Wild Bill Davis
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz pianist, organist, and arranger (1918–1995)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1918-11-24
- Active to
- 1995-08-17
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Wild Bill Davis (24 November 1918–17 August 1995) was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Davis. Davis was born in Glasgow, Missouri. He is best known for his pioneering jazz electronic organ recordings and for his seminal four-year tenure with the Tympany Five, the legendary backing group for Louis Jordan. Prior to the emergence of Jimmy Smith in 1956, Davis (whom Smith had reportedly first seen playing organ in the 1930s) was the pacesetters among organists
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Place of death
- Moorestown
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- organ
- Record label
- Imperial
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- Wild Bill Davis.jpg
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- Wild Bill Davis
- date of birth
- 1918-11-24
- date of death
- 1995-08-24
- birth name
- William Strethen Davis
- pseudonym
- Wild Bill Davis
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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