We Called It Music: A Generation of Jazz
Eddie Condon (19051973) pioneered a kind of jazz popularly known as Chicago-Dixieland, though musicians refer to it simply as Condon style. Played by small ensembles with driving beat, it was and is an informal, exciting music, slightly disjointed and often mischievous. The same could be said of Condon's autobiography, We Called It Music, a book widely celebrated for capturing the camaraderie of early jazz. Condon's wit was as legendary as the music he boosted. Here is Condon on modern jazz:...
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A Pair of English Shoes1Narration13Momence32Chicago Heights53Peavey's Jazz Bandits67Young Man With Cap82Narration98Chicago--1924106Education and Bix and Bessie11835th and Calumet130Prosperity137The Three Deuces149Narration162"The Poorest 7-Piece Orchestra on Earth"167Handful of Harlem180The Blue Blowers192A Birthday for Joe219Panic and Pancreatitis236Nick's and the Revolution256Summa Cum Laude270Town Hall280Narration294The Chicago Bands301Eddie Condon on Records--An Informal Discography309Major and Minor Chords329Index347
