Complete Commodore & Decca Eddie Condon & Bud Freeman sessions.

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Imprint:Stamford, Conn. : Mosaic Records, [2015]
Santa Monica, Calif. : Universal Music Special Markets
℗2015
Description:8 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
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Format: CD Audio E-Resource Music recording
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10953281
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Varying Form of Title:Complete Commodore and Decca Eddie Condon and Bud Freeman sessions
Other authors / contributors:Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973, performer, composer.
Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991, performer, composer.
Pious, Minerva.
Grace, Teddy.
Wiley, Lee
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977.
Windy City Seven, performer.
Bud Freeman Trio, performer.
Gang (Musical group : Bud Freeman), performer.
McKenzie-Condon's Chicagoans (Musical group), performer.
Summa cum Laude Orchestra, performer.
Eddie Condon Orchestra, performer.
Commodore Records.
Decca Records (Firm)
Sound characteristics:digital mono
Digital file characteristics:audio file CD audio
Notes:Title from disc labels.
Compact disc; in container (32 cm.).
Program notes, biographies of Eddie Condon and Bud Freeman, historical information, and discography (44 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Eddie Condon & His Windy City Seven; Bud Freeman Trio; Jack Teagarden & His Trombone; Bud Freeman & Jess Stacy; Eddie Condon and His Chicagoans; Bud Freeman and His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra; Eddie Condon and His Band; Teddy Grace; Eddie Condon and His Orchestra; Bing Crosby.
discs 1-2: Eddie Condon, guitar, and his Windy City Seven (disc 1, tracks 1-5, 13-23; disc 2, tracks 1-2, 13-14: Bobby Hackett, cornet ; variously, George Brunies or Jack Teagarden, trombone ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone ; Jess Stacy, piano ; Artie Shapiro, double bass ; George Wettling, drum set; Jack Teagarden, vocals (disc 2, tracks 2, 13) ; Bud Freeman Trio (disc 1, tracks 6-12; disc 2, tracks 9-12: Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone ; Jess Stacy, piano ; George Wettling, drum set) ; Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone, and his Gang (disc 2, tracks 3-6, 15-21: Bobby Hackett, cornet ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Dave Matthews, alto saxophone ; Jess Stacy, piano ; Eddie Condon, guitar ; Artie Shapiro, double bass ; variously, Dave Tough or Marty Marsala, drum set) ; Minerva Pious and Bud Freeman, lead characters (disc 2, track 24: with Joe Bushkin, trumpet, piano ; Everett Sloan, announcer) ; Eddie Condon, guitar, and his band (disc 2, tracks 7, 8, 22-23: Bobby Hackett, cornet ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone ; Vernon Brown, trombone ; Joe Bushkin, piano ; Artie Shapiro, double bass ; Lionel Hampton, drum set).
disc 3: Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone, and Jess Stacy, piano (track 1) ; Eddie Condon, guitar, and his Chicagoans (tracks 2-5, 14-18: Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Brad Gowans, trombone ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone ; Joe Sullivan, piano ; Clyde Newcombe, double bass ; Dave Tough, drum set) ; Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone, and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra (tracks 6-9, 19-20: Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Brad Gowans, trombone, arranger ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Dave Bowman, piano ; Eddie Condon, guitar ; Clyde Newcombe, double bass ; Al Seidel, drum set) ; Eddie Condon, guitar, and his band (tracks 10-13, 21-24: Max Kaminsky, cornet or trumpet ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Brad Gowans, trombone, arranger ; Joe Bushkin, piano ; Artie Shapiro, double bass ; George Wettling, drum set).
disc 4: Eddie Condon, guitar and Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4: with Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Muggsy Spanier, cornet ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Joe Marsala, clarinet, alto saxophone ; Miff Mole, Brad Gowans, trombones ; Jess Stacy, piano ; Artie Shapiro, double bass ; George Wettling, drum set) ; Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone, and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra (tracks 5-16: Max Kaminsky, cornet ; Brad Gowans, trombone, arranger ; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Dave Bowman, piano ; Eddie Condon, guitar ; Pete Peterson, double bass ; Morey Feld, drum set) ; Teddy Grace, vocal (tracks 13-16) ; Eddie Condon, guitar, and his band (tracks 17-27).
discs 5-8: Eddie Condon, guitar, and his band (disc 5; disc 6, tracks 1-7, 16-24) ; Eddie Condon, guitar, and his Orchestra (disc 6, tracks 8-15, 25-26; discs 7-8) ; Bing Crosby, vocal (disc 7, tracks 5-7, 20).
