[Dixielandjazz] The Condon All Star Concerts

[Robert Ringwald]

Steve Barbone wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD9HdsNWAww
>
 > 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)
 (snip)

As I remember, there are something such as 24 half hour shows which are 
available on CD through George Buck.  When I lived in Los Angeles and had my 
3-hour radio show each week, I borrowed the whole set from someone and 
broadcast the entire series, one week at a time.  They are wonderful.

The first 4 or so are a little scratchy but as the series goes on, the 
fidelity gets better.  There are an amazing bunch of musicians featured 
throughout the series.

Dick Cary did a lot of the arranging and played on a lot of the shows but 
most of the time could not be credited as he was in the service, stationed 
at Lake Placid and could not do radio broadcasts without the permission of 
the army.

--Bob ringwald