Cutty and Zutty were there. So were Peanuts, Woody, Yank, Wingy, Red, Pee Wee and Willie the Lion.* Sammy Davis Jr. was supposed to come, but he pleaded “fatigue” at the last minute and didn’t show.

The difference between bop and Dixieland musicians, Jazzman Eddie Condon once cracked, is that bop men flat their fifths, whereas Dixielanders drink theirs. Pia Beck, 30, a Dutch pianist who is ...

The biggest obstacle with the 78 format was its running time; what solos were allowed had to be brief and only crudely approximated the energy generated during a live performance. Thus Eddie Condon ...