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EDDIE CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 2nd series [motion picture]

Title

EDDIE CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 2nd series [motion picture]

Copyright Date

1949

Place of Publication/Creation

USA

Form

motion picture

Source

Information from: "Jazz on the Screen" by David Meeker. Used with permission.

Notes

Made-for-TV series.

Short film (under 30 minutes).

15. Recorded New York City 11th June 1949.
24. Recorded in New York City 10th September 1949.
25. Recorded in New York City 27th August 1949.
26. Recorded in New York City 3rd September 1949.
The host throughout the series is Eddie Condon, who is sometimes md., conductor, gtr, bjo. The second series was on Station WNBT, channel 4, New York City, from 1st January to 24th September 1949.

Songs

1. "After you've gone" by Henry Creamer, Turner Layton; "Brown Danube"; "Boogie woogie" by Clarence "Pinetop" Smith; "I can't get started" by Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke; "Boot whip"; "I've got the world on a string" by Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen; "Blues".
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3. "Way down yonder in New Orleans" by Henry Creamer, Turner Layton; "The Saints"; "But not for me" by Ira and George Gershwin; "Baby, won't you please come home" by Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams; "Muskrat ramble" by Ray Gilbert, Kid Ory; "The birth of the blues" by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson; "Louisiana" by Bob Schafer, Andy Razaf, J. C. Johnson; "New Orleans" by Gus Kahn, Arthur Johnston; "High society" by Porter Steele; "Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?" by Eddie De Lange, Louis Alter; "Blues"; "I found a new baby" by Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams.
4. "Just one of those things" by Cole Porter; "I know that you know" by Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans; "Call of the wild"; "As time goes by" by Herman Hupfeld; "Runnin' wild!" by Joe Grey, Leo Wood, A. Harrington Gibbs; "Ol' man river" by Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern; "There'll be some changes made" by Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet; "Jam session".
5. "Swing that music" by Louis Armstrong; "Lover, come back to me" by Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg; "Why was I born?", "Ol' man river" by Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern; "I know that you know" by Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans; "Ja-Da" by Bob Carleton; "The gentleman is a dope" by Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers; "Ole Miss" by W. C. Handy.
6. "Thou swell", "My funny Valentine" by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart; "Squeeze me" by Clarence Williams, Fats Waller; "September song" by Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill; "Just you, just me" by Raymond Klages, Jesse Greer; "Relaxing at the Touro"; "Argonne stomp"; "Dixieland band" by Johnny Mercer, Bernie Hanighen; "Jam session".
7. "St. Louis blues" by W. C. Handy; "Yesterdays" by Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern; "Heat wave" by Irving Berlin; "Bechet's bounce" by Sidney Bechet.
8. "Fascinatin' rhythm", "I've got a crush on you", "‘S wonderful", "They can't take that away from me", "The man I love", "Embraceable you", "I got rhythm", "Sweet and low-down", "But not for me", "Oh, lady, be good!" by Ira and George Gershwin; "Summertime" by Du Bose Heyward, George Gershwin; "Jam session".
9. "Our Monday date"; "At the front page ball"; "I'm a ding dong daddy from Dumas" by Phil Baxter; "Easter parade" by Irving Berlin; "My romance" by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart; "Ole Miss" by W. C. Handy.
10. "California, here I come" by Al Jolson, B. G. DeSylva, Joseph Meyer.
11. "Oh! baby" by Owen Murphy; "The hucklebuck" by Roy Alfred, Andy Gibson; "Buckner's boogie" by Milt Buckner; "Flyin' home" by Sid Robin, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman.
12. "I've got the feeling I'm falling" by Billy Rose, Fats Waller, Harry Link; "Keepin' out of mischief now", "Honeysuckle rose" by Andy Razaf, Fats Waller; "Handful of keys" by Richard Maltby Jr., Murray Horwitz, Fats Waller; "Squeeze me" by Clarence Williams, Fats Waller; "The joint is jumpin'" by Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, James C. Johnson; "I'm crazy 'bout my baby" by Alex Hill, Fats Waller; "Black and blue", "Ain't misbehavin'" by Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks.
