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591:(Verve V6-8599) – with Johnny Hodges; reissued on CD in 2007 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ10286).
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Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Bill Davis
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from 1969 through 1971. In the 1970s he recorded for the
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Organology by Wild Bill Davis: Syncopated Clock (Vol. 2)
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Wild Bill Davis & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Live! Vol. 2
392:, composition: Bill Davis, lyrics: Donald Wolf), #30 on
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418:(Epic LN-1121 ) – with Floyd Smith, Chris Columbus
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Organology By Wild Bill Davis: April In Paris (Vol. 1)
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454:(Imperial LP-9015) – with Floyd Smith, Joe Morris
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Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in
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Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in
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2209:Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
752:Wild Bill Davis & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Live!
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504:(Everest LPBR-5116/SDBR-1116) – reissue of
705:33.037) – with Floyd Smith, Chris Columbus
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745:Illinois Jacquet With Wild Bill Davis, Vol. 2
16:American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
1284:"Song: Azure 'Te written by Wild Bill Davis"
1166:Company, Johnson Publishing (26 June 1952).
447:LP-9010) – with Floyd Smith, Joe Morris
2507:Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)
620:(Verve V6-8617) – with Johnny Hodges,
578:(Verve V6-8570) – with Johnny Hodges,
315:in 1983. In 1987 he toured with trombonist
141:. He is best known for his pioneering jazz
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524:(Everest LPBR-5133/SDBR-1133) – with
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2058:The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947
2044:The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
1559:Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
1545:Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
1172:. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 62.
1143:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J114700
807:(Jazz Connaisseur JCCD-9005) – with
248:Davis was originally supposed to record "
19:For other people with the same name, see
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2037:The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
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2244:Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
2237:First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
1944:The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
1818:Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
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847:The Everest Years (Expanded Edition)
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2451:I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
2258:Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
2023:Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
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795:70th/30th Anniversary Live Concert
781:Live At Swiss Radio, Studio ZĂĽrich
330:Davis died on August 17, 1995, in
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2437:I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
1895:...And His Mother Called Him Bill
1846:Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
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469:LPBR-5014/SDBR-1014) – with
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3213:Duke Ellington Orchestra members
2395:Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
2388:Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
2286:Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
1692:Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
485:Flying High With Wild Bill Davis
137:pianist, organist, and arranger
2458:I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
2072:Dance Concerts, California 1958
1671:Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
936:With Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners
522:The Music From Milk & Honey
350:, North Sea Jazz Festival, 1979
3223:20th-century American pianists
2465:I'm Beginning to See the Light
2100:Duke Ellington at the Alhambra
1909:Studio Sessions New York, 1968
1797:Studio Sessions, New York 1962
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303:(1973), and tenor saxophonist
21:William Davis (disambiguation)
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3228:People from Glasgow, Missouri
2402:Don't Get Around Much Anymore
1860:Concert in the Virgin Islands
1825:Studio Sessions New York 1963
1657:Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
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856:(Squatty Roo Records SQU-217)
517:(Everest LPBR-5125/SDBR-1125)
497:(Everest LPBR-5094/SDBR-1094)
225:After leaving Jordan and the
3233:Jazz musicians from Missouri
2500:Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
2079:Dance Dates, California 1958
1024:(Gene Norman Presents, 1955)
740:in 1995 by Black & Blue.
726:in 1987 by Black & Blue.
452:Wild Bill Davis In Hollywood
268:(1961, 1963–66); and singer
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153:. Prior to the emergence of
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2279:The Stockholm Concert, 1966
1643:The Complete Porgy and Bess
1228:Lonergan, David F. (2005).
569:(Imperial LP-9201/LP-12201)
441:Wild Bill Davis On Broadway
423:Wild Bill Davis At Birdland
295:(1972); double bass player
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2472:I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So
2293:Francis A. & Edward K.
1867:The Popular Duke Ellington
1636:Duke Ellington Presents...
1055:The Matadors Meet the Bull
861:Live at Sonny's Place 1986
854:Live at Sonny's Place 1985
788:Greatest Organ Solos Ever!
299:(1972), tenor saxophonist
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2128:A Concert of Sacred Music
2093:Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II
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1958:The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
1951:The Intimacy of the Blues
1587:Masterpieces by Ellington
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2416:East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
1783:Featuring Paul Gonsalves
1601:The Duke Plays Ellington
1552:The Blanton–Webster Band
1040:(Black & Blue, 1972)
962:(Black & Blue, 1976)
944:(Black & Blue, 1976)
913:(Black & Blue, 1976)
799:http://www.tcpfeiler.com
281:Black & Blue Records
149:, the backing group for
3198:American male organists
3193:American jazz organists
3104:Duke Ellington Memorial
2933:Harold "Geezil" Minerve
2444:I Didn't Know About You
2121:The Great Paris Concert
2030:Black, Brown, and Beige
1986:This One's for Blanton!
