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Anyway, I think that he has one Blue Note record Davis Cup it is decent but he has some horn players on it and doesn't get to stretch out as much as I'd like. He played a lot with Jackie McLean. And I think he dropped out of the music scene to be a tailor in the mid-sixties. Maybe it was drug related. He resurfaced in the 70's and recorded some good trio albums.
What is crazy about Davis is that he sounds like the second coming of Bud Powell. It is almost ridiculous how much he sounds like Bud. Check out the Live Au Dreher album from sometime around 1980, it is an awesome live set from Davis. Also he has a Monk tribute LP that he did in the 80's and guess what? This guy can also sound like a dead ringer for Thelonious. Now I remember reading that he was younger the Bud and Monk but he grew up in the same neighborhood and he played with and learned from them but man I've never heard someone pull off a more convincing Powell or Monk and the best part is that he really is playing, that is his style. He doesn't sound like a jerk who is just throwing in some Monk licks when doing Bright Mississippi or whatever. He is playing with Monk's vocabulary. Now it seems like his main style is like Bud Powell since he plays that way on most records but again he is freely using the vocabulary and has the same comping. I love this guy.
As far as transcribing his stuff, I thought about it, but he is so close to Bud that I'd rather just go to the source. But he is exciting to listen to. People say that Barry Harris was the next Bud but Walter Davis Jr. is in my book. While Barry Harris learned to play from Bud's solos, he has a unique voice and his ballad work is downright beautiful. With Walter Davis Jr., you'll need to do a double take to make sure who is in the CD player.
Peace Out,
Anchovy D
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