Wild Bill Davis was a jazz organist, pianist, composer and arranger,

Wild Bill Davis was a jazz organist, pianist, composer and arranger, who pioneered the use of the electric organ in jazz during the early 1950s prior to the emergence of Jimmy Smith. He is also well-known for the recordings he made as a pianist/arranger for Louis Jordan's Tympani Five during the late '40s. Turning to the organ in his solo career, he performed and recorded with different trios which he assembled, using the influential organ/guitar/drums line-up. This great-value 46-track 2-CD set comprises recordings which were released on the Okeh, Epic, Imperial and Everest label, and includes selected A & B sides of singles, along with titles from the albums 'Here's Wild Bill Davis', 'On The Loose', 'At Birdland' and 'Evening Concerto' on Epic, 'On Broadway' on Imperial, and 'My Fair Lady', 'Flying High' and 'Dance The Madison' on Everest. A number of extended performances from his noted 'At Birdland' 'live' album are featured here. It features performances with his various trio members, who were guitarists Bill Jennings, Floyd Smith and Calvin Newborn, drummers Christopher Columbus, Joe Morris, Jo Jones, and Grady Tate, bassist Milt Hinton and tenor saxophonists Maurice Simon and George Clarke. Ranging across a variety of jazz and mainstream repertoire, and exploring an area of notable musical innovation, it's a varied and entertaining showcase for his highly distinctive style and talent

 

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Eyesight To The Blind
• Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, Tell Them Nothing
• Azure Te [Paris Blues]
• Ooh-Ah-De-De-De
• April In Paris
• Bring The Money In
• Pompton Turnpike
• Rhapsody In Blue
• The Jitterbug Waltz
• Come Rain Or Come Shine
• Theme From 'The Joe Louis Story'
• Passion Flower
• I Ain't Feeling So Good
• Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• East Of The Sun
• Lullaby Of Birdland
• Jumpin' At The Woodside
• Things Ain't What They Used To Be
• Linger Awhile
• Make No Mistake
• Indian Summer

Disc 2:

• Without A Song
• Chicken Gumbo
• Night Train
• Land Of Dreams
• Love For Sale
• Trees
• Danny Boy
• I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
• Perdido
• Autumn Leaves
• Wild Blues
• Get Me To The Church On Time
• On The Street Where You Live
• Low Bottom
• I Want A Little Girl
• Blues For Joe
• Cabato
• Round Midnight
• Organ Grinders Swing
• Flying Home
• In A Mellow Tone
• Boogie Woogie
• Blues For Barbara
• Deep Echo

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 140 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/09/21

UPC: 824046337322