Lester Bangs’s high praise of Richard Davis’s bass playing on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks album.
“…there is something about it that is more than inspired, something that has been touched, that’s in the realm of the miraculous.”
From the book Stranded. #RIPRichardDavis
#NowPlaying The Angel - Bruce Springsteen (Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.)
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Richard Davisが亡くなったと。ボスのヴォーカル、David Sanciousのピアノ、Richardのダブルベースのシンプルなアレンジが沁みるこの名曲は外せない。
Jazz bassist Richard Davis has died at 93. He played on pivotal Blue Note LPs such as Eric Dolphy’s Out to Lunch! & Bobby Hutcherson’s Dialogue and was the bassist and bandleader on Van Morrison’s classic Astral Weeks. Davis live in 1972. #RIPRichardDavis m.youtube.com/watch?v=nx0IL_…
Late bassist Richard Davis was pivotal on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks - leading the sessions musically but following Van’s vocal flights of fancy.
“Richard Davis provided the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album” said Greil Marcus. #RIPRichardDavis
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I was honored to take the Professor’s class with one of my best friends back in Madison.
It was a privilege. He was a great teacher and helped guide a love for jazz that sustains me to this day. #RIPRichardDavis
. . . among the many legendary jazz albums Richard Davis played on is Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch (which I happened to listen to a whole bunch last week).
Eric Dolphy: Hat and Beard (Out To Lunch, 1964)
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““I was 18 years old and I could play any and all of the European classical music,” he continued, “but you weren’t allowed to participate in the symphony orchestra because there were racial issues and prejudices. They didn’t want to see you.”” #RIPRichardDavis
I had the good fortune of taking private string bass lessons with Richard Davis in Madison in the late 1970s. Wonderful teacher, wonderful man. #RIPRichardDavis
