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Bill Davison
American jazz cornetist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Edward Davison (January 5, 1906 ā 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]
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Birth name | William Edward Davison |
Born | (1906-01-05)January 5, 1906 Defiance, Ohio, US |
Died | November 14, 1989(1989-11-14) (aged 83) Santa Barbara, California, US |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Cornet |
Years active | 1920sā1980s |
Formerly of | Eddie Condon |
His nickname of "Wild Bill" reflected a reputation for heavy drinking and womanizing in his younger years.[1]