Richard Davis, master of jazz bass and advocate for understanding, dies at 93
A UW-Madison educator after his stellar New York jazz career, Davis was named an NEA Jazz Master
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A UW-Madison educator after his stellar New York jazz career, Davis was named an NEA Jazz Master
Richard Davis, the versatile bass player has died at 93. Davis worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Bruce Springsteen.
He recorded with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, but it was Davis’ bass playing on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks that was described as “the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album”
A UW-Madison educator after his stellar New York jazz career, Davis was named an NEA Jazz Master
Richard Davis, the prolific bassist who adorned jazz classics and laid the foundation for Van Morrison’s 'Astral Weeks,' has died at the age of 93.