Results for "Wild Bill Davis"

Take Five With David Gibson

by AAJ Staff
June 14, 2011

Meet David Gibson: Trombonist David Gibson has enjoyed a varied musical career which is deeply rooted in the genres of jazz and funk. While reared in Oklahoma, Gibson's musical journey steered him to New York City. Jazz luminary Curtis Fuller said about Gibson, “Out of all the young players I hear in the music ...

Johnny Come Lately

Featuring the music of Wild Bill Davis
Duration: 3:22
November 24, 2010

The State of Organ Jazz 2010 (Pt. 1): Wayne Escoffery, Dan Pratt and Matthew Kaminski

by C. Michael Bailey
April 13, 2010

Organ-based jazz inhabits a unique place as a sub-genre. The combination of the sacred churchy organ with the decadence of blues and bebop made for a heady brew after the introduction of the format by Wild Bill Davis and Bill Doggett in the 1950s. Qualitatively, the names that loom largest in organ jazz are Jimmy Smith, ...

Seleno Clarke: Bringing The Music Back To Harlem

by AAJ Staff
December 22, 2009

Seleno ClarkeAmerican Legion248 W. 132nd St., New York City Jazz went east in the 1920s and '30s, moving from New Orleans and Chicago to Harlem. But jazz left Harlem in the 1960s, when it moved to clubs downtown and R&B and rock began to take over. Music in general began to leave; for ...

Johnny Come Lately

Featuring the music of Wild Bill Davis
Duration: 3:22
June 2, 2009

Joe's Blues

By Johnny Hodges

Label: Lone Hill Jazz
Released: 2007
Track listing: Joe's Blues; Joe's Blues; I'll Walk Alone; Harmony In Harlem; Warm Valley; Wild Bill Blues; Somebody Loves Me; Solitude; Clementine; Wings & Things; Wings And Things; Spotted Dog; Casanova; Dow De Dow Dow Dow; Peg O' My Heart; The Nearness Of You; Imbo; Take The "A" Train;

The Everest Years

By Wild Bill Davis

Label: Empire Musicwerks
Released: 2005
Track listing: The Madison Time (Part II); Blue Skies; Soft Winds; Organ Grinder's Swing; Flying Home; Independence Hora; I Will Follow You; That Was Yesterday; Milk & Honey; Let's Not Waste A Moment; Dis Heah; Angel Eyes; What's New; Like Young; Wenkie; 'Round Midnight; Blues for Joe; Cubato; and more.

Wild Bill Davis: The Everest Years

by David Rickert
August 30, 2005

Will Bill Davis was the pioneer of the organ in jazz, but got left bobbing in the wake after gentlemen like Jimmy Smith and Baby Face Willette hit the scene. However, while hanging around in the margins, Davis continued to plug on, demonstrating that he could hang with the best of them. The Everest Years collects ...

Wild Bill Davis: The Everest Years

by Norman Weinstein
August 23, 2005

This CD is an extraordinary sampling of the antics of Wild Bill Davis on the Hammond B-3 organ, as collected from five albums on the Everest label. With all of the renewed interest in jazz organ lately--Tori Amos listening to vintage Jimmy Smith sessions, etc.--this is a timely reissue. With due respect to Jimmy Smith, Davis ...

Out Of Nowhere

By Wild Bill Davis

Label: Sound Triangle Records
Released: 1993