Richard Davis (2)

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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Credited on 6,833 releases.

Frequent collaborators: Various, Eric Dolphy, Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Smith, Andrew Hill, Roland Kirk.

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