Person · Male
Richard Davis
American jazz bassist
- From
- Chicago, United States
- Active
- 1930–2023
- Releases
- 26
- hard bop
- jazz
- post-bop
About
Richard Davis (April 15, 1930 – September 6, 2023) was an American jazz bassist. Among his best-known contributions to the albums of others are Eric Dolphy's 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."
Member of
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The Great Jazz Trio bass
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Thad Jones Septet bass
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David Murray Trio bass
Discography
Albums
Live
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Valentine's Day 1964 Live
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Village Vanguard Live Sessions
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Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon
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Body and Soul
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Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil Vol. II - Fire Waltz
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Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil
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Epistrophy & Now’s the Time
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Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon
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At the Five Spot, Volume 1
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Live at the Elvehjem Art Museum
Other
Links
Listen
Official
Concerts
Also known as
リチャード・デイヴィス
Tags
- 2008 universal fire victim
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- b59843a1-bb97-45f0-84b9-ff9017878cdd
- ISNI
- 0000000079564079
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.