Saturday 21 January 2023

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?):




21 comments:

  1. limited time only, 8 LPs (Muses, Philosophy of the spiritual, Epistrophy, Dealin', As One, Fancy free, Harvest, Way out west)
    https://we.tl/t-FT3DRzkW0w

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  2. @Julianryan Thank you and for the information Richard is an amazing artist

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  3. Hello Julianryan Do you have
    Jorge López Ruiz – De Boite en Boite
    Jorge López Ruiz – Un Hombre De Buenos Aires
    Jorge López Ruiz – Encuentro en New York

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    1. for sure, I'll post those after the next batch of scheduled posts, stay tuned

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  4. Alas again. I somehow missed these Richard Davis recordings too. I have the first one on wax, bought back in the day. The rest I've heard MAYBE once. If you ever re-up, I'd be MOST grateful. Thank you

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  5. any chance for re-up? also do u happen to have The Franklin Street Arterial – The Franklin Street Arterial??

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    1. https://progressreview.blogspot.com/2021/04/back-to-old-franklin-street-arterial-in.html
      find it here

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  6. https://we.tl/t-hI9sYIs2CF
    back by popular demand

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  7. for the last time! (hopefully)
    https://we.tl/t-0Ve26dQ2Fz

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