Bill Davison
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William Edward Davison, 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 th
Davison performing at Eddie Condon's, New York, c. June 1946
Eddie Condon's
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Eddie Condon's was the name of three successive jazz venues in New York run by jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader Eddie Condon from 1945 until the mid-1980s. In 1975, Red Balaban took over the m
Bill Davison
…The poet Philip Larkin, a fan, described his playing thus: Richard M. Sudhalter described first seeing Wild Bill at Eddie Condon's club in New York City in the 1950s: Willard, Hal, The Wildest One (1996…
Eddie Condon, Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, Brad Gowans, Jack Lesberg, and Freddie Ohms at Eddie Condon's of New York City in June 1946
Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, and Eddie Condon take a break at Eddie Condon's of New York City in June 1946
Pee Wee Russell, Max Kaminsky, Wild Bill Davison, Jack Lesberg, George Brunies, Bud Freeman, and Freddie Ohms at Eddie Condon's of New York City between 1946 and 1948