Bass professor Richard Davis receives nation’s highest jazz honor (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

(Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison) Richard Davis talks with a student during the annual Bass Conference hosted by the Richard Davis Foundation at UW-Madison in 2011. Photo: Bryce Richter Richard Davis can add one more leaf to his many laurels. On Thursday, June 27, the National Endowment for the Arts named Davis, a professor of bass, jazz history, and combo improvisation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of four 2014 NEA Jazz Masters, considered the highest honor for a living jazz musician. Recognizing his...