Blue and Broken hearted Eddie Condon

Blue and Broken Hearted- Condon 1964
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*******Blue and Broken Hearted Condon 1964
From a 1964 recording done somewhere in a studio in New York an Eddie Condon group plays "Blue and Broken Hearted", a feature for cornet player Wild Bill Davison. Next to Bill in the band we see Edmund Hall on clarinet, Cutty Cutshall on trombone. In the rhythm group we have Eddie Duncan piano, Al Hall bass and George Wettling drums.
In my years of collecting LP's of Wild Bill I remember many a time that he would select "Blue and Broken Heated" to be included on the recording. It was obviously one of Bill's favourites, and it so good to now also see him play that tune so effectiv*********************************************

Royal Garden Blues. Eddie Condon

Royal Garden blues Eddie Condon
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Royal Garden Blues Condon 1964
Eddie Condon and his All Stars .To me this was the most exciting band when I was in my twenties. We had a jazz band in the early sixties and we tried to play stylistically just like that. Obviously we managed reasonably good. We became winners of the Dutch AVRO radio jazz competiton with a special mention by famous jazz critic Michael de Ruyter on my playing in the Wild Bill Davison style. Our price was a concert in the The Hague Kurhaus Concert Hall with jazz clarinettist Albert Nicholas in 1965.
Naturally Wild Bill Davison was my hero, and even today, more than 40 years later I still get excited hearing him play, then with this clip also being able to see him in action is that extra dimension. Absolutely wonderful. Eddie had different musician combinations in his groups but particularly with Bill on trumpet, Edmund Hall on clarinet and Cutty Cutshall was their hottest one.
I wish I could sit with my trombonist from those years and see this clip together. Jan Meeuwisse, I lost contact, hope he is still alive, was totally addicted to Cutty Cutshall.
In this recording, which I had never seen before, was made around 1964. In the rhythm group are Willy The "Lyon" Smith on piano, Al Hall on the bass and one of the greatest dixieland drummers, you guessed it, George Wettling.
Typical of many of the Eddie Condon recordings. One doesn't hear much of Eddie's 4 string guitar playing. He was there, but probable just for encouragement, with a glass of whiskey working on his memoires.
Enough said. I'm going to listen to this hot "Royal Garden Blues" again

China Boy .Eddie Condon

China Boy - Eddie Condon's All Stars
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China Boy Condon All Stars 1959

In this film clip from 1959 the announcer names all these famous musicians, Jimmy McPartland trumpet, Pee Wee Russell clarinet, Bud Freeman tenor sax, Jack Teagarden trombone, Joe Sullivan piano, Eddie Condon guitar, Bob Haggart bass and Gene Krupa drums.
There are not enough films of a dreamband like this.

Eddie Condon's dixieland band

Eddie Condon e la sua strepitosa Dixieland Band