VWild 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
2 Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, Tell Them Nothing
3 Azure Te [Paris Blues]
4 Ooh-Ah-De-De-De
5 April in Paris
6 Bring the Money in
7 Pompton Turnpike
8 Rhapsody in Blue
9 The Jitterbug Waltz
10 Come Rain or Come Shine
11 Theme from "The Joe Louis Story"
12 Passion Flower
13 I Ain't Feeling So Good
14 Nice Work If You Can Get It
15 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
16 East of the Sun
17 Lullaby of Birdland
18 Jumpin' at the Woodside
19 Things Ain't What They Used to Be
20 Linger Awhile
21 Make No Mistake
22 Indian Summer
- Disc 2 -
1 Without a Song
2 Chicken Gumbo
3 Night Train
4 Land of Dreams
5 Love for Sale
6 Trees
7 Danny Boy
8 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
9 Perdido
10 Autumn Leaves
11 Wild Blues
12 Get Me to the Church on Time
13 On the Street Where You Live
14 Low Bottom
15 I Want a Little Girl
16 Blues for Joe
17 Cabato
18 Round Midnight
19 Organ Grinders Swing
20 Flying Home
21 In a Mellow Tone
22 Boogie Woogie
23 Blues for Barbara
24 Deep Echo
VWild 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
