Richard Davis (2)
Biography
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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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Born To Run
1975
Astral Weeks
1968
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
1973
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
1973
Out To Lunch!
1964
Greatest Hits, Etc.
1977
Jaco Pastorius
1976
Karma
1969
Hotcakes
1974
California Dreaming
1967
Extension Of A Man
1973
Between The Lines
1975
Streetlights
1974
Point Of Departure
1965
Negotiations And Love Songs (1971-1986)
1988
Previously Unreleased Recordings
1974
Road Song
1968
Black Fire
1964
Life & Times
1976
Second Childhood
1976
Coffy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1973
Jimmy & Wes (The Dynamic Duo)
1967
In 'N Out
1965
The Essential Paul Simon
2007
Credited work
6,833 releases · 702 albums · active 1955–2026
- Performance · 8,496
- Other credits · 108
- Production · 7
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · 914 Sound Studios · A&R Studios · Record Plant, N.Y.C.