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| Quintessential Chicagoan Eddie Condon at Eddie Condon's in New York, probably in October 1946. Clearly a bebopper has just entered the joint. Photo by William Gottlieb |
When I started this blog a while back, I never thought I'd be posting so much moldy fig material! But one thing leads to another, and one rip inspires a second (and a third). So here's another Chicago jazz offering. My partial excuse is that this upload comes as a response to a request from the good Sir Baron.
Baron saw the cover of the Hodes Blue Note EP in the collection video and asked if I could add it to Gems. I'm more than glad to do so, but I felt its paltry four tunes weren't enough to merit the full CD treatment. So I looked through the stacks and came up with a second Chicago jazz EP, one that fits perfectly with Art's session. It's got Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa, Jess Stacy, Jack Teagarden, Boyce Brown, Max Kaminsky and a raft of other trad blowers. Not bad stuff, either.
So here they are. The rips come from the original vinyl, of course, with a slight cleaning of the sound. A caveat regarding "Reincarnation" and "Nagasaki", though: an audible scratch runs through a good portion of each tune. Not terrible, but you can hear it. Also, there's no back cover image for the Hodes disc because it is completely blank.
Chicago Jazz • The Best in 2-Beat
Art Hodes and His Chicagoans
Hodes, p; Max Kaminsky, tp; Ray Coniff, tbn; Rod Cless, cl; Jack Bland, g;
Bob Haggart, b; Danny Alvin, d. New York, NY; March 18, 1944; Blue Note 403
Hodes, p; Max Kaminsky, tp; Ray Coniff, tbn; Rod Cless, cl; Jack Bland, g;
Bob Haggart, b; Danny Alvin, d. New York, NY; March 18, 1944; Blue Note 403
1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. She’s Crying for Me
3. Yellow Dog Blues
4. Slow ’Em Down Blues
Miff Mole and His Little Molers
Red Nichols, tp; Miff Mole, tbn; Frank Teschemacher, cl, as; Joe Sullivan, p; Eddie Condon, g, bjo; Gene Krupa, d. New York, NY; July 28, 1928; Columbia B-482
5. One Step to Heaven
6. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
Eddie Condon and His Footwarmers
Condon, g; Frank Teschemacher, cl, as; Joe Sullivan, p; Gene Krupa, d. New York, NY; October 30, 1928; Columbia B-482
7. Indiana
Condon, g; Jack Teagarden, tbn, v; Mezz Mezzrow, cl, v; Joe Sullivan, p; Artie Miller, b; Johnny Powell, d. New York, NY; October 30, 1928; Columbia B-482
8. Makin’ Friends
Paul Mares and His Friars Society Orchestra
Mares, tp; George Brunies, tbn; Omer Simeon, cl; Boyce Brown, as; Jess Stacy, p; Marvin Saxbe, g; Pat Pattison, b; George Wettling, d. New York, NY; January 7, 1935; Columbia B-482
9. Reincarnation
10. Nagasaki
11. The Land of Dreams
12. Maple Leaf Rag
Thanks David for the Hodes.
ReplyDeleteTalking about 'one thread leads to another' how about this then - 3rd article down
http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/tag/boyce-brown/
Did you visit, frequent maybe the area of Chicago mentioned? Was any of it remaining?
The Liberty Inn was probably long gone by the time I was living in Chicago. The building's still there, on the corner of N. Clark and Erie, now an Irish pub called The Kerryman. St. Gertrude's is still there, too -- a very imposing facade! I can see why Boyce converted. You can see them using Google's street view. Thanks for the info on Boyce -- he definitely had the oddest style on alto, unlike anybody else from what I've heard of it.
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