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{{Infobox album
| name         = Illumination
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Walter Davis Jr.]]
| cover        = WalterDavisIllumination.jpg
| alt          =
| released     =
| recorded     = February–December 1977
| venue        =
| studio       = A&R Studios, New York City<BR>Sound Ideas Studios, NYC
| genre        = [[Avant-garde jazz]], [[modal&nbsp;jazz]], [[post-bop]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=69|s=49}}
| label        = [[Denon Records]]<BR>[[Pony Canyon Records]]
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{{Album ratings
| title = Original issue
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic" />
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'''''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.<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r183873}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Walter Davis Jr. unless otherwise indicated.
# "Scorpio Rising"
# "Illumination"
# "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady"
#"Backgammon"
#"[[Abide with Me]]" ([[Henry Francis Lyte]])
#"Crowded Elevator"
#"Theme from '[[La Strada]]'" ([[Nino Rota]])
#"Biribinya Nos States"
#"[[Just One of Those Things (song)|Just One of Those Things]]" ([[Cole Porter]])
#"Pranayama"
# "I'll Keep Loving You" ([[Bud Powell]])
==Personnel==
*Walter Davis Jr. – piano
*[[Carter Jefferson]] – tenor saxophone
*[[Charles Sullivan (musician)|Charles Sullivan]] – trumpet
*[[Jeremy Steig]] – flute
*[[Buster Williams]] – bass
*[[Bruno Carr]] – drums
*[[Art Blakey]] – drums
*[[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] – drums
*[[Naná Vasconcelos]] – percussion (8)
*[[Milton Frustino]] – guitar (8)
==References==
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[[Category:1977 albums]]
[[Category:Walter Davis Jr. albums]]
[[Category:Denon Records albums]]
[[Category:Pony Canyon albums]]
[[Category:1970s instrumental albums]]