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+ Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973), better known as Eddie Condon, was a jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in the so-called "Chicago school" of early Dixieland, he also played piano and sang on occasion. Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of John and Margaret (née McGraw) Condon. He grew up in Momence, Illinois and Chicago Heights, Illinois, where he attended St. Agnes and Bloom High School. After some time playing ukulele, he switched to banjo and was a professional musician by 1921. He was based in Chicago for most of the 1920s, and played with such jazz notables as Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden and Frank Teschemacher. In 1928 Condon moved to New York City. He frequently arranged jazz sessions for various record labels, sometimes playing with the artists he brought to the recording studios, including Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. He organised racially-integrated recording sessions - when these were still rare - with Waller, Armstrong and Henry 'Red' Allen. He played with the band of Red Nichols for a time. Later, from 1938 he had a long association with Milt Gabler's Commodore Records. From the late 1930s on he was a regular at the Manhattan jazz club Nick's. The sophisticated variation on Dixieland music which Condon and his colleagues created there came to be nicknamed "Nicksieland." By this time, his regular circle of musical associates included Wild Bill Davison, Bobby Hackett, George Brunies, Edmond Hall and Pee Wee Russell. In 1939, he appeared with "Bobby Hacket and Band" in the Warner Brothers & Vitaphone film musical short-subject, "On the Air". Condon also did a series of jazz radio broadcasts from New York's Town Hall during 1944-45 which were nationally popular. These recordings survive, and have been issued on the Jazzology label.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Eddie Condons Jazz Concert

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Please enjoy these 49 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
10.14.1944	first song muskrat ramble	+The program originates from The Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is, "Muskrat Ramble."
06.10.1944	first song muskrat ramble	+The program originates from Town Hall, New York City. The first tune is, "Muskrat Ramble."
12.02.1944	first song makin friends	+ The program originates from the Ritz Theatre, New York City. The announcer mentions that this is p...
09.09.1944	first song love nest	+The first tune is, "Love Nest." The program originates from Town Hall, New York City.
12.23.1944	first song jingle bells	+The program originates from the Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is, "Jingle Bells." See...
01.20.1945	first song jazz me blues	+The program originates from the Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is, "Jazz Me Blues." Le...
02.03.1945	first song its been so long	+ The program originates from the Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is, "It's Been So Long...
08.05.1944	first song i got rhythm	+The first tune is, "I've Got Rhythm." An all-Gershwin program.
03.03.1945	first song i found a new baby	+ The first tune is, "I Found A New Baby." Tommy Dorsey plays, "That's A Plenty" for Andy Devine (wh...
06.24.1944	first song i found a new baby	+The program originates from Town Hall, New York City.
02.24.1945	first song honeysuckle rose	+The program originates from the Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is, "Honeysuckle Rose."...
07.22.1944	first song fidgety feet	+ The program originates from Town Hall, New York City. The first tune is, "Fidgety Feet."
08.12.1944	first song everybody loves my baby	+ The program originates from Town Hall, New York City. The first tune is, "Everybody Loves My baby....
03.31.1945	first song easter parade	+ The program originates from the Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is, "Easter Parade." T...
11.11.1944	first song easter parade	+ The program originates from the Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is, "Easter Parade." T...
08.19.1944	first song clarinet marmalade	+ The first tune is, "Clarinet Marmalade." The second tune is, "The Sunny Side Of The Street," sung ...
08.26.1944	first song california here i come	+ The first tune is, "California, Here I Come." The program originates from Town Hall, New York City...
12.16.1944	first song ballin the jack	+ The program originates from The Ritz Theatre, New York City. AFRS also re-issued this program as "...
06.03.1944	first song ballin the jack	+An interview with Sergeant Joe McCarthy of "Yank" magazine has been deleted.
04.07.1945	first song ballin the jack last episode	+The last show of the broadcast series. Two additional programs were released by AFRS, possibly comp...
09.30.1944	first song at the jazz band ball	+ The program originates from Town Hall in New York City. An announcement is made that this will be ...
05.27.1944	first song at the jazz band ball	+ This is the second of the Eddie Condon Town Hall concerts, the first show was apparently not rebro...
10.07.1944	first song at sundown	+The program is the first show to originate from The Ritz Theatre, New York City. The first tune is,...
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