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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Richard_Davis.jpg/440px-Richard_Davis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="684" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Davis in 1987</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-04-15</span>)</span>April 15, 1930<br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Illinois, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 6, 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-09-06)</span> (aged 93)<br /><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/Marge_Records" title="Marge Records">Marge</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Creative_Construction_Company" title="Creative Construction Company">Creative Construction Company</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Thad_Jones/Mel_Lewis_Orchestra" title="The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra">The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.richarddavis.org">www<wbr />.richarddavis<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Richard Davis</b> (April 15, 1930 – September 6, 2023) was an American jazz bassist. Among his best-known contributions to the albums of others are <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Out_to_Lunch!" title="Out to Lunch!">Out to Lunch!</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hill_(jazz_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Hill (jazz musician)">Andrew Hill</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Point_of_Departure_(Andrew_Hill_album)" title="Point of Departure (Andrew Hill album)">Point of Departure</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Astral_Weeks" title="Astral Weeks">Astral Weeks</a></i>, of which critic <a href="/wiki/Greil_Marcus" title="Greil Marcus">Greil Marcus</a> wrote (in <i>The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll</i>), "Richard Davis provided the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis was born in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Illinois, on April 15, 1930. His mother died during childbirth, and he was raised by Robert and Elmora Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis gravitated towards playing the bass, and began began his musical career singing bass in his family's vocal trio.<sup id="cite_ref-ALLMUSIC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALLMUSIC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied double bass in high school under <a href="/wiki/Walter_Dyett" title="Walter Dyett">Walter Dyett</a>, and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Youth_Symphony_Orchestras" title="Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras">Youth Orchestra of Greater Chicago</a>, playing in the orchestra's first performance at Chicago's Orchestra Hall on November 14, 1947. After high school, he studied double bass with Rudolf Fahsbender of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while attending <a href="/wiki/VanderCook_College_of_Music" title="VanderCook College of Music">VanderCook College of Music</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After college, Davis performed in dance bands. In the early 1950s, Richard Davis met and played with Sonny Blount (globally celebrated later as the other-worldly orchestral revolutionary Sun Ra) and spent a year with the artistically and commercially successful pianist Ahmad Jamal’s trio. Ahmad Jamal boosted Davis’ career from the start. The connections he made led him to pianist <a href="/wiki/Don_Shirley" title="Don Shirley">Don Shirley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, he and Shirley moved to New York City and performed together until 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when Davis began playing with the <a href="/wiki/Sauter-Finegan_Orchestra" title="Sauter-Finegan Orchestra">Sauter-Finegan Orchestra</a>. In 1957, he became part of <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a>'s rhythm section, touring and recording with her until 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1960s, Davis was in demand in a variety of musical circles. He worked with many of the small jazz groups of the time, including those led by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaki_Byard" title="Jaki Byard">Jaki Byard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Booker_Ervin" title="Booker Ervin">Booker Ervin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hill_(jazz_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Hill (jazz musician)">Andrew Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cal_Tjader" title="Cal Tjader">Cal Tjader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1966 to 1972, he was a member of <a href="/wiki/The_Thad_Jones/Mel_Lewis_Orchestra" title="The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra">The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also played with <a href="/wiki/Don_Sebesky" title="Don Sebesky">Don Sebesky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" title="Ahmad Jamal">Ahmad Jamal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_bio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official_bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis became a prolific contributor to numerous groundbreaking jazz projects. Notably, he played on Eric Dolphy’s avant-garde masterpiece <i>Out to Lunch!</i> with its bold shapes and structures, and on teenage drums prodigy Tony Williams’ album debut, LifeTime.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eric Dolphy assisted Davis in his ability to expand his versatility in relation to playing jazz music. Although Dolphy's music was different from the one he had previously been working on with Sarah Vaughan he knew he was in the right place. </p><p>In 1964 Davis partnered with Andrew Hill’s rhythmically intricate <i>Point of Departure.</i> As Richard Davis continued developing he took a lot of inspiration from Mingus . In 1968 with Van Morrison’s <i>Astral Weeks</i>, Davis served as the de facto musical director, leading the improvisational ensemble through the album’s creation. Producer Lewis Merenstein described Davis as “the soul of the album.” His bass lines on <i>Astral Weeks</i> were lauded by critics for their emotional depth, propelling the album to its status as a classic.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis recorded with pop and rock musicians in the 1970s, appearing on <a href="/wiki/Laura_Nyro" title="Laura Nyro">Laura Nyro</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Smile_(Laura_Nyro_album)" title="Smile (Laura Nyro album)">Smile</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Greetings_From_Asbury_Park,_N.J." class="mw-redirect" title="Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.">Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Run" title="Born to Run">Born to Run</a></i>. During his career he performed classical music with conductors <a href="/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Stokowski" title="Leopold Stokowski">Leopold Stokowski</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gunther_Schuller" title="Gunther Schuller">Gunther Schuller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_bio_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official_bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_Highlights_and_Collaborations">Career Highlights and Collaborations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career Highlights and Collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964 Richard Davis featured on Tony Williams’s debut album <i>Life Time</i>, showcasing his innovative approach. He played on Frank Sinatra’s <i>Watertown</i> (1969), Paul Simon’s <i>Something So Right</i> (1973), and on several classic tracks from 1975, including Bruce Springsteen’s <i>Meeting Across the River</i>, Laura Nyro’s <i>Smile</i>, and Janis Ian’s <i>At Seventeen</i>. Beyond his contributions to pop and rock, Davis was a founding member and regular participant in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra from 1966 to 1972. He performed as part of the New York Bass Violin Choir led by Bill Lee.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1980’s he established the Madison chapter of the Institute for the Healing of Racism and held meetings at his home. In the 1990s he also participated in a series of post bop trio recordings with the pianist John Hicks and the drummer Tatsuya Nakamura.