Upcoming Eddie Condon from MOSAIC

[Peter Donolo]

According to the latest issue of the British magazine IN TUNE, Mosaic will be issuing the complete Commodore and Decca recordings of Eddie Condon and hi Dixieland All Stars later this Fall.

Peter Donolo

[jazzbo]

Whoa! Even though they've done the Commodore before on vinyl. . . . I'm happy.

[thirdtry]

Wow! Although I have the great majority of these Condon tracks I am absolutely thrilled about this set! Eddie Condon's Commodore tracks were some of the very first jazz I ever heard and it set me on the classic/trad jazz track for life.

Having all of Eddie's Commodore and Decca tracks in one awesome Mosaic package is a dream come true!

Thanks for the news Peter!

[Mark J]

WOW! I haven't bought a Mosaic in 12 or 13 years, the last was the Condon Mob Sessions box, if this set comes through it will be my next Mosaic. I probably have all of this already between LPs and various CDs but all together in good sound with a booklet is hard to turn down.

[alankin]

Anyone have an idea of how many CDs these could be?

[medjuck]

Does that mean much Pee Wee Russell? (I hope.)

[Mark J]

Anyone have an idea of how many CDs these could be?

I think this would depend on the paramaters of the set: are they only including Commodores issued under Condon's name or things like the Bud Freeman Gang, Bobby Hacket and his Orchestra, Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtimers, Miff Mole and his Nicksieland Band etc. where Condon participates and the music is basically the same personnel and concept to Condon led groups.

[jazzbo]

Does that mean much Pee Wee Russell? (I hope.)

There's never too much but I think we'll be saying "That's a Plenty."

[miles65]

Anyone have an idea of how many CDs these could be?

Counting the tracks under Condon's name quickly I come to 131 tracks (alternates included). That would be 6 CD's

[jazzbo]

According to Hans (J.A.W.) elsewhere it will be 8 cds. He is also reporting a 10 cd "Modern Jazz on Dial" set.

[jazztrain]

When I saw Scott Wenzel in June, he had mentioned a box set with Commodore and Decca sessions led by Eddie Condon and by Bud Freeman. The Commodore material was going to be remastered. The Commodore LP boxes were transferred from tapes that Milt Gabler had made and, to my ears, were less than ideal (my Commodore 78s sound much better).

Scott also mentioned an upcoming James P. Johnson project.

[psu_13]

Very exciting.

[miles65]

Anyone have an idea of how many CDs these could be?

Counting the tracks under Condon's name quickly I come to 131 tracks (alternates included). That would be 6 CD's

The Bud Freeman sessions for Decca and Commodore add 49 tracks. That would make 8 Cd's in total.

[tranemonk]

According to Hans (J.A.W.) elsewhere it will be 8 cds. He is also reporting a 10 cd "Modern Jazz on Dial" set.

What does a "Modern Jazz on Dial" set mean? I gather that was a label? When? Who was on it?

[ghost of miles]

According to Hans (J.A.W.) elsewhere it will be 8 cds. He is also reporting a 10 cd "Modern Jazz on Dial" set.

What does a "Modern Jazz on Dial" set mean? I gather that was a label? When? Who was on it?

Charlie Parker, most famously. It was Ross Russell's label.

[paul secor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Records_(1946)

A pretty skimpy entry but, if you're interested, you can look further.

[ejp626]

According to Hans (J.A.W.) elsewhere it will be 8 cds. He is also reporting a 10 cd "Modern Jazz on Dial" set.

What does a "Modern Jazz on Dial" set mean? I gather that was a label? When? Who was on it?

Charlie Parker, most famously. It was Ross Russell's label.

I'm basically not in the market for the Condon, but I'm quite interested in the Jazz on Dial. Depends a lot on the details of course.

[colinmce]

A 10CD Mosaic is beyond my reach, but that Dial set sounds wonderful.

[paul secor]

I probably have all of the Dial jazz material I want. A Dial classical box might be a whole other story for me - though I doubt that Mosaic would release such a thing.

[Big Beat Steve]

Not wanting to sidetrack this thread further, but while the Dial set sounds exceedingly tempting, I am more or less in the same situation that Paul Secor has mentioned, so I wonder what there would be in hidden treasures beyond the obvious stuff that most collectors of bebop probably have (i.e Bird, Dexter Gordon, Dodo Marmarosa, all the stuff reissued on Spotlite, e.g. Berman/Harris, Hermanites, McGhee et al)?

What remains beyond that?

Erroll Garner plus some bought-in recordings that probably were not released on Dial first? There seems to have been a lot that was recorded in France (Blue Star) and then (re)issued on Dial.

I'll gladly be proven wrong about the share of truly new items but would be interested in finding out beforehand.

[gmonahan]

The James P. Johnson set sounds intriguing. I wonder what that would include? Maybe the stuff reissued by Smithsonian Folkways (Asch) and the old Decca GRP set?? What else? "Enquiring" minds want to know!

gregmo

[paul secor]

There is James P. on Columbia. Not sure exactly how much.

[kh1958]

Surely the Modern Jazz on Dial is material other than the Bird sides?

A James P. Johnson set would be great.

A Bud Freeman set would be great, but I'm doubtful that I need more Eddie Condon in this lifetime.

[miles65]

There is James P. on Columbia. Not sure exactly how much.

I counted 55 tracks for Columbia/Okeh and 29 for Decca. Not sure how either will fill a set unless sideman sessions like Gulf Coast Seven or Original Jazz Hounds (both Columbia) are included.

[king ubu]

Wow, I've got the whole run of Condon Chronos, and that's glorious music! And lots of it! Will be great to see it receive the Mosaic treatment!

James P. sounds terrific as well!

Regarding Dial I'm in the same boat as others here, I have the Bird material and several others of those Spotlite reissues (the Gordon disc is outstanding). But I'll wait and see what it's going to contain.