''Illumination'' is an album by the jazz pianist
Walter Davis Jr.
Walter Davis Jr. (September 2, 1932 – June 2, 1990) was an American bebop and hard bop pianist.
Davis once left the music world to be a tailor, but returned. A soloist, bandleader, and accompanist, he amassed a body of work while never be ...
Track listing
#Scorpio Rising
# Illumination
# Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady
#Backgammon
#Abide with Me
#Crowded Elevator
#Theme from "La Strada"
#Biribinya Nos States
#Just One of Those Things
#Pranayama
# I'll Keep Loving You
Personnel
*Walter Davis (piano)
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Carter Jefferson
Carter Jefferson (1946 – 9 December 1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Jefferson played clarinet and alto saxophone early in his career, playing in the backing bands for The Temptations, The Supremes, and Little Richard in the 1960s. ...
(tenor saxophone)
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Charles Sullivan (trumpet)
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(flute)
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Buster Williams
Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams (born April 17, 1942) is an American jazz bassist. Williams is known for his membership in pianist Herbie Hancock's early 1970s group, working with guitarist Larry Coryell from the 1980s to present, working in th ...
(bass)
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Bruno Carr
Edward "Bruno" Carr (February 9, 1928 – October 25, 1993) was an American jazz drummer. Carr was a frequent collaborator with Ray Charles, and he recorded with Aretha Franklin. He was Herbie Mann's drummer from 1965 through 1969.
Carr died o ...
(drums)
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Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...
(drums)
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Tony Williams (drums)
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Naná Vasconcelos
Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician wi ...
(percussion, track 8)
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Milton Frustino
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
(guitar, track 8)
References
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Walter Davis Jr. albums
Denon Records albums
Pony Canyon albums
1977 albums
Instrumental albums