13. "Ballin' the jack" by Jim Burris, Chris Smith; "In a little Spanish town" by Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Mabel Wayne; "Everything happens to me" by Tom Adair, Matt Dennis; "My old flame" by Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston; "Look at me now"; "Ole Miss" by W. C. Handy.
14. "Happy feet" by Jack Yellen, Milton Ager; "Gone with the wind" by Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel; "High society" by Porter Steele; "Mop mop" by Coleman Hawkins; "The joint"; "Alligator crawl" by Andy Razaf, Joe Davis, Fats Waller; "Hobson Street blues"; "The blues".
15. "When it's sleepy time down south" by Leon and Otis René, Clarence Muse; "Them there eyes" by Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey, Doris Tauber; "St. James Infirmary" by Joe Primrose; "Sweethearts on parade" by Charles Newman, Carmen Lombardo; "Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?" by Eddie De Lange, Louis Alter; "Struttin' with some barbecue" by Louis Armstrong, Lil Armstrong.
16. "Blues in E flat".
17. "In the groove"; ""Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Ken Casey; "I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter" by Joe Young, Fred E. Ahlert; "Seems like old times" by Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb; "Ole Miss" by W. C. Handy.
18. "Blues"; "Riverboat shuffle" by Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills; "Blues in my heart" by Irving Mills, Benny Carter; "Hotter than that"; "All of me" by Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks; "Alone with the blues"; "Why can't you behave?" by Cole Porter; "Ole Miss" by W. C. Handy.
19. "At the jazz band ball" by Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo, Larry Shields; "Stars fell on Alabama" by Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins; "Limehouse blues" by Douglas Furber, Philip Braham; "Ma! he's makin' eyes at me" by Sidney Clare, Con Conrad; "Ain't she sweet?" by Jack Yellen, Milton Ager; "The hucklebuck" by Roy Alfred, Andy Gibson; "The world is waiting for the surise" by Eugene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz.
20. "The sheik of Araby" by Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, Ted Snyder; "Homeward bound"; "Buddy Bolden stomp"; "Blues"; "I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate" by Armand J. Piron; "Ole Miss" by W. C. Handy; "Stompin' at the Savoy" by Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson; "Body and soul" by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, John Green.
21. "I can't give you anything but love" by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh.
22. "If I could be with you one hour tonight" by Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson; "Mandy, make up your mind" by Grant Clarke, Roy Turk, George W. Meyer, Arthur Johnston; "I love a piano", "Soft lights and sweet music" by Irving Berlin; "I know that you know" by Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans; "I want a little girl" by Billy Moll, Murray Mencher; "The man I love", "I got rhythm" by Ira and George Gershwin; "Billie's blues" by Billie Holiday; "Keeps on a-rainin'"; "Lover man" by Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman; "We called it music"; "Chinatown, my Chinatown" by William Jerome, Jean Schwartz; "Someday you'll be sorry" by Louis Armstrong; "Three little bears"; "Jam session".
23. "Walkin' my baby back home" by Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert; "Fine and mellow" by Billie Holiday; "I loves you, Porgy" by Du Bose Heyward, Ira and George Gershwin; "Them there eyes" by Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey, Doris Tauber; "Runnin' wild!" by Joe Grey, Leo Wood, A. Harrington Gibbs; "These foolish things" by Eric Maschwitz, Jack Stracey, Harry Link; "Swing that music" by Louis Armstrong; "Aunt Hagar's blues" by W. C. Handy; "Heebie jeebies" by Boyd Atkins; "Farewell to Storyville"; "Rockin' chair" by Hoagy Carmichael; "I love my man"; "Ole Miss" by W. C. Handy.
24. "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Ken Casey; "After you've gone" by Henry Creamer, Turner Layton; "Royal Garden blues" by Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams; "Back o' town blues" by Louis Armstrong, Luis Russell; "Me and brother Bill"; "Blues in B flat".
25. "We called it music"; "Some day" by Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml; "Three little bears"; "Chinatown, my Chinatown" by William Jerome, Jean Schwartz.
26. "Swing that music"; "Heebie jeebies" by Boyd Atkins; "Rockin' chair" by Hoagy Carmichael; "Farewell to Storyville" "I can't give you anything but love" by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh; "Stompin' at the Savoy" by Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson.

