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Richard Davis
b, *1930 US, Chicago
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Richard Davis
Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American jazz double 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".
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Words Can't Describe on Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Sarah Vaughan, Vol. 4 by Sarah Vaughan All of Me on Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Sarah Vaughan, Vol. 4 by Sarah Vaughan Pennies from Heaven on Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Sarah Vaughan, Vol. 4 by Sarah Vaughan Stardust on Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Sarah Vaughan, Vol. 6 by Sarah Vaughan The Rite Of Spring on Three Works For Jazz Soloists & Symphony Orchestra by Don Sebesky Elvin's Guitar Blues on Heavy Sounds by Elvin Jones & Richard Davis Raunchy Rita on Heavy Sounds by Elvin Jones & Richard Davis Shiny Stockings on Heavy Sounds by Elvin Jones & Richard Davis M.E. on Heavy Sounds by Elvin Jones & Richard Davis I Cried for You on Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Sarah Vaughan, Vol. 4 by Sarah VaughanTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valentine's Day 1964 Live | Ben Webster, Dave Frishberg, Richard Davis, Grady Tate | 2018 | Album |
| Blue Monk | Richard Davis With Junior Mance | 2015 | Album |
| So In Love | Richard Davis | 2015 | Album |
| Madison | Tine Asmundsen - Richard Davis - Vidar Johansen - Robert Shy | 2008 | Album |
| The Bassist ~ Homage To Diversity ~ | Richard Davis With John Hicks | 2001 | Album |
| Forest Flowers | Richard Davis | 2000 | Compil. |
| Dialogue | Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis | 1998 | Compil. |
| Body And Soul | Archie Shepp & Richard Davis | 1991 | Album |
| Dealin' (Live At Sweet Basil) | Richard Davis | 1991 | Album |
| Village Vanguard Live Sessions 2 | Pepper Adams, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea, Richard Davis, Joe Farrell, Dizzy Gillespie, Garnett Brown, Marvin Stamm | 1990 | Compil. |
| Four Play | Clifford Jordan, Richard Davis, James Williams, Ronnie Burrage | 1990 | Album |
| Village Vanguard Live Sessions 1 | Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, Mel Lewis, Ray Nance, Pepper Adams, Richard Davis | 1990 | Compil. |
| I Remember Clifford | James Williams, Richard Davis, Ronnie Burrage | 1990 | Album |
| One For Frederick | Richard Davis, And Friends | 1990 | Album |
| Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Remembered Live At Sweet Basil Vol. II | Mal Waldron, Richard Davis, Ed Blackwell, Donald Harrison, Terence Blanchard | 1987 | Album |
| Persia My Dear | Richard Davis, Roland Hanna, Freddie Waits | 1987 | Album |
| Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Remembered Live At Sweet Basil | Mal Waldron, Richard Davis, Ed Blackwell, Donald Harrison, Terence Blanchard | 1987 | Album |
| Live At The Elvehjem Art Museum | Ben Sidran / Richard Davis | 1986 | Album |
| Tenderness | Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis | 1985 | Album |
| Inneraction | Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Richard Davis, Robert Adkins | 1984 | Album |
| Way Out West | Richard Davis | 1980 | Album |
| Harvest | Richard Davis | 1979 | Album |
| Cauldron | Richard Davis, L.D. Levy | 1979 | Album |
| Divine Gemini | Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis | 1978 | Album |
| Fancy Free | Richard Davis | 1977 | Album |
| As One | Richard Davis | 1976 | Album |
| Strike Up The Band | Bobby Hackett, Zoot Sims, Bucky Pizzarelli, Richard Davis, Mel Lewis & Hank Jones | 1975 | Album |
| Momentum | Jimmy Raney / Richard Davis / Alan Dawson | 1975 | Album |
| Dealin' | Richard Davis | 1974 | Album |
| The Philosophy Of The Spiritual | Richard Davis | 1972 | Album |
| Epistrophy & Now's The Time | Richard Davis | 1972 | Album |
| Muses For Richard Davis | Richard Davis | 1970 | Album |
| Heavy Sounds | Elvin Jones And Richard Davis | 1968 | Album |
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