Richard Davis (1930-2023), Part 2

In yesterday's post, I offered up 10 clips by the late bassist Richard Davis playing on other artists' albums. Today, as promised, here are 10 clips of Davis leading his own album recording sessions [photo above of Richard Davis courtesy of Local 802 AFM]:

Here's Davis playing What Is It?, from his first leadership album Muses for Richard Davis (1969), with Pepper Adams (bar), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Sir Roland Hanna (p), Davis (b) and Louis Hayes (d)...

Here's Baby Sweets from The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971), with Chick Corea (p), Sam Brown (g), Davis and Bill Lee (b), Gerald "Sonny" Brown (d) and Frankie Dunlop (perc)...

Here's Song for Wounded Knee, from the 1973 album of the same name, with Joe Beck (g), Davis (b) and Jack DeJohnette (d)...

Here's the full Dealin', one of my favorite albums by Davis, with Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson (tp,tamb,cow-bell), Clifford Jordan (ts,sop,cow-bell), Paul Griffin (p,el-p,org,clav), David Spinozza (g), Davis (b,el-b,vcl) and Freddie Waits (d)...

Here's the impossibly beautiful Windflower by Sara Cassey from Davis's Harvest (1977), with Consuela Lee Moorehead (p), Ted Dunbar (g), Davis and Bill Lee (b) and Freddie Waits (d)...

Here's On the Trail from Way Out West (1977), with Davis and Joe Henderson (ts)...

Here's Horace Silver's Silver's Serenade, from Davis's Fancy Free album in 1977, with Eddie Henderson (tp), Joe Henderson (ts), Stanley Cowell (el-p), Davis (b), Billy Cobham (d,synt)...

Here's Strange Vibes, from One for Frederick (1989), with Cecil Bridgewater (tp), Ricky Ford (ts), Sir Roland Hanna (p) and Richard Davis (b), live at New York's Sweet Basil...

Here's Davis with pianist John Hicks playing Estate, from his album The Bassist: Homage to Diversity (2001)...

And here's Davis with pianist Junior Mance playing Blue Bossa from his final album, Blue Monk (2007)...