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.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 Balaban biography allmusic. Retrieved 17 July 2013. Ed Polcer was also a part-owner at the time of the club's closing.
The first venue was located on West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village. 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 DrootinThe Last Post: "Versatile Drummer With Roots In Dixieland" Jazz Journalists Association. Retrieved 17 July 2013. 1948–1956: pianist Ralph Sutton"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 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) 1956: A Night at Eddie Condon's – Eddie Condon and His Orchestra (Decca) Night at the New Eddie Condon's – Red Balaban & Cats
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