Walter Davis Junior
Walter Davis Jr. (born September 2, 1932 in Richmond , Virginia , † June 2, 1990 in New York City ) was an American jazz pianist , composer and arranger .
Live and act
In his youth, Walter Davis played with Bab's Gonzalez's group Three Bips and a Bop . He moved to New York and played with Max Roach and Charlie Parker in 1952 . In 1956, he joined Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band and toured the Middle East and South America with her. He played in Paris in 1958 with Donald Byrd and in 1959 with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers .
He gave up his music career to work as a tailor . Nevertheless, he subsequently joined a band in New Jersey, produced recordings and wrote arrangements. 1966-1967 he took twice with Sonny Criss on was in 1968 on the album The Way Ahead of Archie Shepp involved and studied music in 1969 in India. In the 1970s, 1973–1974, he played with Sonny Rollins and in 1975 again with the Jazz Messengers. He composed and arranged, among other things, Jodi for her, which they played until the 1990s. The recordings (roulette) sound cheerful. Other compositions by him are: Scorpio Rising , Backgammon , Uranus , Gypsy Folk Tales , Ronnie Is a Dynamite Lady . He led his own band in New York and recorded under his own name in 1979. In 1985 he took part in the concert One Night With The Blue Note with the Jazz Messengers . In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 90 recording sessions between 1953 and 1989, the last time in 1989 when he performed with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers at the Leverkusen Jazz Days .
Lonnie Hillyer : “I was performing with Walter Davis once when he was playing a pattern (musical phrase, pattern) behind me that was really wild, quite out of harmony - a special goddamn interval. I like that kind of spontaneity. "
Davis worked for the film on the soundtrack Bird by Clint Eastwood with.
style
Marian McPartland interviewed Walter Davis Jr. on Npr Radio Jazz about his style. He says one should hear Fats Waller. Davis Jrs is interesting. “Out of tune” upper sound that Stravinsky is said to have used a lot, e.g. B. F sharp major over C major, which are a tritone apart. Example:
More interesting is his composition instructions summarized in one sentence. In order to enrich the simple triads, one takes a sound F, then goes on to E ♭ , leaves the f of the middle voice and so on in any subsequent sounds. His example (functional):
The same expanded:
He himself uses this in his compositions over long stretches and several chords.
Discographic notes
- Davis Cup , 1959, Blue Note.
- Blues Walk , 1979, red.
- 400 Years Ago , Tomorrow, 1979, Owl.
- Night Song , 1979
- In Walked Thelonious , 1987, Mapleshade .
- Live at the Dreher , 1981
- Illumination , 1989
- Scorpio Rising , 1994
Web links
- Walter Davis junior at Allmusic (English)
- Walter Davis junior at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 29, 2019)
- ↑ http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/wdavis.html
- ^ Paul Rinzler, The New Grove Encyclopedia Of Jazz
- ^ McPartland's Piano Jazz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davis, Walter Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist, composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1990 |
| Place of death | New York City |