Recorded 19380117-19500926 New York City at the Brunswick Studios, Decca Studios, Reeves Sound, Liederkranz Hall, and WOR Studios.
English vocals.
Publisher's no.:MD8-259 Mosaic Records
B0020282-02 (B0020282-02CD1--B0020282-02CD8) Universal Music Special Markets
259 Mosaic Records
Table of Contents:
  • disc 1: Love is just around the corner / L. Robin, L. Gensler (3:04)
  • Beat to the socks (2:47) ; Carnegie Drag (3:14) ; Carnegie Jum (2:41) / Condon, Freeman, Stacy
  • Jada / Bob Carleton (2:39)
  • You took advantage of me / L. Hart, R. Rodgers (2:53)
  • Three's no crowd / Bud Freeman (1:57)
  • I got rhythm / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (2:50)
  • Keep smiling at trouble / Jolson, DeSylva, Gensler (2:52)
  • At sundown / Walter Donaldson (2:57)
  • My honey's lovin' arms / J. Meyer, H. Ruby (3:02)
  • I don't believe it / B. Freeman, M. Gabler (3:01)
  • Embraceable you / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (4:05)
  • Meet me tonight in dreamland / L. Friedman, B. Whitson (3:07)
  • Alternate takes. Love is just around the corner (3:06) ; Jada (2:36) ; You took advantage of me (2:56) ; I got rhythm (2:50) ; Keep smiling at trouble (2:47) ; At sundown (3:06) ; My honey's lovin' arms (3:06) ; I don't believe it (3:03) ; Meet me in tonight in dreamland (3:07).
  • disc 2: Diane / L. Pollack, E. Rapee (3:04)
  • Serenade to a Shylock / Pee Wee Russell (4:23)
  • Tappin' the Commodore till / the Bunch (2:47)
  • Memories of you / E. Blake, A. Razaf (3:18)
  • 'LIFE' spears a jitterbug / A. King, M. Gabler (2:52)
  • What's the use? / I. Jones, C. Newman (3:19)
  • Sunday / Conn, Krueger, Miller, Styne (3:10)
  • California, here I come / Jolson, deSylva, Meyer (3:01)
  • Three little words / H. Ruby, B. Kalmar (3:00)
  • Swingin' without Mezz / F. Anderson, M. Gabler (3:09)
  • Blue room / R. Rodgers, L. Hart (3:05)
  • Exactly like you / D. Fields, J. McHugh (2:47)
  • Alternate takes. Diane (2:35) ; Serenade to a Shylock (4:30) ; Tappin' the Commodore till (2:53) ; Memories of you alt tk-2 (3:15) ; no good (3:18) ; playback (3:18) ; 'LIFE' spears a jitterbug (3:29) ; What's the use? alt tk-1 (3:18) ; playback (3:25) ; Sunday (3:01) ; California, here I come (2:17)
  • Private jives I & II / Johnny DeVries (5:09).
  • disc 3: (I got a woman, crazy for me) She's funny that way / C. Daniels, R. Whiting (3:42)
  • There'll be some changes made / B. Higgins, W. Overstreet (2:44)
  • Nobody's sweetheart / Schoebel, Meyers, Kahn, Erdman (3:22)
  • Friar's Point shuffle / Eddie Condon (3:04)
  • Someday, sweetheart / B. Spikes, J. Spikes (3:03)
  • As long as I live / H. Arlen, T. Koehler (2:31)
  • The sail fish / Bud Freeman (2:36)
  • Sunday / Conn, Krueger, Miller, Styne (3:02)
  • Satanic blues / L. Shields, E. Christian (3:18)
  • I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll / C. Williams, S. Williams (2:55)
  • Strut Miss Lizzie / H. Creamer, T. Layton (3:00)
  • It's all right here for your / Perry Bradford (2:59)
  • Ballin' the Jack / J. Burris, C. Smith (2:55)
  • Alternate takes. There'll be some changes made (2:44) ; Nobody's sweetheart (3:22) ; Friar's Point shuffle (3:03) ; Someday, sweetheart incomplete rehearsal (3:22) ; (3:27) ; As long as I live (2:31) ; The sail fish (2:36) ; I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll alt tk-2 (3:00) ; alt tk-1 (2:56) ; Strut Miss Lizzie (3:02) ; It's all right here for you (2:57).
