Richard Davis (bassist)

Richard Davis
Davis in 1987
Background information
Born(1930-04-15)April 15, 1930
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 2023(2023-09-06) (aged 93)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres
  • Jazz
  • pop
  • classical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
Labels
Formerly of
Websitewww.richarddavis.org

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."

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