11 Facts About Eddie Condon

Albert Edwin Condon was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader.

Eddie Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of John and Margaret Eddie Condon.

Eddie Condon grew up in Momence, Illinois, and Chicago Heights, Illinois, where he attended St Agnes and Bloom High School.

Eddie Condon was based in Chicago for most of the 1920s, and played with such jazz notables as Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, and Frank Teschemacher.

Eddie Condon frequently arranged jazz sessions for the record companies, sometimes playing with the artists he brought to the recording studios, including Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller.

Eddie Condon played with the band of Red Nichols for a time.

From 1938 on, Eddie Condon recorded for Commodore and one session for Decca.

Eddie Condon toured Britain in 1957 with a band including Wild Bill Davison, Cutty Cutshall, Gene Schroeder and George Wettling.

Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz was a collection of articles co-edited by Condon and Richard Gehman.

Eddie Condon's funeral was held at Frank E Campbell Chapel in Manhattan.

Eddie Condon was survived by his wife and two daughters.