  • disc 4: A good man is hard to find. Part 1 (4:30) ; Part 2 (4:20) ; Part 3 (4:07) ; Part 4 (4:08) / Eddie Green
  • Oh! Baby / L. Brown, C. Friend (3:00)
  • I need some pettin' / King, FioRito, Kahn (2:42)
  • Susie / G. Kahn, C. Naset (3:02)
  • Big boy / M. Agee, J. Yellen (2:47)
  • Sensation (2:54) ; Fidgety feet (2:54) / Original Dixieland Jazz Band
  • Tia Juana / G. Rodemich, L. Conley (2:42)
  • Copenhagen / C. Davis, W. Melrose (2:48)
  • Gee! but I hate to go home alone / J. Hanley, J. Goodwin (2:26)
  • Sing (it's good for ya!) / Mooney, Prince, Robin (2:37)
  • See what the boys in the back room will have / F. Hollander, F. Loesser (2:17)
  • I'm the lonesomest gal in town / A. Von Tilzer, L. Brown (2:44)
  • Georgia grind / Spencer Williams (2:51)
  • O sister ain't that hot / W. Donaldson, H. White (2:51)
  • Dancing fool / Smith, Snyder, Wheeler (2:45)
  • (You're some) Pretty doll / Clarence Williams (2:47)
  • Alternate takes. Georgia grind alt tk-2 (2:54) ; alt tk-1 (2:56) ; Oh sister ain't that hot alt tk-1 (2:37) ; alt tk-2 (2:46) ; breakdown (1:54) ; Dancing fool alt tk-2 (2:48) ; alt tk-1 (2:28).
  • disc 5: Don't leave me daddy / J.M. Verges (2:36)
  • Fidgety feet / Original Dixieland Jazz Band (2:40)
  • Mammy o' mine / M. Pinkard, W. Tracey (4:14)
  • Lonesome tag blues / E. Condon, M. Kaminsky (4:03)
  • Tortilla (in) B flat (3:57) ; More Tortilla (in) B flat (4:11) / Paul Smith
  • Nobody knows you when you are down and out / James Cox (3:01)
  • Rose room / A. Hickman, H. Williams (2:57)
  • Basin Street blues / Spencer Williams (4:17)
  • Oh, Katharina / Fall, Gilbert, Loehner (4:25)
  • Pray for the lights to go out / R. Tunnah, W. Skidmore (2:53)
  • Alternate takes. (You're some) Pretty doll alt tk-1 (2:52) ; alt tk-2 (2:45) ; Fidgety feet alt tk-3 (2:41) ; alt tk-5 (2:36) ; Mammy o' mine (4:17) ; Nobody knows you when you are down and out (2:55) ; Rose room (3:24) ; Basin Street blues (4:25) ; Oh, Katharina (4:24) ; Pray for the lights to go out alt tk-1 (2:51) ; alt tk (2:55).
