Illumination (Walter Davis Jr. album)

Studio album by Walter Davis Jr.

Illumination

Studio album by

Walter Davis Jr.

Recorded| February–December 1977
Studio| A&R Studios, New York City
Sound Ideas Studios, NYC
Genre| Avant-garde jazz, modal jazz, post-bop
Length| 69:49
Label| Denon Records
Pony Canyon Records
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Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

Illumination is an album by the jazz pianist Walter Davis Jr. Davis uses an out-of-tune piano and the cover shows Davis at a toy piano.[1]

## Track listing

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All tracks composed by Walter Davis Jr. unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Scorpio Rising"
2. "Illumination"
3. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady"
4. "Backgammon"
5. "Abide with Me" (Henry Francis Lyte)
6. "Crowded Elevator"
7. "Theme from 'La Strada'" (Nino Rota)
8. "Biribinya Nos States"
9. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter)
10. "Pranayama"
11. "I'll Keep Loving You" (Bud Powell)

## Personnel

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* Walter Davis Jr. – piano
* Carter Jefferson – tenor saxophone
* Charles Sullivan – trumpet
* Jeremy Steig – flute
* Buster Williams – bass
* Bruno Carr – drums
* Art Blakey – drums
* Tony Williams – drums
* Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (8)
* Milton Frustino – guitar (8)

## References

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1. ^ a b Illumination at AllMusic