At Wild Bill Davis

In 1976 Black and Blue Records brought to Europe Wild Bill Davis and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. The idea was to recreate the famous association done by Wild Bill and Johnny Hodges. A remarkable rhythm section consisting of Billy Butler and Oliver Jackson accompanied them. At the end of the tour several LPs were recorded in a studio but a concert organized in Châteauneuf-du-Pape by Hot Club of Orange was also taped. Here you will have a taste of this concert where our four associates are making a contest of swing and invention.

Arnett Cobb's debut for Prestige and his first recording as a leader in three years (due to a serious car accident in 1956) is an explosive affair. Cobb is matched up with fellow tough tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and there are plenty of sparks set off by their encounter. With organist Wild Bill Davis, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Arthur Edgehill keeping the proceedings heated, Cobb and Davis tangle on a variety of basic material, alternating uptempo romps such as "Go Power" and "Go Red Go" with slightly more sober pieces highlighted by "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." This is a great matchup (reissued on CD through the OJC imprint) that lives up to its potential.

The Hammond organ, named after its inventor Laurens Hammond, debuted in 1935 as a cost-effective electro-acoustic alternative to the gigantic pipe organs mainly installed in churches. Among Hammond’s first customers were George Gershwin and Count Basie. Jazz pianists like Basie, Fats Waller, Wild Bill Davis and Milt Buckner were the founding fathers of the instrument’s international conquest, which led across all styles of popular music, from jazz to progressive rock, with its heyday in the 1960s and '70s…

Bill Jennings & Jack McDuff - Glide On (1999) {Prestige PRCD-24234-2 rec 1959-1960}
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© 1959-60, 1999 Prestige Records / Fantasy | PRCD-24234-2
Jazz / Bop / Soul Jazz / Guitar / Organ

Bill Jennings' guitar was integral to the sound of jazz organ pioneers Bill Doggett and Wild Bill Davis. His dry, twangy, swinging sound was also part of organist Jack McDuff's transitional first release as a leader, Brother Jack. Here Jennings is in the spotlight on a compilation of his 1959 date, Enough Said, and 1960's Glide On. The lineup is actually the same as on Brother Jack: McDuff, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Alvin Johnson on drums. Jennings' brother, Al, joins in on the later set, contributing second guitar and some effective work on vibes.