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Toronto favorite

Toronto favorite

Date5/9/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Toronto favorite: Cornettist 'Wild Bill' Davison performed many times in Toronto, to rave notices and large crowds. he died Tuesday at age 83.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0042689F
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
n.d.
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
5/6/1968
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
5/6/1968
Ballads and Jazz mingled in the 17 selections that led off last night's oepning, at the Colonial tavern, of Wild Bill Davison and chamber music ensemb(...)
Ballads and Jazz mingled in the 17 selections that led off last night's oepning, at the Colonial tavern, of Wild Bill Davison and chamber music ensemb(...)
Davison, Wild Bill, 1906-
3/11/1968
Dizzy Gillespie during one of his numbers last night at the Colonial
Dizzy Gillespie during one of his numbers last night at the Colonial
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
5/6/1968
Welcomed back to town
Welcomed back to town
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
4/5/1982
Dizzy Gillespie: That old feeling
Dizzy Gillespie: That old feeling
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
2/27/1967
Davison, Bill
Davison, Bill
Davison, Wild Bill, 1906-
5/8/1972
Davison, Bill
Davison, Bill
Davison, Wild Bill, 1906-
5/11/1972
A big blowout
A big blowout
Cowell, Johnny, 1926-
7/15/1991
Horns aplenty
Horns aplenty
Cowell, Johnny, 1926-
6/11/1984
Blowing his horn
Blowing his horn
Cowell, Johnny, 1926-
5/22/1981