Richard Davis (bassist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Davis (bassist)

American double-bassist

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1930

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: pedagogue, university teacher, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American jazz bassist.
Among his best-known contributions to the albums of others are Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch!, Andrew Hill's Point of Departure, and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, of which critic Greil Marcus wrote (in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll), "Richard Davis provided the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album."