Richard Davis discography

This is the discography for American jazz musician Richard Davis.

As leader/co-leader

• 1967: Heavy Sounds with Elvin Jones (Impulse!)
• 1969: Muses for Richard Davis (MPS)
• 1971: The Philosophy of the Spiritual (Cobblestone) - also released as With Understanding (Muse)
• 1971: Epistrophy (Black & Blue)
• 1972: Now's the Time (Muse)
• 1972: Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse)
• 1973: Dealin' (Muse)
• 1973: Songs for Wounded Knee (Flying Dutchman)
• 1975: As One (Muse)
• 1977: Harvest (Muse) - released 1979
• 1977: Way Out West (Muse) - released 1980
• 1977: Fancy Free (Galaxy)
• 1977: Divine Gemini (SteepleChase) with Walt Dickerson
• 1977: Tenderness (SteepleChase) with Walt Dickerson - released 1985
• 1979: Cauldron (Corvo)
• 1987: Persia My Dear (DIW)
• 1989: One for Frederick (Hep)
• 1989: Body and Soul (Enja) with Archie Shepp - released 1991
• 1992: I Remember Clifford (Disk Union)
• 1994: Live at Sweet Basil (Evidence)
• 1995: Naima (Evidence)
• 1995: Reminisces (Sympatico)
• 1997: Total Package (Marge)
• 2001: The Bassist: Homage to Diversity (Palmetto) with John Hicks
• 2001: So in Love (King)
• 2008: Madison (Hazel Jazz)
• 2008: Blue Monk (King)

As sideman

With Manny Albam

• Brass on Fire (Sold State, 1966)
• The Soul of the City (Solid State, 1966)

With Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)

With Dorothy Ashby

• The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965)

With Elek Bacsik

• I Love You (Bob Thiele Music, 1974)

With Chet Baker

• Baker's Holiday (Limelight, 1965)

With Gary Bartz

• Libra (Milestone, 1968)

With Willie Bobo

• Spanish Grease (Verve, 1965)

With Ruth Brown

• Ruth Brown '65 (Mainstream, 1965)

With Ray Bryant

• Lonesome Traveler (Cadet, 1966)
• Slow Freight (Cadet, 1967)

With Kenny Burrell

• A Night at the Vanguard (Argo, 1959)

With Jaki Byard

• Freedom Together! (Prestige, 1966)
• Jaki Byard with Strings! (Prestige, 1968)
• The Jaki Byard Experience (Prestige, 1968)

With Free Creek

• Music from Free Creek (Buddah, 1973)

With Candido Camero

• Beautiful (Blue Note, 1970)

With Joe Chambers

• The Almoravid (Muse, 1974)

With Creative Construction Company

• Creative Construction Company (Muse, 1970 [1975])
• Creative Construction Company Vol. II (Muse, 1970 [1976])

With Eddie Daniels

• First Prize! (Prestige 1967)

With Bo Diddley

• Where It All Began (Chess, 1972)

With Eric Dolphy

• Iron Man (Douglas, 1963)
• Out to Lunch! (Blue Note, 1964)

With Lou Donaldson

• Rough House Blues (Argo, 1964)
• Sophisticated Lou (Blue Note, 1973)

With Kenny Dorham

• Trompeta Toccata (Blue Note, 1964)

With Jonathan Edwards

• Have a Good Time for Me (Alto, 1973)

With Booker Ervin

• The Freedom Book (Prestige, 1963)
• The Song Book (Prestige, 1964)
• The Blues Book (Prestige, 1964)
• The Space Book (Prestige, 1964)
• Groovin' High (Prestige, 1963–64)
• Heavy!!! (Prestige, 1966)

With Art Farmer

• New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (Scepter, 1966)

With Maynard Ferguson

• The Blues Roar (Mainstream, 1965)

With Ricky Ford

• Loxodonta Africana (New World, 1977)

With Jimmy Forrest

• Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)

With Frank Foster

• Soul Outing! (Prestige, 1966)

With Don Friedman

• Metamorphosis (Prestige, 1966)

With Red Garland

• Equinox (Galaxy, 1978)

With Stan Getz

• Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (MGM, 1965)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Cornucopia (Solid State, 1969)

With Chico Hamilton

• The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
• The Dealer (Impulse!, 1966)

With Eddie Harris

• Silver Cycles (Atlantic, 1968)

With Johnny Hartman

• The Voice That Is! (Impulse!, 1964)

With Roy Haynes

• Togyu (RCA, 1975)

With Joe Henderson

• In 'n Out (Blue Note, 1964)
• Relaxin' at Camarillo (Contemporary, 1979)

With Andrew Hill

• Black Fire (Blue Note, 1963)
• Smokestack (Blue Note, 1963)
• Judgment! (Blue Note, 1964)
• Point of Departure (Blue Note, 1964)
• Andrew!!! (Blue Note, 1964)
• Pax (Blue Note, 1965)
• Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1969)
• Nefertiti (East Wind, 1976)

With Mieko Hirota

• Step Across (CBS/Sony, 1978)

With Johnny Hodges

• Blue Rabbit (Verve, 1964) with Wild Bill Davis
• Wings & Things (Verve, 1965) with Wild Bill Davis
• Stride Right (Verve, 1966) with Earl "Fatha" Hines

With Freddie Hubbard

• The Hub of Hubbard (Blue Note, 1970)

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965)

With Janis Ian

• Between the Lines (1975)

With Milt Jackson

• For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
• Jazz 'n' Samba (Impulse!, 1964)

With Budd Johnson

• Ya! Ya! (Argo, 1964)
• Off the Wall (Argo, 1964) with Joe Newman

With J. J. Johnson

• J.J.'s Broadway (Verve, 1963)
• Goodies (RCA Victor, 1965)
• Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)
• Israel (CTI Records, 1968) with Kai Winding

