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<p>Anne was a film star in her early life before she met Bill. She
had a huge sense of the dramatic, and that's the only reason she
blamed the doctors for his death. She certainly changed Bill
around. You never saw him with his hair not combed. She must have
spent a fortune on the paperwork she mailed to every journalist
whose address she could find. She'd also overwhelm one with phone
calls, and I for one always tried to keep exposure to her to a
minimum. While Bill was her obsession, she was good for him,
although 'the Wild One' lost its meaning.<br>
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<p>No doubt she added several years to Bill's life, and he seemed
glad to acquiesce.</p>
<p>Steve Voce<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/07/2017 22:57, Norman Vickers
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To: Musicians and Jazzfans list; DJML<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Pensacola<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Re: Follow up to Steve Voce’s note re
Eddie Condon Gang<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Voce wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:03:04 +0100<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">From: Steve Voce <<a
href="mailto:stevevoce@virginmedia.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">stevevoce@virginmedia.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Eddie Condon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Message-ID: <<a
href="mailto:b922c21e-95b2-2698-1b9e-c186e13344ba@virginmedia.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">b922c21e-95b2-2698-1b9e-c186e13344ba@virginmedia.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Some of the most rare jazz film you'll
ever see is in Mosaic's 'Jazz Gazette' this week. During and
after World War II there was a bi-monthly US news film called
'The March Of Time', which chose a different subject for each
issue. On one occasion in 1946 the subject was Eddie Condon's
club in New York. Alas, the film never survived.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">But some of the practice sequences shot
at the time have just emerged, and Mosaic have put them up for
us all to watch. The band is: Wild Bill, Brad Gowans, Tony
Parenti, Gene Schroeder, Condon, Jack Lesberg and Dave Tough
(the exact band that at that time recorded 'Improvisation For
The March Of Time' and 'Farewell Blues' for Decca/Brunswick).
This is I think the only film of Parenti, a fine clarinettist
indeed, and the wonderful Brad Gowans, who plays a valide.
This is a valve trombone with a slide, and it's fascinating to
watch him switching from valves to slide. Don't miss this!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Norman responds with own anecdote— Thanks
to Steve Voce for his story about Eddie Condon and gang.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, I never had a chance to meet
cornetist Wild Bill Davison. But I had read about his
escapades—with the music, women, and booze. I knew that he had
been diagnosed as having an aortic aneurysm and that because
of his age and poor health, the prognosis was grim. But it
was decided that surgeons would try to repair the leaking
aorta--- as the expression goes—chances slim to none. Davison
apparently died on the operating table.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fast forward to the late 1990s. I was in
Los Angeles for a jazz event. Milt Hinton was being honored
for his many achievements—bassist, photographer and all around
good guy. I was in company of jazz benefactor and author
Floyd Levin who said he wanted to introduce me to the widow
Davison. Anne Davison, fifth and last wife, had made it her
career to travel with Bill and try to keep him out of trouble
with women and minimize his drinking.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She was an attractive woman in her 70s with
gray hair and a black sheath dress with one string of
pearls—fashionable wear. Floyd, using my title said, “Dr.
Vickers, I want you to meet Anne Davison.” Mrs. Davison
greeted me with a smile and said, “ The doctors killed my
husband!” ( Wow! I’ve never been greeted like this before.
How does one respond to that?) So, the best response I could
come up with was, “ I’m sorry to hear that Mrs. Davison; I
wasn’t there!” Then the group of us moved on to other topic
and the rest of the evening went smoothly!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for listenin’!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Norman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">F.<span style="font-family:"Times New
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