Mr. Nixon and General Thieu
1973 · Flying Dutchman FD 10157 · USA
- Artist
- The Richard Davis Trio
- Title
- Mr. Nixon and General Thieu
- Release
- Song for Wounded Knee
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Flying Dutchman # FD 10157
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Richard Davis, Joe Beck, Jack DeJohnette
- Genre
- Jazz · Hard Bop · Post-Bop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Mr. Nixon and General Thieu Jazz, instrumental.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Credited 'The Richard Davis Trio featuring Joe Beck & Jack DeJohnette'. Produced by Bob Thiele; engineer Bob Simpson, remix Bob Arnold; liner notes Nat Hentoff; design Haig Adishian; cover painting Megan Monahan. Published by Bob Thiele Music, Ltd. (ASCAP). (p) 1973 Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd. Gatefold sleeve; pressed by RCA Indianapolis. Matrix FD 10157AR-1 / FD 10157BR-1. Composer credit on Discogs is album-level (Davis, Beck, DeJohnette), not per track. Discogs styles: Hard Bop, Post Bop.
About the artist
Trio led by bassist Richard Davis (born 15 April 1930, Chicago, Illinois; died 6 September 2023, Madison, Wisconsin), who played with Sarah Vaughan, Eric Dolphy and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1977; here with guitarist Joe Beck and drummer Jack DeJohnette. [Source: Wikipedia; Discogs]