Davis Cup (album)

1960 studio album by Walter Davis Jr.

Davis Cup

Studio album by

Walter Davis Jr.

Released| June 1960[1]
Recorded| August 2, 1959
Studio| Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre| Hard bop
Length| 37:51
Label| Blue Note
BLP 4018
Producer| Alfred Lion
Walter Davis Jr. chronology
|  | Davis Cup
(1960)  | Night Song
(1979)

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Davis Cup is the debut album by American jazz pianist Walter Davis Jr. recorded on August 2, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year—Davis's sole release for the label, and one of his few recordings as leader.[2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|  [4]

In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine says, "Walter Davis Jr.'s debut record as a leader for Blue Note is a terrific hard bop session, a driving collection of six original tunes that emphasize the strengths not only of the pianist himself, but also his supporting band... It all adds up to a wonderful straight-ahead hard bop date, one that's so good it's a wonder that Davis didn't receive another chance to lead a session until 1979."[3]

## Track listing

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All tracks composed by Walter Davis Jr.

### Side 1

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1. "'Smake It" – 5:08
2. "Loodle-Lot" – 5:58
3. "Sweetness" – 8:14

### Side 2

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1. "Rhumba Nhumba" – 6:59
2. "Minor Mind" – 6:26
3. "Millie's Delight" – 5:06

## Personnel

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### Musicians

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* Walter Davis Jr. – piano
* Donald Byrd – trumpet
* Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
* Sam Jones – bass
* Art Taylor – drums

### Technical personnel

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* Alfred Lion – production
* Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
* Reid Miles – design
* Francis Wolff – photography
* Joe Goldberg – liner notes

## References

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1. ^ Schwann Stereo Record Guide, 1966
2. ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 11, 2010
3. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed October 11, 2010
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 354\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Jackie McLean

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.

As leader

co-leader|

* Presenting... Jackie McLean (1955)
* Lights Out! (1956)
* 4, 5 and 6 (1956)
* Jackie's Pal (1956)
* McLean's Scene (1957–59)
* Jackie McLean & Co. (1957)
* Makin' the Changes (1957)
* A Long Drink of the Blues (1957)
* Strange Blues (1957)
* Alto Madness (1957)
* Fat Jazz (1957)
* Jackie's Bag (1959–60)
* New Soil (1959)
* Swing, Swang, Swingin' (1959)
* Capuchin Swing (1960)
* Street Singer (with Tina Brooks, 1960)
* Bluesnik (1961)
* A Fickle Sonance (1961)
* Let Freedom Ring (1962)
* Tippin' the Scales (1962)
* Vertigo (1962–63)
* Hipnosis (1962–67)
* One Step Beyond (1963)
* Destination... Out! (1963)
* It's Time! (1964)
* Action Action Action (1964)
* Right Now! (1965)
* Jacknife (1965–66)
* Consequence (1965)
* New and Old Gospel (1967)
* 'Bout Soul (1967)
* Demon's Dance (1967)
* Live at Montmartre (1972)
* Ode to Super (1973)
* A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)
* Altissimo (1973)
* The Meeting (1973)
* The Source (1973)
* Antiquity (1974)
* New York Calling (1974)
* New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
* One Night with Blue Note Preserved Volume 2 (1985)
* It's About Time (1985)
* Hat Trick (1996)

With
others|

* The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
* Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
* Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
* Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
* Hard Bop (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956)
* Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
* Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
* A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
* Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
* Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
* Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
* 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
* Off to the Races (Donald Byrd, 1958)
* Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
* Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
* Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark, 1958)
* Dig (Miles Davis, 1951)
* Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
* Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
* Inta Somethin' (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
* Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
* Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957)
* 2 Trumpets (Art Farmer, 1957)
* Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
* To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
* Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus, 1956)
* Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
* Mobley's Message (Hank Mobley, Prestige, 1956)
* Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
* Evolution (Grachan Moncur III, 1963)
* Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
* Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
* Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
* Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
* Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
* The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
* The Music From "The Connection" (Freddie Redd, 1960)
* Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
* Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
* Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
* Mal/2 (Mal Waldron, 1957)
* Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
* Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
* Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)

Film and TV
appearances|

* The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)
* Jazz (Ken Burns, 2000)

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Donald Byrd

Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader|

* Byrd's Eye View (1955)
* Byrd Jazz (1955)
* Byrd's Word (1955)
* Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956)
* 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956)
* The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956)
* Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957)
* Fuego (1959)
* Byrd in Flight (1960)
* Free Form (1961)
* A New Perspective (1963)
* I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)
* Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
* Mustang! (1966)
* Blackjack (1967)
* Slow Drag (1967)
* Fancy Free (1969)
* Kofi (1969–70)
* Ethiopian Knights (1971)
* Black Byrd (1972)
* Street Lady (1973)
* Stepping into Tomorrow (1974)
* Places and Spaces (1975)
* Caricatures (1976)
* Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978)
* Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979)
* Love Byrd (1981)
* Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982)
* Harlem Blues (1987)
* Getting Down to Business (1989)
* A City Called Heaven (1991)

With
Pepper
Adams|

* 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958)
* Off to the Races (1959)
* Byrd in Hand (1959)
* At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
* Motor City Scene (1960)
* Out of This World (1961)
* Chant (1961)
* The Cat Walk (1961)
* Royal Flush (1961)
* The Creeper (1967)
* Electric Byrd (1970)

With
The Jazz
Messengers|

* The Jazz Messengers (1956)
* Originally (1956)
* Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
* Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)

With
Gigi
Gryce|

* At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957)
* Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957)
* Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957)
* Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958])
* Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957)
* New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)

With
Jackie
McLean|

* Lights Out! (1956)
* 4, 5 and 6 (1956)
* New Soil (1959)
* Jackie's Bag (1959)
* Vertigo (1963)

With
Hank
Mobley|

* The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956)
* Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956)
* Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957)
* Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
* Hank (1957)
* No Room for Squares (1963)
* Straight No Filter (1963)
* The Turnaround! (1963)
* Far Away Lands (1967)

With
others|

* Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955)
* Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
* All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
* All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
* 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
* Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
* Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
* Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957)
* My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959)
* Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
* Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
* Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
* Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
* This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
* All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957)
* Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957)
* High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957)
* One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964)
* Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965)
* Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962)
* Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958)
* Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993)
* Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95)
* My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993)
* Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977)
* Swamp Seed (Jimmy Heath, 1963)
* Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956)
* African High Life (Solomon Ilori, 1963)
* Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995)
* Quartet-Quintet (Hank Jones, 1955)
* Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955)
* TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959)
* The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
* Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965)
* Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962)
* Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964)
* Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)
* Winner's Circle (Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957)
* Blues in Trinity (Dizzy Reece, 1958)
* The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
* Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967)
* Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956)
* Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978)
* Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
* 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
* A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
* A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
* Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
* Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964)
* A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
* Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
* Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)

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