
'Wild' Bill Davison (January 5, 1906, Defiance, Ohio – November 14, 1989, Santa Barbara, California) was a fiery jazz cornet player who emerged in the 1920s, but did not achieve recognition until the 1940s. He is best remembered for his association with the bandleader Eddie Condon, with whom he worked and recorded from the mid-1940s through to the 1960s. Born in Defiance, Ohio in 1906, Wild Bill had a powerful, if somewhat limited, style on the cornet. The poet Philip Larkin, a fan, described his playing thus:
As an Amazon Associate, Spinn Radio earns from qualifying purchases.
On The Alamo
Muskrat Ramble
Clarinet Marmalade
That's A Plenty
Jazz Me Blues
That's A-Plenty
Panama
Riverboat Shuffle
Squeeze Me
Improvisation for the March of Time
But Beautiful
Big Butter And Egg Man
At The Jazz Band Ball
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Wabash Blues
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Original Dixieland One Step
If I Had You
She's Funny That Way
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
A Monday Date
Little Girl
Sensation Rag
Memories Of You
White Cliffs Of Dover
Blue Again
Old Cape Cod
Black And Blue
I'm Coming Virginia
High Society
Yesterdays
Who's Sorry Now?
Someday You'll Be Sorry
Them There Eyes
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
Struttin' With Some Barbecue
You Took Advantage Of Me
Original Dixieland One-Step
Eccentric
Serenade In Blue
Sunday
Am I Blue
Avalon
Just A Gigolo
When Your Lover Has Gone
It's The Talk Of The Town
Someday Sweetheart
Sentimental Journey
Muskrat Rumble
Tune into 50,000+ live radio stations from every corner of the world on an interactive 3D globe with audio-reactive visualizations.