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The Frankie Condon Orchestra: Til Next Time

Read "Til Next Time" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Frankie Condon’s seventeen–piece orchestra is a first–class dance / swing ensemble with an occasional snippet of Jazz sprinkled in for extra seasoning. Its purpose, he says, is to perpetuate the big–band sound and “ensure that we keep this exciting music, which began in the big band era, alive.” Condon, who hails from our nation’s capital and still lives in the area, led his first band in 1946 and continued doing so until 1960 when economic conditions forced him to disband. ...

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