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  • Davis, Walter,

Davis, Walter, Jr., 1932-1990 (Personal Name)

Preferred form: Davis, Walter, Jr., 1932-1990
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  • Earlier heading: Davis, Walter, 1932-1990
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Do not confuse with the blues pianist and singer: Davis, Walter, 1912-1963

Stitt, S. The last Stitt sessions [SR] p1984: v. 2, container (Walter Davis, piano)

Claghorn. Biog. dict. jazz, 1982 (Davis, Walter, Jr., b. 1932 in Richmond, Va.)

Walter Davis Trio. Night song [SR] 1979: label (Walter Davis Trio; Walter Davis, piano)

Grove music online, Mar. 23, 2006: Jazz (Davis, Walter(, Jr.); b. Sept. 2, 1932, Richmond, VA, d. June 2, 1990, New York; American pianist)

Wikipedia, October 23, 2014 (Walter Davis, Jr.; born September 2, 1932, Richmond, Virginia; died June 2, 1990, New York City; American hard bop pianist; composer-arranger; retired from music in the 1960s to work as a tailor, painter and designer, but returned to performing in the 1970s)

New York times WWW site, October 23, 2014 (obituary published June 4, 1990: Walter Davis Jr.; be-bop pianist and composer; died Saturday [June 2, 1990] at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, aged 57; one of the main interpreters of the legacy of the pianist Bud Powell; worked with Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Sonny Rollins, and others)


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