Wild Bill Davis & His Orchestra – Dis Heah (This Here) (1960/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wild Bill Davis & His Orchestra – Dis Heah (This Here) (1960/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 36:54 minutes | 377 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Everest Records

~ The highly influential Jazz organist Wild Bill Davis’ classic 1960 audiophile recording. All selections newly remastered. ~

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Wild Bill Davis – Midnight to Dawn (1967/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Wild Bill Davis – Midnight to Dawn (1967/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:47 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

Wild Bill Davis pioneered the Hammond Organ in the late 1940s and early 1950s. His always famous driving and swinging trio concept with organ, guitar and drums has served as inspiration for all important jazz organists including Jimmy Smith. From 1964 to 1969, Wild Bill Davis was under contract with RCA Victor and recorded a number of remarkeable albums. “Midnight To Dawn” – Wild Bill’s personal favorite album – recorded on August 10 & 11, 1966 with members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and James “Dickie” Thompson on guitar.

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Wild Bill Davis – Live At Count Basie’s (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Wild Bill Davis – Live At Count Basie’s (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 45:07 minutes | 1,73 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

With the dynamic, swirling sounds of his Hammond B-3 organ, Wild Bill Davis provided a bridge from the big band swing of the 1930s and ’40s to the organ-driven R&B of the 1950s and early ’60s. Together with guitarist Floyd Smith and drummer Chris Columbus, Davis set the framework for the jazz organ combo sound. Initially a guitarist, Davis made his debut with Milt Larkin’s band in 1939. The group is remembered for the double-saxophone attack of Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and Arnett Cobb. Davis, who was inspired by the guitar playing of Freddie Green, remained with the band until 1942. Moving to the piano, Davis joined Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 in 1945. By then, he had already attracted attention as a skilled writer and arranger. He later furnished original material and arrangements for both Duke Ellington and Count Basie. He was scheduled to record his arrangement of “April in Paris” with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1955, but was unable to make it to the recording sessions. Recorded without his participation, the tune went on to be a Top 30 pop hit. Intrigued by the organ playing of Fats Waller and Count Basie, Davis began to experiment with the Hammond B-3. He soon developed his unique approach. “I thought of (the organ) as a replacement in clubs for a big band,” he said during a late-’80s interview. Although he left Jordan’s band after five years to form his own trio, Davis periodically returned to play special engagements. Although eclipsed by succeeding jazz organists, including Jimmy Smith and Bill Doggett in the late ’50s, and Booker T. Jones in the ’60s, Davis remained active until his death from a heart attack in August 1995. His summer appearances in Atlantic City, New Jersey were an annual treat for almost three decades. A native of Moorestown, New Jersey, Davis studied music at Tuskegee University and Wiley College in Texas. –Artist Biography by Craig Harris

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Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges – Con-Soul And Sax (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges – Con-Soul And Sax (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:37:32 minutes | 769 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Artwork: Front Cover | © RCA Records

Exceptional jazz musicians capture our hearts with a warm tone, lyrical lines, a feel for the blues, respect for space, sheer speed or stamina—to name just a handful of winning traits. But not all exceptional jazz musicians work well together and only a bunch of couplings have produced dazzling results. Perfect partnerships that come to mind include Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and Lester Young, Max Roach and Clifford Brown, John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner, Blue Mitchell and Horace Silver, Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson, Jim Hall and Paul Desmond—to name a handful. Add alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis to the list.

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Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges – Con-Soul And Sax (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges – Con-Soul And Sax (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:36 minutes | 768 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Artwork: Front cover | @ RCA/Legacy

One of the great tenor and organ dates cut for RCA in the 60’s by the team of Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965.

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Wild Bill Davis – Free, Frantic And Funky (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wild Bill Davis – Free, Frantic And Funky (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:38:30 minutes | 843 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | @ RCA Records
Recorded: September 22, 1964 – December 3, 1964, RCA Victor’s Studio B, New York City

With the dynamic, swirling sounds of his Hammond B-3 organ, Wild Bill Davis provided a bridge from the big band swing of the 1930s and ’40s to the organ-driven R&B of the 1950s and early ’60s. Together with guitarist Floyd Smith and drummer Chris Columbus, Davis set the framework for the jazz organ combo sound. Initially a guitarist, Davis made his debut with Milt Larkin’s band in 1939. The group is remembered for the double-saxophone attack of Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and Arnett Cobb. Davis, who was inspired by the guitar playing of Freddie Green, remained with the band until 1942. Moving to the piano, Davis joined Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 in 1945. By then, he had already attracted attention as a skilled writer and arranger. He later furnished original material and arrangements for both Duke Ellington and Count Basie. He was scheduled to record his arrangement of “April in Paris” with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1955, but was unable to make it to the recording sessions. Recorded without his participation, the tune went on to be a Top 30 pop hit. Intrigued by the organ playing of Fats Waller and Count Basie, Davis began to experiment with the Hammond B-3. He soon developed his unique approach. “I thought of (the organ) as a replacement in clubs for a big band,” he said during a late-’80s interview. Although he left Jordan’s band after five years to form his own trio, Davis periodically returned to play special engagements. Although eclipsed by succeeding jazz organists, including Jimmy Smith and Bill Doggett in the late ’50s, and Booker T. Jones in the ’60s, Davis remained active until his death from a heart attack in August 1995. His summer appearances in Atlantic City, New Jersey were an annual treat for almost three decades. A native of Moorestown, New Jersey, Davis studied music at Tuskegee University and Wiley College in Texas. –Artist Biography by Craig Harris

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