Eddie Condon

Eddie Condon was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist and bandleader who played a major role in the development of jazz and the Chicago jazz scene of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Goodland, Indiana, Condon began playing guitar and banjo as a teenager and eventually joined a local band. In the 1920s, Condon moved to Chicago, where he became a fixture on the city's jazz scene, playing with the likes of Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden and other jazz greats.

Condon's career spanned the 1920s through the 1950s, and he recorded dozens of albums during that time. Some of his most notable albums include The Eddie Condon Town Hall Concerts (1944-45), The Uncollected Eddie Condon and His All Stars (1944-45), Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz (1947) and Jam Session at Carnegie Hall (1947).

Some of Condon's most popular songs include "I Found a New Baby," "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Tiger Rag" and "China Boy."

An interesting fact about Eddie Condon is that he was the first jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1947.