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Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American jazz bassist. Among his most famous contributions to the albums of others are Eric Dolphy's 1964 Blue Note LP Out to Lunch!, Andrew Hill's Point of Departure and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, of which critic Greil Marcus wrote (in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll), "Richard Davis provided the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album". Davis is a recipient of the 2014 NEA Jazz Masters award. [1]

Biography

He has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 1977. Originally from Chicago, he first became known in that city before establishing himself in New York City for twenty-three years. He teaches bass, jazz history, and improvisation.[2]

A long-time educator, Davis' former students include William Parker and Karl E. H. Seigfried.

Richard Davis began his musical career as a singer with his brothers, singing bass in his family vocal trio. In addition to his earlier years of singing, Richard Davis began studying the double bass in high school with his music theory and band director, Captain Walter Dyett. After high school, Davis studied the double bass with Rudolf Fahsbender of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while attending Vandercook College. In 1952 Richard Davis received a BME from Vandercook College.

After college, Davis performed in dance bands. The connections he made while performing various gigs led him to meet pianist Don Shirley. In 1954 Davis and Shirley moved to New York city and performed together until 1956, when, Davis began playing with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra.[3]

In 1957 Davis became a part of Sarah Vaughan's rhythm section, touring and recording with her until 1960. The 60's proved to be a particularly busy and fruitful period for Davis. He was increasingly in demand in a wide variety of musical circles. He worked with many of the cutting edge small jazz groups of the time including those led by Jaki Byard, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin, Andrew Hill, and Elvin Jones. He was a member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra from 1966 until 1972 (now know as the Village Vanguard Orchestra).

In addition to his contributions to the jazz community, Davis was also active performing with rock and popular music acts. He recorded on some of the period's greatest albums including Laura Nyro's Smile, Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Dorothy Ashby

With Kenny Burrell

With Jaki Byard

With Candido Camero

With Eric Dolphy

With Lou Donaldson

With Kenny Dorham

With Jonathan Edwards

With Booker Ervin

With Art Farmer

With Jimmy Forrest

With Frank Foster

With Don Friedman

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Chico Hamilton

With Eddie Harris

With Johnny Hartman

With Roy Haynes

  • Togyu (RCA, 1975)

With Joe Henderson

With Andrew Hill

With Freddie Hubbard

With Janis Ian

With Milt Jackson

With J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding

With Elvin Jones

With Hank Jones

With Roland Kirk

With Eric Kloss

With Hubert Laws

With John Lewis

  • P.O.V. (1975)

With Charles Lloyd

With Pat Martino

With Brother Jack McDuff

With Gary McFarland

With Charles Mingus

With James Moody

With Van Morrison

With David Murray

With Oliver Nelson

With Sam Rivers

  • Hues (Impulse!, 1973)

With Michel Sardaby

  • Michel Sardaby in New York (Sound Hills, 2002)

With Shirley Scott

With Marlena Shaw

With Paul Simon

With Bruce Springsteen

With Sonny Stitt

With Ed Summerlin

With Lucky Thompson

With Mickey Tucker and Roland Hanna

With Sarah Vaughan

With Mal Waldron

With Cedar Walton

With Walter Wanderley

With Ben Webster

With Reuben Wilson

With Jimmy Witherspoon

With Phil Woods

With Joe Zawinul

References

  1. ^ "NEA Jazz Masters: Richard Davis". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  2. ^ Allmusic Biography
  3. ^ Bennet, Bill. "Davis, Richard". Oxford Music Online. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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