Eddie Condon's
File:Eddie Condon, Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, Brad Gowans, Jack Lesberg, and Freddie Ohms, Eddie Condon's, New York, ca. June 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 01871).jpg, Wild Bill Davison, Brad Gowans, Jack Lesberg, and Freddie Ohms at Eddie Condon's of New York City in June 1946|alt=]]
Eddie Condon's was the name of three successive jazz venues in New York run by jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader Eddie Condon from 1945 until the mid-1980s.[https://books.google.com/books?id=xJB16RjX3z8C&dq=Eddie+Condon%27s&pg=PR13 Deffaa, Chip (1992) Voices of the Jazz Age: Profiles of Eight Vintage Jazzmen, p. xiii. University of Illinois Press] At Google Books. Retrieved 17 July 2013. In 1975, Red Balaban took over the management of the club.Chadbourne, Eugene [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/red-balaban-mn0001234813/biography Balaban biography] allmusic. Retrieved 17 July 2013. Ed Polcer was also a part-owner at the time of the club's closing.
File:Pee Wee Russell, Max Kaminsky, Wild Bill Davison, Jack Lesberg, George Brunis, Bud Freeman, and Freddie Ohms, Eddie Condon's, New York, between 1946 and 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 01661).jpg, Max Kaminsky, Wild Bill Davison, Jack Lesberg, George Brunies, Bud Freeman, and Freddie Ohms at Eddie Condon's of New York City between 1946 and 1948 |alt=]]
The first venue was located on West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village.{{cite book|last1=Carr|first1=Ian|last2=Fairweather|first2=Digby|last3=Priestley|first3=Brian|title=The Rough Guide to Jazz|date=2004|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843532569|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojazz00carr|url-access=registration|quote=Eddie Condon.|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}} The club then moved to 52nd Street near Sixth Avenue, the present site of the CBS headquarters building, The final venue was on the south side of East 54th Street, east of Second Avenue.
House bands/musicians
- 1947–1951: drummer Buzzy Drootin[http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=959674045 The Last Post: "Versatile Drummer With Roots In Dixieland"] Jazz Journalists Association. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- 1948–1956: pianist Ralph Sutton[http://www.jazzhouse.org/search/ "Consummate Stylist with Roots in Stride"] Jazz Journalists Association. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- 1957: pianist Johnny Varro
- Cornetist Ed Polcer led the last house band.Yanow, Scott [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ed-polcer-mn0000792155/biography Ed Polcer biography] allmusic. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
Live recordings at Condon's
- 1954: Ringside at Condon's (Savoy Jazz) – Wild Bill Davison, Eddie Condon, Edmond Hall and others
- 1955: Midnight at Condon's – Bud Freeman's All Star Orchestra (Mercury/EmArcy)
- Jammin' at Condon's – Eddie Condon and His All-Stars (Columbia)
- A Night at Eddie Condon's – Eddie Condon and His Orchestra (Decca)
- Night at the New Eddie Condon's – Red Balaban & Cats