Bassist best known for his contribution to Van Morrison’s ASTAL WEEKS and Eric Dolphy’s OUT TO LUNCH. Richard Davis, the ousted former head of NYC’s largest transit union, has retired from ...

Davis' many jazz sessions in the 1960s included "Out to Lunch" (1964), widely considered the best album by his friend Eric Dolphy, an innovative alto saxophonist, flutist and bass clarinetist.