[2] In 1944, the Blue Network began broadcasting the concerts, which The Directory of the Armed Forces Radio Service Series described as "Jazz music of a high standard".

The network described the programs as "the only unrehearsed, free-wheeling, completely barefoot music on the air.

"[4] Condon was the program's host, with broadcasts featuring what the Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings called "many of the era's greatest musicians".

[5] The broadcasts found Condon "surrounded by the greatest names in jazz—Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Willie “The Lion” Smith and Bob Haggart.

"[6] Jack Bland and Addison Amore were the directors, and Ernest Anderson was the producer.