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

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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

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)

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