Eddie Condon

[Dub Modal]

The Decca/Commodore Mosaic isn't mentioned in this thread yet (unless I missed it, only see the All Stars CBS so far) but Big Beat Steve mentions the jam sessions LP which was on that Decca/Commodore. That box also has some Bud Freeman trio songs that are outstanding. I'd check the discography there if possible for other LP leads. 

[Niko]

Indeed, that Bud Freeman Trio material is great, i have it in this incarnation, also Wild Bill Davison with Strings (other cover variations may be more common, but this is the one I have and like a lot)

[HutchFan]

@Rabshakeh - I know that you specified that you prefer individual albums over box sets -- but I can't resist recommending one.

This JSP set was a real "ear opener" for me, and you can likely find it at a very low price:

Tons of tremendous playing from Bud Freeman and Pee Wee Russell in particular.

 

[Rabshakeh]

11 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

@Rabshakeh - I know that you specified that you prefer individual albums over box sets -- but I can't resist recommending one.

It's just my listening habits. I can't handle a box set. 

Thanks for the recommendations. Pee Wee and Teagarden I know and love. I am particularly looking for the ones mentioned upthread: George Brunis, Wild Bill Davison, and George Wettling, and other 

[HutchFan]

17 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

It's just my listening habits. I can't handle a box set. 

O.K.  Fair enough.   

 

My favorite Wild Bill Davison:

a single disc, btw.   

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by HutchFan

[Big Beat Steve]

OK, to continue ...
Re- George Wettling:

If you can find the record listed below (recorded in 1951) at a good price, grab it. Beyond the core of the Condonites, it also has Edmond Hall (on both sessions) and Jimmy Archey (on one of the two sessions) in its lineup. 

https://www.si.edu/object/george-wettlings-jazz-band%3Anmah_674231

The original UK pressing has a red background on the front cover and is on Columbia 33S 1019.

Amusingly, it was considered danceable and party-able enough by the Columbia A&R bigwigs to include a somewhat later pressing of this in their "House Party" 10" series.

No doubt there are many later reissues. One somewhat later reissue on Harmony (a budget spinoff label of Columbia) has two additional tracks from 1957 recorded specifically for that Harmony album.

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by Big Beat Steve