman-led combo. Musicians include Fats Waller, Pee Wee Russell, Bobby Hackett, George Brunies, Dave Tough, Jess Stacy, and others. (Review by Bruce Boyd Raeburn, AMG)

NOTE: When CD's were first introduced, the manufacturers packaged them in the now-standard plastic jewel cases, but then put that CD and jewel case in a large, sealed cardboard box which everyone called the "Long Box." (Approximately 6" X 12") This was so the retailer could display the CD's, which seemed so little at the time, in the same display racks as the vinyl LP Records. Plus, the long box added a little security as it was harder to steal a large object than a small one. As the LP Records disappeared from stores, so did the CD long boxes. This new, hard to find CD is still sealed in the original long box!

Performed by Eddie Condon & His Windy City Seven:

1. Love Is Just Around the Corner - 3:03
2. Ja-Da - 2:40
3. Beat to the Socks - 2:49
4. Embraceable You - 4:05
5. Serenade to a Shylock - 4:32
6. Diane (Featuring Jack Teagarden) - 3:05
7. Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland - 3:07
8. Carnegie Drag - 3:15
9. Carnegie Jump - 2:41
10. California, Here I Come - 3:02
11. Sunday - 3:10

    Performed by Bud Freeman and his Gang:

12. Life Spears a Jitterbug - 2:52
13. Memories of You - 3:18
14. What's the Use? - 3:18
15. Tappin' the Commodore Till - 2:47 

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