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2000 he released a CD that was recorded in Japan called The Bassist which paid homage to Diversity (King Records). His second CD with King Records "So In Love" was also later released.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis always continued to play and record semi-regularly with him performing with The Bassist which paid homage to Diversity (Palmetto) in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And on March 2009 he participated at the Anderson’s Chicago club, the Velvet Lounge, from March 18–22 celebrating legend Fred Anderson turning 80 on March 22.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teaching">Teaching</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Teaching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1977, Davis accepted a teaching position as Professor of Bass (European Classical and Jazz), Jazz History and combo improvisation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis had a desire to mentor and inspire future generations. Richard Davis points to a number of older bassists as influencing his understanding of the bass. He says, “I listened to Jimmy Blanton, Oscar Pettiford, all those old guys, Milton Hinton. I wanted to find out what they were doing. I didn't want to play like them, but that's where it came from.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with the fact that he was ready to ease the pressures of being a freelance musician. </p><p>His nearly 40-year tenure at the university emphasized classical bass, jazz history, and improvisation. In 1993 Davis founded the Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists to help support young artists develop music.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, he created the Retention Action Project (R.A.P.) focused on multicultural differences. Davis also initiated a chapter of the "Institute for the Healing of Racism" in Madison to further diversity awareness efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He retired from the university in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis died on September 6, 2023, after two years in hospice care, at the age of 93.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over his lifetime, Davis received numerous awards based on his playing and commitment towards empowering future generations. He was named Best Bassist by <i>DownBeat</i> magazine’s International Critics’ Poll from 1967-1974. He won the Hilldale Award for distinguished teaching presented to him by Chancellor Donna Shalala. In 1998 he got an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Edgewood College, Madison. <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000 he received the Manfred E. Swarsensky Humanitarian Award from the Rotary Club Of Madison.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Bassist, <i><a href="/wiki/Downbeat_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Downbeat Magazine">Downbeat</a></i> International Critics' Poll (1967–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEA_Jazz_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="NEA Jazz Master">NEA Jazz Master</a> (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Davis_discography" title="Richard Davis discography">Richard Davis discography</a></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Sounds" title="Heavy Sounds">Heavy Sounds</a></i> (Impulse!, 1967) with <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muses_for_Richard_Davis" title="Muses for Richard Davis">Muses for Richard Davis</a></i> (MPS, 1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Philosophy_of_the_Spiritual" title="The Philosophy of the Spiritual">The Philosophy of the Spiritual</a></i> (Cobblestone, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Epistrophy_%26_Now%27s_the_Time" title="Epistrophy & Now's the Time">Epistrophy & Now's the Time</a></i> (Muse, 1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dealin%27" title="Dealin'">Dealin'</a></i> (Muse, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_One_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="As One (Richard Davis album)">As One</a></i> (Muse, 1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fancy_Free_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Fancy Free (Richard Davis album)">Fancy Free</a></i> (Galaxy, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Gemini" title="Divine Gemini">Divine Gemini</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1978) with <a href="/wiki/Walt_Dickerson" title="Walt Dickerson">Walt Dickerson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harvest_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Harvest (Richard Davis album)">Harvest</a></i> (Muse, 1977 [1979])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Way_Out_West_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Way Out West (Richard Davis album)">Way Out West</a></i> (Muse, 1977 [1980])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tenderness_(Walt_Dickerson_and_Richard_Davis_album)" title="Tenderness (Walt Dickerson and Richard Davis album)">Tenderness</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1977 [1985]) with Walt Dickerson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Persia_My_Dear" title="Persia My Dear">Persia My Dear</a></i> (DIW, 1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Body_and_Soul_(Archie_Shepp_and_Richard_Davis_album)" title="Body and Soul (Archie Shepp and Richard Davis album)">Body and Soul</a></i> (Enja, 1989 [1991]) with <a href="/wiki/Archie_Shepp" title="Archie Shepp">Archie Shepp</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bassist:_Homage_to_Diversity" title="The Bassist: Homage to Diversity">The Bassist: Homage to Diversity</a></i> (Palmetto, 2001)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Davis</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Sounds" title="Heavy Sounds">Heavy Sounds</a></i> <small>[with <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a>]</small> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muses_for_Richard_Davis" title="Muses for Richard Davis">Muses for Richard Davis</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Philosophy_of_the_Spiritual" title="The Philosophy of the Spiritual">The Philosophy of the Spiritual</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dealin%27" title="Dealin'">Dealin'</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fancy_Free_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Fancy Free (Richard Davis album)">Fancy Free</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Gemini" title="Divine Gemini">Divine Gemini</a></i> <small>[with <a href="/wiki/Walt_Dickerson" title="Walt Dickerson">Walt Dickerson</a>]</small> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harvest_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Harvest (Richard Davis album)">Harvest</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Way_Out_West_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Way Out West (Richard Davis album)">Way Out West</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tenderness_(Walt_Dickerson_and_Richard_Davis_album)" title="Tenderness (Walt Dickerson and Richard Davis album)">Tenderness</a></i> <small>[with Walt Dickerson]</small> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Persia_My_Dear" title="Persia My Dear">Persia My Dear</a></i> (1987)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Epistrophy_%26_Now%27s_the_Time" title="Epistrophy & Now's the Time">Epistrophy & Now's the Time</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_One_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="As One (Richard Davis album)">As One</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Creative_Construction_Company" title="Creative Construction Company">Creative Construction Company</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Creative_Construction_Company_(album)" title="Creative Construction Company (album)">Creative Construction Company</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Creative_Construction_Company_Vol._II" title="Creative Construction Company Vol. II">Creative Construction Company Vol. II</a></i> (1976)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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