This is late period work from
Wild Bill Davidson with the Yoshio Toyama Dixieland Saints, a septet led by cornet-playing leader Toyama meaning that there are two players on the front line. The unit whips through the classics, from the early jazz era "Shiek of Araby," "Limehouse Blues," "Wolverine Blues," "I Surrender Dear," and many others. It also includes two takes of "Oh Baby," and the Toyama original "Sakura, Sakura."
Davidson is in excellent form here, and this Japanese group is on fire, especially clarinetist Masahiro Gotoh. ~ Thom Jurek