[Dixielandjazz] The Condon All Star Concerts

[Stephen G Barbone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD9HdsNWAww

No picture and the sound is iffy, but this is a great look at what was  
going on with Dixieland on the East Coast in the 1940s. It also has  
Condon introducing Gene Schroeder as he pronounced it "Schrayder."

This series of Town Hall concerts was immensely popular in the USA as  
well as with the GI's overseas from 1944 to 1947.(Broadcast on Armed  
Forces Network)

Below is the description of the clip.

Cheers,,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband

The Lady/China Boy - Condon 1944
In 1944 Eddie Condon and his All Stars began their scheduled radio  
broadcasts on the Blue Network. Every Saturday afternoon they did half  
hour shows at 1.30 pm from the Town Hall in New York. The shows were  
transcribed by the Armed Forces Radio Service and broadcast around the  
world. This show won the first price in the GI popularity poll. The  
shows continued until around 1947. I believe some 45-50 shows were  
recorded and are now available on CD's through the Jazzology label. http://www.jazzology.com/item_detail....(D) 
  gets you started.

Many different musicians were featued weekly.
In this clip from show 7 we hear Eddie and the band with Bobby Hackett  
cnt, Pee Wee Russell clt,(one of the most popular musicians among the  
serviceman), Ernie Caceres bar.sax, Bennie Morton tbn, Gene Schroeder  
piano, Sid Weiss bass and the incredible Gene Krupa on drums. I left  
in some announcements by Eddie and the band play "The Lady is in Love  
with You" and "China Boy". The drive that Gene Krupa is able to create  
is just astounding. I think he re-established himself again as my  
favourite drummer.