Richard Davis was earlier this week named a NEA Jazz Master for 2014. The bassist and composer appears on an extraordinary array of jazz records, but that's not all. In the list below there are two landmark rock and pop records he plays on for good measure. Here’s a run-down
10 ‘I’m a Fool to Want You’ from A Night at the Vanguard by Kenny Burrell. Recorded in September 1959
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b78cvTk5cY
9 ‘Hat and Beard’ from Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy. Recorded in February 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tnPkQufnZY
8 ‘New Monastery’ from Point of Departure by Andrew Hill. Recorded in March 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMRYFQQMLg
7 ‘Groovin’ High’ from Groovin’ High by Booker Ervin. Recorded in June 1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vX77xdkxPU&list=PLulPEghR3jeu6uJ_wj7WVuTnH_1TdVkwV
6 ‘The Fox’ from Trompeta Toccata by Kenny Dorham. Recorded in September 1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-U0uqKNhO0
5 ‘Rip, Rig & Panic’ from Rip, Rig & Panic by Roland Kirk. Recorded in January 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMg6Cy1Kh3o
4 ‘Everything Happens to Me’ from Dear John C. by Elvin Jones. Recorded in February 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtfXtLHFFIw
3 ‘Monday Monday’ from The Further Adventures of El Chico by Chico Hamilton. Recorded in 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWC7NeP7rDc
2 ‘Cyprus Avenue’ from Astral Weeks by Van Morrison. Recorded in 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8jPDdHd9y8
1 ‘At Seventeen’ from Between the Lines by Janis Ian. Recorded in 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhFnOAwr96o
Richard Davis above. Photo: Ken Halfmann/NEA