Search - Eddie Condon :: Eddie Condon: Dixieland All Stars

Music That Fits Like A Well-Worn Catcher's Mitt

Nicholas Edwards | Belchertown, MA United States | 08/05/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These beautifully recorded and remastered performances from the mid-'40s chart the path of the post-war Condon/Teagarden collaboration on records. This disc is indescribably wonderful Chicago-style Dixieland jazz, the kind that they don't make anymore: genial, gritty, authentic, and un-pretentious. The high points are too many to name: Bobby Hackett's clear, ringing trumpet; Teagarden's bourbon-flavored baritone and brilliant stop-time licks; Dave Tough's drumming; Lee Wiley's

smoky, wafting vocals. Magical, unforgettable music: old-fashioned, yes, but timeless. And it makes you feel so good!"

Eddie Condon Music

C. Mensch | USA | 01/30/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A very good performer. When he plays, he does the best he can. I am glad that this cd is available as the selections, "I've got a woman.. and "Stars fell..." provide priceless and timeless potential to be the best at Chicagoan showmanship.

Aside from the 40's recording, I would compare only, the Design record label recording, "Confidentially It's Condon",(DLP and SDLP vinyl record) )from the later 50's, a significant and compareable effort in his recordings. Let there also be a compact disc compilation with the song selections from this vinyl lp, Soon!! Thank-you."