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Steve Davis (bassist)

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Name
  
Steve Davis

Role
  
Bassist

Died
  
August 21, 1987, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Music group
  
John Coltrane Quartet (1960)

Similar People
  
McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis, Eric Dolphy

Steve Davis (1929-1987) (also known by his Muslim name Sayeed (Luquman Abdul) was a jazz bassist, very active in the sixties.

In 1960, he was briefly part of the renowned John Coltrane quartet, before being replaced by Reggie Workman. Davis recorded My Favorite Things (album) with the quartet. He also recorded as a sideperson with Chuck & Gap Mangione in Hey Baby!, and with quartet fellow (and brother in law) McCoy Tyner in the album Nights of Ballads & Blues.

Discography

With John Coltrane

  • My Favorite Things (album) (Atlantic, 1961)
  • Coltrane Plays the Blues (Atlantic, 1962)
  • Coltrane's Sound (Atlantic, 1964)

    • With Freddie McCoy

  • Spider Man (Prestige, 1965)
  • Peas 'n' Rice (Prestige, 1967)

    • With James Moody

  • Cookin' the Blues (Argo, 1961)

    • With Chuck & