Collection 1951-60

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Before future virtuosos like Jimmy Smith started manning the drawbars, Wild Bill Davis introduced the electric organ to jazz in the early ’50s. He pioneered the organ/guitar/drums trio lineup, and his trio partners heard here include guitarists Bill Jennings, Floyd Smith and Calvin Newborn and drummers Christopher Columbus, Joe Morris, Jo Jones and Grady Tate (you’ll also hear bassist Milt Hinton and sax men Maurice Simon and George Clarke). These 46 Okeh, Epic, Imperial and Everest A- and B-sides and LP cuts include "Eyesight to the Blind," "April in Paris," "Bring the Money In," "Passion Flower," "Make No Mistake," "Chicken Gumbo," "Perdido," "Wild Blues," "Deep Echo," "Boogie Woogie," "Flying Home," "Night Train," "Low Bottom" and more! Acrobat.