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Wild Bill Davison | |
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.jpg) Davison performing at Eddie Condon's, New York, c. June 1946 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | William Edward Davison |
| Born | January 5, 1906 Defiance, Ohio, US |
| Died | November 14, 1989 (aged 83) Santa Barbara, California, US |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Cornet |
| Years active | 1920s–1980s |
| Formerly of | Eddie Condon |
William Edward Davison (January 5, 1906 – November 14, 1989),[1] nicknamed "Wild Bill", was an American jazz cornetist. He emerged in the 1920s through his work playing alongside Muggsy Spanier and Frank Teschemacher in a cover band where they played the music of Louis Armstrong, but he did not achieve wider recognition until the 1940s.[2] He is best remembered for his association with bandleader Eddie Condon, with whom he worked and recorded from the mid-1940s until Condon's last concert at the New School for Social Research in New York in April 1972 (Chiaroscuro Records, CRD 110).[1]
His nickname of "Wild Bill" reflected a reputation for heavy drinking and womanizing in his younger years.[1]
- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 115/6. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.