[Dixielandjazz] Redding 91 - Wild Bill's Juniors and Seniors

[Robert Newman]

At the Jazz Festival in Redding, CA, in the summer of 1991, one of the features was a tribute to Wild Bill Davison consisting of two bands of musicians who had played with him.   The Wild Bill Juniors were headed by Gary Church, cornet, with John Allred, trombone, Vinny Armstrong, piano, Shelley Denny, bass, John Barth, drums, and me on clarinet.    The Wild Bill Seniors, under Tom Saunders, cornet, with Bill Allred, trombone, Chuck Hedges, clarinet, Johnny Varro, piano, Isla Eckinger, bass, and Gene Estes, drums.   This was a gas:

http://www.youtube.com/user/bobbynewmie#p/u/7/vGJrwGs-hYo

Bob Newman