[Dixielandjazz] SPEAKING OF WILD BILL DAVISON

[Harry Callaghan]

Bill:

Hate to be a pest .

I lie, you know I love to and the more we all do so, the more you get to
rescue us all and be worthy of that big red "S" on you chest

However, a man your age looks a little funny walking around wearing that
long blue underwear and a cape.

Your mention of Wild Bill Davison just now reminds me of a CD I was playing
only yesterday.  While all the musicians were shown in the personnel
listing, they chose to leave out the female vocalist.

All the sides were recorded in 1947 and the two vocals on it were "Baby
Won't You Please Come Home" and 'Lonesome Road"

Bruce and I were guessing perhaps Nellie Lutcher as I believe she was
associated with Wild Bill during that period.

I've got an old album of 78s by her that I was gonna dig out to compare the
voices but who knows when I'd get around to doing so..

Can you bail me out again?

Thanx
Harry


 On 3/6/10, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> <richard.flecknell at ntlworld.com> wrote [in part]:
> > Also found Gene Krupa's Chicago Jazz Band on Victor 1950, tracks that
> have Peanuts Hucko or Edmond Hall, and Wild Bill on them.
>
> Dear Richard,
> We in Australian were lucky.
> Two of those Krupa sides ("Bonaparte's Retreat/My Scandinavian Baby") were
> issued here as 78s in the 50s,
> We bought them because we instantly recognised our hero, Wild Bill.
> It is Peanuts Hucko on clarinet.
>
> Gene Krupa's Chicago Jazz Band:
> Wild Bill Davison (c) Cutty Cutshall (tb) Peanuts Hucko (cl) Gene Schroeder
> (p) Ray Biondi (g) Al Hall (b) Gene Krupa (d) Bobby Scoots (vcl)
> New York, March 26, 1950
> At The Jazz Band Ball (bs vcl)
> I Want Gold In My Pockets (bs vcl)
>
> New York, April 6, 1950
> Bonaparte's Retreat (bs vcl)
> My Scandinavian Baby (bs vcl)
>
> Ed Hall was on a later session as follows:
>
> Gene Krupa's Chicago Jazz Band:
> Wild Bill Davison (c) Cutty Cutshall (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Ernie Caceres
> (bar) Joe Bushkin (p) Ray Biondi (g) Al Hall (b) Gene Krupa (d) Bobby Scoots
> (vcl)
> New York, September 11, 1950
> Walkin' The Blues (bs vcl)
> Panhandle Rag (bs vcl)
> I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
> Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
>
> All eight sides from the 1950s session came out here on a local RCA LP (VJL
> 1 0382).
> I do not know of any CD reissues of the above, apart from a long-deleted
> French Classics CD, I do not have.
> The album is available from iTunes.
> But let's put it all into perspective. Bobby Scoots is certainly no jazz
> singer and the band is great, but only given full rein on the two non-vocal
> sides. However, I still love Wild Bill on"Bonaparte's Retreat", probably
> because we loved it back in the daze when we wore the 78 to death.
> Here I go again! More than you needed to know.
> At least I had fun replaying the LP just now.
> Thank you for the reminder.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
>
>
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you grew up listening to.

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