[Dixielandjazz] Eddie Condon

Steve Voce stevevoce at virginmedia.com
Tue Jul 25 10:03:04 EDT 2017


Some of the most rare jazz film you'll ever see is in Mosaic's 'Jazz 
Gazette' this week. During and after World War II there was a bi-monthly 
US news film called 'The March Of Time', which chose a different subject 
for each issue. On one occasion in 1946 the subject was Eddie Condon's 
club in New York. Alas, the film never survived.

But some of the practice sequences shot at the time have just emerged, 
and Mosaic have put them up for us all to watch. The band is: Wild Bill, 
Brad Gowans, Tony Parenti, Gene Schroeder, Condon, Jack Lesberg and Dave 
Tough (the exact band that at that time recorded 'Improvisation For The 
March Of Time' and 'Farewell Blues' for Decca/Brunswick). This is I 
think the only film of Parenti, a fine clarinettist indeed, and the 
wonderful Brad Gowans, who plays a valide. This is a valve trombone with 
a slide, and it's fascinating to watch him switching from valves to 
slide. Don't miss this!

Steve Voce


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