Illumination (Walter Davis Jr. album)

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.

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

Original issue

Review scores
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Track listing

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

• 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)