Wild Bill Davison
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Biography
William Edward Davison, known as Wild Bill Davison, was born on January 5, 1906, in Defiance, Ohio. He emerged as a jazz cornetist in the 1920s, playing alongside Muggsy Spanier and Frank Teschemacher in a cover band that performed Louis Armstrong's music. His breakthrough came in the 1940s when he gained wider recognition. Davison is best known for his collaboration with bandleader Eddie Condon, with whom he worked and recorded from the mid-1940s until Condon's last concert at the New School for Social Research in April 1972. Davison's career was marked by his distinctive playing style and his association with the traditional jazz scene. He passed away on November 14, 1989.
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- Begin The Beguine
- Riverboat Shuffle
- Deep Harlem Theme featuring Dick Cary
- Limehouse Blues
- I Can't Get Started
- Hindustan
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Mood Indigo
- Ida
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- The Blues/Ole Miss featuring Dick Cary
- Sensation featuring Danny Barker
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South featuring Danny Barker
- St. James Infirmary Blues
- When You're Smiling
- Saint Louis Blues featuring Danny Barker
- Just A Gigolo
- She's Funny That Way
- Avalon
- Swinging Down The Lane
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Blue Turning Grey Over You featuring James P. Johnson
- Why Was I Born
- Ain't Misbehavin featuring James P. Johnson
