Ed Polcer - cornet
Bob Havens - trombone
Allan Vaché - clarinet
John Barnes - baritone-sax, vocals
Johnny Varro - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Bob Haggart - bass
Butch Miles - drums
01 California Here I Come
02 Beale Street Blues
03 I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
04 Fidgety Feet
05 I Used To Love You, But It's All Over Now
06 September In The Rain
07 Wherever There's Love
08 St.Louis Blues
09 I Believe In Miracles
10 Hindustan
11 Wabash Blues
12 South Rampard Street Parade
Recorded live in Hamburg 1993.
Most of the musicians on this enjoyable CD did not actually play much with Eddie Condon (bassist Bob Haggart excepted), but the music is very much in the Condon Chicago jazz tradition, and cornetist Ed Polcer led the house band at the last Condon's club. With a front line also including trombonist Bob Havens, clarinetist Allan Vaché, and baritonist John Barnes along with the fine swing pianist Johnny Varro and the fiery drummer Butch Miles, the octet romps through a dozen songs (most of them Dixieland-oriented) during this 1993 concert for the German Nagel-Heyer label. Highlights include "California Here I Come," "Fidgety Feet," "Wherever There's Love," and "Hindustan."
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
