(Hard Bop, Post-Bop) Walter Davis, Jr. - Коллекция - 1959-1987 (3 альбома), MP3, 320 kbps

Walter Davis Jr. (1932-1990). Пианист. Выпустил в 1959 году дебютный альбом на Blue Note. Затем практически исчез на 20 лет из джаза (работал в своем ателье, изучал музыку в Индии) и вернулся лишь в 1979, также выпускал альбомы и в 80х. Работал с Jazz Messengers Арта Блэйки, Sonny Criss, Dizzy Gillespie.

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Walter Davis, Jr. (September 2, 1932, Richmond, Virginia; – June 2, 1990, New York City) was an American hard bop pianist.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Davis performed as a teenager with Babs Gonzales. In the 1950s, Davis recorded with Melba Liston, Max Roach and played with Roach, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1958 he played a highly successful, extended engagement in Paris with trumpeter Donald Byrd at Le Chat Qui Peche and shortly after realized his dream of becoming pianist and composer-arranger for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
After retiring from music in the 1960s to work as a tailor, painter and designer, he returned in the 1970s to perform with Sonny Rollins and again with the Jazz Messengers. He recorded with many other prominent jazz musicians, including Kenny Clarke, Sonny Criss, Jackie McLean, Pierre Michelot and Archie Shepp.
Davis was known as a prime interpreter of the music of Bud Powell, but also recorded an album capturing the compositional genius and piano style of Thelonious Monk. Although few of Davis' recordings as a pianist remain in print, he is likely to be periodically rediscovered and long remembered for his strikingly original, adventurous and challenging compositions, several of which served as titles for noteworthy albums by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Combining traditional harmonies with modal patterns and featuring numerous rhythmic shifts along with internal melodic motifs within operatic, aria-like sweeping melodies, Davis's fresh and forward-looking compositions included "Scorpio Rising", "Backgammon", "Uranus", "Gypsy Folk Tales", "Jodi" and "Ronnie Is a Dynamite Lady".
Davis had an occasional role as the piano player on the CBS television comedy Frank's Place. He also contributed to the soundtrack of the Clint Eastwood film Bird.
Davis died in New York on June 2, 1990, from complications of liver and kidney disease. He was 57. He was survived by four daughters, Evin Yager, Alana Davis, Sareenah Davis and Alicia Davis.

Walter Davis, Jr. - Davis Cup
Год издания диска: 2007
Продолжительность: 37:57
Треклист:
01. 'Smake It (Davis) - 5:09
02. Loodle-Lot (Davis) - 5:59
03. Sweetness (Davis) - 8:15
04. Rhumba Nhumba (Davis) - 7:00
05. Minor Mind (Davis) - 6:27
06. Millie's Delight (Davis) - 5:07
Состав:
Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
Sam Jones - bass
Art Taylor - drums
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on August 2, 1959.

Walter Davis, Jr. - Illumination
#777Год издания диска: 1989
Продолжительность: 70:44
Треклист:
01. Scorpio Rising (Davis) - 7:19
02. Illumination (Davis) - 9:57
03. Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady (Davis) - 8:37
04. Backgammon (Davis) - 7:21
05. Abide with Me (Trad.) - 6:02
06. Crowded Elevator (Davis) - 5:23
07. Theme from "La Strada" (Rota) - 2:38
08. Biribinya Nos States (Pepeu) - 3:35
09. Just One of Those Things (Porter) - 5:55
10. Pranayama (Davis) - 6:05
11. I'll Keep Loving You (Powell) - 7:52
Состав:
#1-4:
Walter Davis - piano
Buster Williams - bass
Bruno Carr (#1,2), Art Blakey (#3,4) - drums
Jeremy Steig - flute (#2)
Recorded at A&R Studio, New York on February 19, 1977.
#5-11:
Walter Davis - piano
Charles Sullivan - trumpet (#7,10)
Carter Jefferson - tenor saxophone (#10)
Buster Williams - bass (#6,8,10)
Tony Williams - drums (#6,8,10)
Nana - percussion (#8)
Milton Frustino - rhythm guitar (#8)
Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios, New York on November 22-23 and December 1, 1977.

Walter Davis, Jr. - In Walked Thelonious
#777Год издания диска: 1994
Продолжительность: 42:13
Треклист:
01. Green Chimneys (Monk) - 2:47
02. Crepuscule with Nellie (Monk) - 2:39
03. Gallop's Gallop (Monk) - 2:10
04. Ask Me Now (Monk) - 3:09
05. 'Round Midnight I (Monk-Williams-Hanighen) - 4:48
06. Trinkle Twinkle (Monk) - 2:11
07. Ruby, My Dear (Monk) - 3:34
08. Monk's Mood (Monk) - 2:55
09. Off Minor (Monk) - 1:52
10. Pannonica (Monk) - 2:13
11. Bye-Ya (Monk) - 1:31
12. Ugly Beauty (Monk) - 2:36
13. Criss Cross (Monk) - 2:33
14. Portrait of an Eremite (aka Reflections) (Monk) - 1:54
15. 'Round Midnight II (Monk-Williams-Hanighen) - 5:21
Состав:
Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
Recorded at Mapleshade Studio, Glenn Dale, MD in April-May, 1987.