Wild Bill Davis, fue un músico excepcional y un virtuoso del órgano Hammond, un instrumento claramente influenciado y utilizado en las iglesias norteamericanas. Podemos decir sin lugar a dudas que Wild Bill Davis es junto al excelente organista, Milt Buckner, uno de los músicos mas brillantes de este instrumento. Wild fue músico puente entre las orquestas de la época del swing y los sonidos negros del Rhythm & Blues de los años cincuenta y sesenta. Él fue junto al guitarrista, Floyd Smith y al batería Chris Culumbus quienes primero formaron un combo de jazz con el órgano de por medio.
Sus primeros comienzos como músico fueron como guitarrista en 1939 en la banda de Milt Larkin' donde actuaban como pareja de saxofonistas el gran Eddie Cleanhead Wilson y el maestro Arnett Cobb. El primer guitarrista de de la banda era el magnifico Freddie Green. En 1945 se pasó al piano con el quinteto de Louis Jordan y su grupo denominado "Louis Jordan's and Symphony Five" desde donde producían arreglos para músicos de la talla de Duke Ellington o Count Basie. Precisamente con este ultimo colaboró en los arreglos del celebérrimo tema de Basie titulado "April in Paris".
Admirador del sonido del piano y del órgano del maestro Fats Waller, Wild Bill Davis, empieza a ensayar en sus actuaciones con el órgano Hammond y consigue ser un virtuoso del instrumento dominándolo a la perfección. Sus actuaciones con Johnny Hodges o Paul Gonsalves todavía son recordadas. Ya en los años setenta la aparición de organistas básicos en el jazz como Jimmy Smith o Bill Dogett lo eclipsaron de los escenarios y murió prácticamente olvidado por todos.
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Wild Bill Davis (November 24, 1918 – August 17, 1995) was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis.
Davis was born in Glasgow, Missouri. He is best known for his pioneering jazz electronic organ recordings and for his tenure with the Tympany Five, the backing group for Louis Jordan. Prior to the emergence of Jimmy Smith in 1956, Davis (whom Smith had reportedly first seen playing organ in the 1930s) was the pacesetter among organists.
Davis originally played guitar and wrote arrangements for Milt Larkin's Texas-based big band during 1939–42, a band which included Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, and Tom Archia on horns. After leaving the Larkin orchestra, Davis worked in Chicago as a pianist, recording with Buster Bennett in 1945. He played a crucial role as the pianist-arranger in Jordan's Tympany Five (1945–47) at the peak of their success. After leaving Jordan, he returned to Chicago for a time, recording again with Buster Bennett and working with Claude McLin. After switching from piano to organ, Davis moved to the East Coast. In 1950, he began leading an influential trio of organ, guitar, and drums, which recorded for OKeh.
Davis was originally supposed to record "April in Paris" with Count Basie's Orchestra in 1955 but when he could not make the session, Basie used his arrangement for the full band and had a major hit.
In addition to working with his own groups in the 1960s, Davis made several albums with his friend Johnny Hodges, leading to tours during 1969–71 with Duke Ellington. In the 1970s he recorded for the Black & Blue Records label with a variety of swing all-stars, and he also played with Lionel Hampton, appearing at festivals through the early 1990s. Davis died in Moorestown, New Jersey.
Tracklist
A1 C Jam Blues 2:33
A2 C.C. Rider 3:42
A3 Hit The Road Jack 2:27
A4 Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Teas Me) 4:30
A5 I Can't Stop Loving You 2:46
A6 Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) 2:29
B1 Well, Git It 2:44
B2 Azure-te` (Paris Blues) 3:33
B3 Free, Frantic And Funky 3:44
B4 Don't Cry Baby 2:07
B6 Make Love To Me 3:51
Credits
Bass – George Duvivier (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1)
Drums – Jimmy Hopps (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B2 to B6), Osie Johnson (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1)
Guitar – Dicky Thompson (tracks: A1 to B6), Mundell Lowe (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1)
Organ – Wild Bill Davis (tracks: A1 to B6)
Producer – Joe René
Recorder – Ray Hall
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Bob Brown (7) (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B2 to B6), Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1), Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1)
Released: 1965
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio B, New York City.
1965, Radio Corporation of America.
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