[Dixielandjazz] Moments With The Greats

Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:52:36 EDT

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In a message dated 10/25/02 10:20:10 AM Central Daylight Time, Pepett writes:

> Jimmy,
>           I never ever believed that Bill was the best Cornet player ever, 
> BUT he was one of the few who could practically make you cry when he played 
> a ballad such as "Yesterdays"  Blue & Broken Hearted" "Just A Gigolo" etc.
>        AND I think most would have to agree that no one, not even Louie 
> could maintain such fire for the length of a tune, not only for a 16 bar 
> break!!
>        Hope you are felling well,
> Best,
>         Perry 

    Thanks Perry.  I was on a two month concert tour with Wild Bill in 1972.  
Eddie Condon and Barney Bigard were on it and Art Hodes was leader.  We did 6 
concerts a week around the country and every night Davison played a heartfelt 
"Blue Again".
He delivered every night with the same intensity and put everything he had 
into whatever he was playing.

   Jazzology has two CDs out, "Stars of Jazz, Vol 1 & 2,  from one of these 
concerts.
    Wild Bill does "Blue Again" very slowly, beautifully and he builds up to 
a fiery ending, and with Hodes rumbling a bluesy background on the piano it 
is just superb.

   Bill was at times tough to get along with but he was one of a kind, a true 
original. No one ever played like him before or since.  You can hear his 
influence in a number of fine players such as Tommy Saunders, John Waters and 
others. 

   JIm Beebe

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<HTML>In a message dated 10/25/02 10:20:10 AM Central Daylight Time, Pepett writes: 
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Jimmy, 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I never ever believed that Bill was the best Cornet player ever, BUT he was one of the few who could practically make you cry when he played a ballad such as "Yesterdays"&nbsp; Blue &amp; Broken Hearted" "Just A Gigolo" etc. 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND I think most would have to agree that no one, not even Louie could maintain such fire for the length of a tune, not only for a 16 bar break!! 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope you are felling well, 
Best, 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perry </BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks Perry.&nbsp; I was on a two month concert tour with Wild Bill in 1972.&nbsp; Eddie Condon and Barney Bigard were on it and Art Hodes was leader.&nbsp; We did 6 concerts a week around the country and every night Davison played a heartfelt "Blue Again". 
He delivered every night with the same intensity and put everything he had into whatever he was playing. 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Jazzology has two CDs out, "Stars of Jazz, Vol 1 &amp; 2,&nbsp; from one of these concerts. 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wild Bill does "Blue Again" very slowly, beautifully and he builds up to a fiery ending, and with Hodes rumbling a bluesy background on the piano it is just superb. 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Bill was at times tough to get along with but he was one of a kind, a true original. No one ever played like him before or since.&nbsp; You can hear his influence in a number of fine players such as Tommy Saunders, John Waters and others. 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; JIm Beebe</HTML>

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