1811:The Symphonic Ellington
1769:Piano in the Foreground
1748:Piano in the Background
1135:Oxford University Press
688:Wonderful World Of Love
596:Free, Frantic And Funky
307:(1976). He played with
42:Wild Bill Davis in 1954
3183:American jazz pianists
3084:Mercer Ellington (son)
2346:Black, Brown and Beige
2184:Eastbourne Performance
2135:In the Uncommon Market
1972:The Intimate Ellington
1685:Black, Brown and Beige
1436:Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
1257:Azure-te (Paris blues)
1231:Hit Records, 1950-1975
710:Midnight Slows, Vol. 2
407:LG-1004 ) – with
401:Here's Wild Bill Davis
381:Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
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332:Moorestown, New Jersey
139:William Strethen Davis
93:Moorestown, New Jersey
58:William Strethen Davis
48:Background information
3099:Duke Ellington Circle
3094:Duke Ellington Bridge
2596:Something to Live For
2486:In a Sentimental Mood
2409:Drop Me Off in Harlem
2339:Black and Tan Fantasy
2156:70th Birthday Concert
2107:Live at the Blue Note
1993:Up in Duke's Workshop
1902:Second Sacred Concert
1629:Historically Speaking
1538:Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
1531:Ellingtonia, Vol. One
1458:Count Basie Orchestra
985:70th Birthday Concert
951:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
774:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
720:& Wild Bill Davis
683:(RCA Victor LSP-4139)
669:(RCA Victor LSP-3799)
649:(RCA Victor LSP-3578)
647:Live At Count Basie's
540:V6-8406) – with
502:Organ Grinder's Swing
396:in 27 September 1952.
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305:Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
177:) in Alabama, and at
3243:Epic Records artists
3132:Sophisticated Ladies
3111:Duke Ellington House
2928:James "Bubber" Miley
2272:Ella at Duke's Place
2177:Third Sacred Concert
2065:Ellington at Newport
1979:The Ellington Suites
1916:Latin American Suite
1741:The Nutcracker Suite
1038:Floyd's Guitar Blues
770:All Right OK You Win
734:With Wild Bill Davis
515:Dis Heah (This Here)
2908:Queen Esther Marrow
2170:Live at the Whitney
1720:Anatomy of a Murder
1234:. Scarecrow Press.
988:(Solid State, 1970)
427:Lullaby Of Birdland
375:(AKA Chris Columbo)
355:As leader/co-leader
323:and French drummer
287:(1972); trombonist
175:Tuskegee University
3208:RCA Victor artists
2575:Take the 'A' Train
2567:by Billy Strayhorn
2559:(unfinished opera)
2549:Sophisticated Lady
2430:Everything but You
2265:Serenade to Sweden
1664:Such Sweet Thunder
1622:Ellington Showcase
1615:Dance to the Duke!
1401:Wings & Things
1385:Con-Soul & Sax
1260:. Columbia. 1952.
1188:has generic name (
1130:Grove Music Online
959:Jaws Strikes Again
630:Wings & Things
608:Con-Soul & Sax
506:Dance The Madison!
495:Dance The Madison!
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165:Davis was born in
113:Musician, arranger
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2943:Tricky Sam Nanton
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2528:Prelude to a Kiss
1930:New Orleans Suite
1790:Midnight in Paris
1678:Ellington Indigos
1650:A Drum Is a Woman
1524:Harlem Jazz, 1930
1466:
1465:
1412:(1965 & 1966)
1380:(1963 & 1964)
1241:978-0-8108-5129-0
1204:"Wild Bill Davis"
1152:978-1-56159-263-0
977:New Orleans Suite
928:Blow Arnett, Blow
911:Don't Be That Way
562:(Coral CRL-57427)
394:Billboard Hot 100
388:4-39819, sung by
169:, and grew up in
167:Glasgow, Missouri
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76:Glasgow, Missouri
73:November 24, 1918
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3121:Luther Henderson
2918:Murray McEachern
2913:Wendell Marshall
2868:Hilton Jefferson
2833:Shelton Hemphill
2778:Mercer Ellington
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2542:(In My) Solitude
2479:In a Mellow Tone
2423:Echoes of Harlem
2374:Creole Love Call
2230:The Great Summit
2163:Togo Brava Suite
2114:Hot Summer Dance
1937:Orchestral Works
1727:Festival Session
1699:The Cosmic Scene
1594:Ellington Uptown
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826:In a Mellow Tone
758:, Oliver Jackson
732:Illinois Jacquet
703:Black & Blue
667:Midnight to Dawn
434:Evening Concerto
411:, Chris Columbus
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3003:Billy Strayhorn
2958:Russell Procope
2948:Oscar Pettiford
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2863:Quentin Jackson
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