  • disc 6: Tell 'em about me / Sidney Easton (3:21)
  • Mandy, make up your mind / Clark, Johnston, Meyer, Turk (3:48)
  • Singin' the blues / Conrad, Lewis, Robinson, Young (2:43)
  • Back in your own back yard / Jolson, Rose, Dryer (2:53)
  • All the wrongs you've done to me / Smith, Dowell, Burris (3:13)
  • You can't cheat a cheater / Dorsey, Signorelli, Napoleon (2:57)
  • Save your sorrow / B.G. DeSylva, A. Sherman (2:55)
  • When your lover has gone / Einar Aaron Swan (3:25)
  • Wherever there's love / E. Condon, J. DeVries (3:02)
  • Impromptu ensemble no. 1 / Eddie Condon (3:08)
  • The man I love (3:14) ; 'S wonderful (2:43) ; Someone to watch over me (3:09) / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin
  • The Sheik of Araby / H. Smith, T. Snyder (3:03)
  • Somebody loves me / DeSylva, MacDonald, Gershwin (2:38)
  • Alternate takes. Tell 'em about me (3:22) ; Mandy, make up your mind (3:11) ; Singin' the blues alt tk-2 (2:43) ; alt tk (2:43) ; Back in your own back yard alt tk-1 (2:53) ; alt tk (3:03) ; All the wrongs you've done to me (2:59) ; You can't cheat a cheater (2:49) ; Save your sorrow (2:47) ; Impromptu ensemble no. 1 (3:04) ; Someone to watch over me (3:04).
  • disc 7: I'll build a stairway to Paradise / DeSylva, G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (2:47)
  • My one and only (3:18) ; Oh, lady be good (2:33) / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin
  • Swanee / I. Caesar, G. Gershwin (2:35)
  • Blue (and broken hearted) / Clark, Leslie, Handman (3:03)
  • After you've gone / H. Creamer, T. Layton (3:10)
  • Personality / J. Burke, J. Van Heusen (3:31)
  • Farewell blues / Mares, Roppolo, Schoebel (2:57)
  • Improvisation for The march of time / Eddie Condon (3:05)
  • I got a woman, crazy for me she's funny that way / C. Daniels, R. Whiting (3:09)
  • Stars fell on Alabama / M. Parish, F. Perkins (3:06)
  • Some sunny day / Irving Berlin (2:31)
  • Just you, just me / J. Greer, R. Klages (2:31)
  • Atlanta blues / W.C. Handy, D. Elman (3:03)
  • The way you look tonight / D. Fields, J. Kern (2:46)
  • My melancholy baby / Norton, Watson, Burnett (2:48)
  • Alternate takes. I'll build a stairway to Paradise (2:47) ; Oh, lady be good (2:31) ; Swanee (2:35) ; After you've gone (3:09) ; Farewell blues (3:03) ; I got a woman, crazy for me she's funny that way (3:02) ; Just you, just me alt tk-1 (2:13) ; alt tk-2 (2:32) ; alt tk-3 (2:47) ; The way you look tonight (2:46) ; My melancholy baby (2:56).
  • disc 8: It's tulip time in Holland (two lips are calling me) / R. Whiting, D. Radford (2:19)
  • Nobody knows (and nobody seems to care) / Irving Berlin (2:30)
  • We called it music / Eddie Condon (3:08)
  • Aunt Hagar's blues / W.C. Handy, T. Brymn (3:15)
  • Down among the sheltering palms / J. Brockman, A. Olman (2:35)
  • Rose of the Rio Grande / Warren, Gorman, Leslie (2:26)
  • Ida, sweet as apple cider / Eddie Leonard (3:11)
  • Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (2:49)
  • Dill pickles / Charles Johnson (3:02)
  • Sweet cider time, when you were mine / J. McCarthy, P. Wenrich (3:01)
  • At the Jazz Band Ball / LaRocca, Shields, Edwards, Sbarbaro, Ragas (2:39)
  • Jazz me blues / Tom Delaney (3:11)
  • Black bottom / Brown, DeSylva, Henderson (2:32)
  • Charleston / C. Mack, J.P. Johnson (2:16)
  • Yellow dog blues / W.C. Handy (2:46)
  • Raggin' the scale / E. Claypoole, D. Ringle (2:33)
  • Grace and beauty / James Scott (3:01)
  • Everybody loves my baby / J. Palmer, S. Williams (2:47)
  • A hundred years from today / Young, Young, Washington (2:55)
  • Alternate takes. Nobody knows (and nobody seems to care) (2:30) ; We called it music rehearsal (4:07) ; Aunt Hager's blues (3:15) ; Down among the sheltering pines (2:35) ; Rose of the Rio Grande (2:38) ; Ida, sweet as apple cider rehearsal/breakdown #1 (2:52) ; alt tk and breakdown #2 (3:55).