Albert Edwin Condon , 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. #
Eddie Condon
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Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He’s a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he’s still a studious guy. ∞
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The boppers flat their fifths. We consume ours. ∞
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Krupa’s drums went through us like a triple bourbon. ∞
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Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was ‘put me back in the case!’ ∞
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Finally Beiderbecke took out a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying ‘yes.’ ∞
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Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic. ∞
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This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men’s room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn’t play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes. ∞
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