Personnel on Camera

Episodes included:-
1. Roy Eldridge, Billy Butterfield, trumpet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Freddie Slack, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Gene Krupa, drums; Liza Miles, vocal.
2. Hot Lips Page, trumpet, vocal; Max Kaminsky, trumpet; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Bud Freeman, tenor sax; Gene Schroeder, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Jimmy Crawford, drums.
3. Jonah Jones, trumpet, vocal; Bobby Hackett, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Joe Bushkin, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Tiny Kahn, Buddy Rich, drums; Rosemary Clooney, vocal.
4. Wild Bill Davison, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Dick Cary, Ralph Sutton, Teddy Wilson, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Rosemary Clooney, vocal.
5. Hot Lips Page, trumpet, vocal; Bobby Hackett, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Gene Schroeder, Ralph Sutton, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums.
6. Jimmy McPartland, trumpet; Muggsy Spanier, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Dick Cary, Cliff Jackson, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Helen Ward, vocal; Baby Lawrence, taps.
7. Billy Butterfield, trumpet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Ernie Caceres, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Dick Cary, Joe Bushkin, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums, vocal.
8. Bobby Hackett, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Ernie Caceres, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Dick Cary, piano, organ; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; J. C. Heard, Buddy Rich, drums; Helen Ward, vocal.
9. Billy Butterfield, trumpet; Jonah Jones, trumpet, vocal; Will Bradley, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Joe Bushkin, piano; Ray Brown, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Ella Fitzgerald, vocal.
10. Bobby Hackett, cornet; Ray Deal, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, Ernie Caceres, clarinet; Dick Cary, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Helen Ward, Buck Washington and John Bubbles, vocal.
11. Billy Butterfield, trumpet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Ernie Caceres, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, Milt Buckner, piano; Irving Manning, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Thelma Carpenter, vocal; Baby Lawrence, taps.
12. Bobby Hackett, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Dick Cary, alto horn; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Joe Bushkin, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Henry Duncan, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, drums, vocal; Thelma Carpenter, vocal.
13. Billy Butterfield, trumpet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Dick Cary, alto horn; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Joe Bushkin, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Sidney Catlett, drums; June Christy, Johnny Desmond, vocal.
14. Hot Lips Page, trumpet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Dick Cary, alto horn; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Joe Bushkin, Ralph Sutton, Bobby Tucker, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Sidney Catlett, drums.
15. Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocal; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Ernie Caceres, clarinet, baritone sax; Joe Bushkin, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Sidney Catlett, drums.
16. Count Basie, organ.
17. Bobby Hackett, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Dick Cary, alto horn; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Joe Bushkin, piano, trumpet, vocal; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Sidney Catlett, Buddy Rich, drums.
18. Wild Bill Davison, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Gene Schroeder, Count Basie, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Sidney Catlett, drums; Lee Wiley, vocal.
19. Wild Bill Davison, cornet; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Joe Bushkin, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; George Wettling, drums.
20. Hot Lips Page, trumpet, vocal; Cutty Cutshall, Russell Moore, trombone; Charlie Ventura, tenor sax; Sidney Bechet, soprano sax; Ernie Caceres, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, Sammy Price, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; Buddy Rich, George Wettling, Kansas Fields, drums.
21. Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Bobby Hackett, cornet; Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocal.
22. Bobby Hackett, cornet; Hot Lips Page, Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocal; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, Horace Henderson, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; George Wettling, drums; Billie Holiday, Helen Cherell, the Swan-Tones, vocal.
23. Wild Bill Davison, cornet; Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocal; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Ernie Caceres, baritone sax; Joe Bushkin, Earl Hines, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; George Wettling, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
24. Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Bobby Hackett, cornet; Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocal; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet, tenor sax; Ernie Caceres, clarinet, baritone sax; Joe Bushkin, piano; Eddie Condon, guitar; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; George Wettling, drums.
25. Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Bobby Hackett, cornet; Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocal; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, piano; Jack Lesberg, acoustic double bass; George Wettling, drums; Helen Cherrell, vocal.
26. Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Wild Bill Davison, cornet; Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocal; Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, piano; Eddie Condon, guitar; Arvell Shaw, acoustic double bass; George Wettling, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

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