Bassist / composer Richard Davis in the 70s, by request [limited time only]

 

Discography here. 

I loved Way Out West which came at the end of a decade in which he put out about 8 albums.  The earlier material is full of standards but also oddified or made odd by his unusual tendency to play the bass with a bow, creating a tremulous vibrating sound to both melodies and improvs, that is a little bit offputting. Of course when the cello is played this way it can sound quite plaintively emotional and expressive due to its range in the human register of vocal pitch but I think the thickness of the strings on the bass and the depth of bassness make it a bit less compelling on that instrument...

On the other hand in this 1980 outing he eschewed that cursed bow (for the most part) and created some nice funky fusion material incl. this composition with the odd title of The Elephant Boy (Joseph Merrick's son?):