Walter Davis Jr. was an exceptional hard bop pianist and composer. He was commanding and percussive, similar in this regard to Horace Silver. As a leader, Davis made a bunch of terrific albums, and one of his best was his first—Davis Cup—for Blue Note.
The album was recorded on August 2, 1959. The reason I include the date here is because Davis Cup was t…
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