Birth Name:

Walter Davis Jr.

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Sep 02, 1932

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Age:

92

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

9°

Vir

57'

About Walter Davis Jr.

Walter Davis Jr. (September 2, 1932 – June 2, 1990) was an American hard bop pianist. An often remarkable and inventive bebop and hard bop pianist, Walter Davis Jr. once left the music world to be a tailor, but returned. A solid soloist, bandleader, and accompanist, he amassed a good body of work while never becoming a high-profile name even within the jazz community. Davis played with Babs Gonzales’ Three Bips & a Bop as a teen, then moved from Richmond to New York in the early ’50s. He played with Max Roach and Charlie Parker, recording with Roach in 1953. He joined Dizzy Gillespie’s band in 1956, and toured the Middle East and South America. He also played in Paris with Donald Byrd in 1958 and with Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers in 1959. After retiring from music for a while to run his tailor shop, Davis returned in the ’60s, producing records and writing arrangements for a local New Jersey group. He studied music in India in 1979, and played with Sonny Rollins in the early ’70s.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Walter Davis Jr.: Sun 9 Virgo, Moon 4 Libra, Mercury 21 Leo, Venus 24 Cancer, Mars 18 Cancer, Jupiter 4 Virgo, Saturn 28 Capricorn, Uranus 22 Aries, Neptune 7 Virgo, Pluto 22 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Conjunct Mars, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Sun Conjunct Neptune, Sun Semi Square Pluto, Mercury Trine Uranus, Mercury Semi Sextile Pluto, Venus Opposition Saturn, Venus Square Uranus, Venus Semi Square Neptune, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Semi Square Jupiter, Mars Square Uranus, Mars Conjunct Pluto, Jupiter Conjunct Neptune, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Walter Davis Jr.: 20th-century American pianists, American male pianists, 20th-century American male musicians, American jazz pianists, Virginia, 1990 deaths, American male jazz musicians, Musicians from Richmond, 1932 births, Jazz musicians from Virginia, September 2 births, African-American pianists, Mapleshade Records artists, Hard bop pianists, Dameronia members, 20th-century African-American musicians

Photo attribution: Carlo Rondinelli, Walter Davis, Jr.