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MADISON, Wis. — Richard Davis, an internationally renowned jazz bassist who taught at the University of Wisconsin for more than 40 years, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, his daughter Persia
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”
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.