With Elvin Jones

• Dear John C. (Impulse!, 1965)
• Heavy Sounds (Impulse!, 1967)
• Very R.A.R.E. (Trio, 1979)
• Heart to Heart (Denon, 1980)
• Love & Peace (Trio, 1982)
• Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn (Polydor Japan, 1984)

With Hank Jones

• Arigato (Progressive, 1976)
• Ain't Misbehavin' (Galaxy, 1978)

With The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

• Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (Sold State, 1966)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State, 1967)
• Monday Night (Solid State, 1968)
• Basle, 1969 (TCB, 1969) (Released 1996)
• Central Park North (Solid State, 1969)
• Consummation (Blue Note, 1970)

With Clifford Jordan

• These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (Atlantic, 1965)
• In the World (Strata-East, 1969 [1972])
• Inward Fire (Muse, 1978)
• Four Play (DIW, 1990) with James Williams and Ronnie Burrage

With Roland Kirk

• Reeds & Deeds (1963)
• Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)

With Eric Kloss

• Grits & Gravy (Prestige, 1966)
• In the Land of the Giants (Prestige, 1969)

With Hubert Laws

• The Laws of Jazz (Atlantic, 1964)
• Flute By-Laws (Atlantic, 1966)
• Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972)

With John Lewis

• Essence (Atlantic, 1962)
• P.O.V. (1975)

With Charles Lloyd

• Discovery! (Columbia, 1964)

With Johnny Lytle

• A Man and a Woman (Solid State, 1967)

With Junior Mance

• I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968)

With Herbie Mann

• Impressions of the Middle East (Atlantic, 1966)
• The Herbie Mann String Album (Atlantic, 1967)

With Pat Martino

• Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) (Prestige, 1968)
• The Visit! (Cobblestone, 1972) also released as Footprints
• Exit (Muse, 1976)

With Brother Jack McDuff

• Prelude (Prestige, 1963)
• Moon Rappin' (Blue Note, 1969)
• Check This Out (Cadet, 1972)

With Gary McFarland

• The Gary McFarland Orchestra with Bill Evans (1963)
• Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
• The In Sound (Verve, 1965)

With Gary McFarland and Gabor Szabo

• Simpatico with Gabor Szabo (Impulse!, 1966)

With Kate & Anna McGarrigle

• Dancer with Bruised Knees (Warner Bros., 1977)

With Jimmy McGriff

• The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)
• A Bag Full of Blues (Solid State, 1967)
• Groove Grease (Groove Merchant, 1971)

With Charles Mingus

• Let My Children Hear Music (Columbia, 1972)

With James Moody

• Great Day (Argo, 1963)

With Van Morrison

• Astral Weeks (1968)

With David Murray

• The Hill (1987)
• Seasons (1999)

With Oliver Nelson

• More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1964)
• Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)

With David Newman

• Bigger & Better (Atlantic, 1968)
• The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic, 1969)

With New York Unit

• Oleo (CBS/Sony, 1989)
• Blue Bossa (Paddle Wheel, 1990)
• St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors (Paddle Wheel, 1991)
• Tribute to George Adams (Paddle Wheel, 1991)
• Now's the Time (Paddle Wheel, 1992)
• Over the Rainbow (Paddle Wheel, 1992)
• Akari (Apollon, 1994)

With Laura Nyro

• Smile (Columbia, 1976)
• Season of Lights (Columbia, 1977)

With Sam Rivers

• Hues (Impulse!, 1973)

With Tine Asmundsen

• Madison (Hazel Jazz, 2008)

With Pharoah Sanders

• Karma (Impulse!, 1969)

With Michel Sardaby

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

With Shirley Scott

• Latin Shadows (Impulse!, 1965)
• Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
• Mystical Lady (Cadet, 1971)

With Marlena Shaw

• Marlena (1972)

With Sonny Simmons

• Burning Spirits (Contemporary, 1971)

With Paul Simon

• There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)

With Jimmy Smith

• Monster (1965)
• Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)

With Bruce Springsteen

• Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (Columbia, 1973)
• Born to Run (Columbia, 1975)

With Sonny Stitt

• Mr. Bojangles (Cadet, 1973)
• Satan (Cadet, 1974)
• Stomp Off Let's Go (Flying Dutchman, 1976)

With Ed Summerlin

• Ring Out Joy (Avant-Garde, 1968)

With Clark Terry

• Mumbles (Mainstream, 1966)

With Leon Thomas

• Spirits Known and Unknown (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
• Full Circle (Flying Dutchman, 1973)

With Lucky Thompson

• Lucky Strikes (Prestige, 1964)

With Cal Tjader

• Soul Sauce (Verve, 1965)
• Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (Verve, 1965)
• Soul Burst (Verve, 1966)

With Mickey Tucker and Roland Hanna

• The New Heritage Keyboard Quartet (Blue Note, 1973)

With Phil Upchurch

• Feeling Blue (Milestone, 1967)

With Sarah Vaughan

• Swingin' Easy (EmArcy, 1957)

With Mal Waldron

• Sweet Love, Bitter (Impulse!, 1967)

With Cedar Walton

• Cedar Walton Plays Cedar Walton
• Spectrum

With Walter Wanderley

• Moondreams (A&M/CTI, 1969)

With Ben Webster

• Soulmates (Riverside, 1963) with Joe Zawinul
• See You at the Fair (Impulse!, 1964)

With Reuben Wilson

• Set Us Free (1971)

With Kai Winding

• More Brass (Verve, 1966)

With Jimmy Witherspoon

• Blues for Easy Livers (Prestige, 1965)

With Phil Woods

• Round Trip (Verve, 1969)
• Musique du Bois (Muse, 1974)

With Joe Zawinul

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream (1968)