[Dixielandjazz] Eddie Condon

[Marek Boym]

On 2 November 2015 at 23:37, Jack Mitchell <fjmitch at westnet.com.au> wrote:

> Steve Voce wrote
>
>
> "  The absentee who one would have expected to find in any Condon session
> was Bud Freeman. His omission was probably because of an incident from
> 1939. Bud’s Summa Cum Laude band with Condon had been very successful in
> the musical ‘Swingin’ The Dream’. After its short run, Bud was asked to
> take the band on tour. He dropped Eddie from the band because Eddie was
> drunk most of the time and Bud thought he would spoil the tour. Condon held
> a grudge for the rest of his life, although it melted a bit as they both
> got older. "
>

I wonder.  According to Feather, Buck Clayton, together with others,
protested the Esquire devoting most of the 1947 Esquire Jazz Book to Condon
and "the Dixieland clique" (a facsimile of the letter, with the signatures,
is printed) .  Nevertheless, Condon proved not being vindictive and later
hired Clayton when the latter needed a job.  I'm leaving the rest of Jack's
letter as it seems to prove the point.
Cheers

>
>                 In fact the reason was that Bud was in the US army
> stationed in the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific ocean - Eddie has
> stated that himself. As soon as Bud was demobbed Eddie started using him
> again, as from January 1946.
>
>                 Jack Mitchell
>
>
>
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