Muses for Richard Davis

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Muses for Richard Davis
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedDecember 9, 1969
MPS Studio, Villingen, East Germany
Genre Jazz
Label MPS
MR 5002
Producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Richard Davis chronology
Heavy Sounds
(1967)
Muses for Richard Davis
(1970)
The Philosophy of the Spiritual
(1971)
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Muses for Richard Davis is the debut album by bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1969 and released on the German MPS label. [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars with a review stating, "It's a meeting of post-bop titans who not only know how to play, but also how to play together". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Milktrain" (Jimmy Knepper) - 6:03
  2. "A Child is Born" (Thad Jones) - 5:00
  3. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:25
  4. "What Is It?" (Pepper Adams) - 7:00
  5. "Muses for Richard Davis" (Roland Hanna) - 5:00
  6. "Toe Tail Moon" (Jerry Dodgion) - 4:55

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Todd, J. Allmusic Review, accessed August 30, 2013
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 59. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. MPS Records discography accessed August 29, 2013
  4. Richard Davis discography accessed August 29, 2013