Richard Davis | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Richard_Davis.jpg) Davis performing in 1987 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 15, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 6, 2023 (aged 93) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, pop, classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, educator |
| Instrument | Double bass |
| Labels | Muse, Palmetto, Marge |
| Formerly of | Eric Dolphy, Creative Construction Company, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Van Morrison |
| Website | www |
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."[1]
- ^ Marcus, Greil. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll.