Search - Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis :: In Atlantic City

JIMMY SMITH, MOVE BACK OVER...

Eddie Landsberg | Tokyo, Japan | 01/04/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"WILD BILL DAVIS was the architect of the modern Jazz organ... Jimmy Smith heard him one day, and got on the band wagon, but after you hear this album you can decide for yourself who swung harder. - - WILD BILL got his start playing for LOUIS JORDAN (as did Bill Dogett as well) - - I'm not sure how the story goes, but before Wild Bill, the Jazz world didn't really take the Hammond seriously... at best it was a novelty instrument (Fats Waller and Count Basie would dabble at times) - - Then along came the WILD one... The WILD one was the architect of Jazz Organ bassline. (It would be Jimmy who would come along and create the horn like line) In the annals of Jazz, WILD BILL is best remembered for his catch phrase "ONE MO' TIME" and his arrangement of April in Paris - - but in reality THINK HAMMOND, think BILL, this is where the Groove really started. WILD BILL left the planet about 5 years ago, but I'm glad FINALLY he's back on the shelves.... ONE MO' TIME, BILL ! ! !"

Identical(?) to ASIN B000008B9R

Fred_PA | Pittsburgh, PA United States | 03/10/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hodges & Davis were great, and I wish more of their stuff were readily available. But this one appears to be a duplicate of "In a Mellow Tone". It has the same two artists and the same track list as ASIN B000008B9R. (Damn. And there were so few albums of these guys as it was!)"