Town Hall Concerts, Vol. 3

by Eddie Condon

Overview

The third volume in this very valuable series of two-CD sets contains four half-hour weekly radio shows featuring Eddie Condon's all-star ensembles at Town Hall concerts. Condon (who supplies verbal commentary along with annnouncer Fred Robbins) programmed each show quite skillfully, featuring the large groups of all-stars in logical fashion. This set (which is highly recommended along with the other volumes in the series to followers of traditional jazz) features quite a roster: trumpeters Bobby Hackett, Jonah Jones, Max Kaminsky and Sterling Bose, trombonist Benny Morton, baritonist Ernie Caceres (who is really in peak form throughout the Condon programs), clarinetists Edmond Hall and Pee Wee Russell, guitarists Carl Kress and Tony Mottola, pianist Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (taking a couple of rare solos), Willie "The Lion" Smith, Jess Stacy and Gene Schroeder, bassist Bob Haggart, drummers Gene Krupa, Joe Grauso and George Wettling and singer Lee Wiley. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	08/10/1994
Label:	Jazzology
UPC:	0762247690627
Rank:	202825

Tracks

Disc 1

1. That's A-Plenty
2. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
3. Echoes of Spring
4. Polonaise
5. Caravan
6. New Orleans
7. Wolverine Blues
8. Ensemble Blues
9. Fidgety Feet
10. Oh Katherina
11. Davenprot Blues
12. I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
13. In a Mist
14. Candlelight
15. Jazz Me Blues

Disc 2

16. Swing That Music
17. Avalon
18. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
19. The Sneakaway
20. Big Boy
21. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll
22. I'm Coming Virginia
23. Ensemble Blues
24. I Got Rhythm
25. Someone to Watch over Me
26. Oh, Lady Be Good
27. Summertime
28. I've Got a Crush on You
29. Soon
30. Sweet and Low Down

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eddie Condon   Primary Artist,Banjo,Guitar
Jess Stacy   Primary Artist,Piano
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson   Primary Artist,Piano
Willie "The Lion" Smith   Primary Artist,Piano
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers   Primary Artist
Tony Mottola   Guitar
Bob Haggart   Bass
Bobby Hackett   Cornet
Edmond Hall   Clarinet
Ernie Caceres   Clarinet,Sax (Baritone)
Gene Krupa   Drums
Jonah Jones   Vocals,Trumpet
Pee Wee Russell   Clarinet
George Wettling   Drums
Sterling Bose   Cornet
Benny Morton   Trombone
Carl Kress   Guitar
Lee Wiley   Vocals
Max Kaminsky   Trumpet
Jack Bland   Director
Joe Grauso   Drums
Schroeder   Piano

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Frederic Chopin   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Bix Beiderbecke   Composer
Louis Wolfe Gilbert   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Jack Yellen   Composer
Jack Towers   Mastering,Remastering
Larry Shields   Composer
Eddie Edwards   Composer
Benjamin Franklin Spikes   Composer
Rudolf Friml   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Dick Charles   Audio Engineer
Lew Brown   Composer
Louis Armstrong   Composer
John Spikes   Composer
Jess Stacy   Performer
Juan Tizol   Composer
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Nick LaRocca   Composer
Ray Gilbert   Composer
Milton Ager   Composer
Tom Delaney   Composer
Al Jolson   Composer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson   Performer
Henry W. Ragas   Composer
Willie "The Lion" Smith   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Sidney Clare   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers   Performer
Tony Sbarbaro   Composer
Eddie Condon   MC
Donald Heywood   Composer
Vincent Rose   Composer
Phil Baxter   Composer
Lew Pollack   Composer
Fred Robbins   Announcer
George H. Buck, Jr.   Producer,Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Charles Peterson   Back Cover
Will Marion Cook   Composer
Wendell Echols   Production Coordination
Maggie Condon   Photo Montage
Ernie Anderson   Producer
Johnson McRee, Jr.   Liner Notes,Photo Montage
Spencer Williams   Composer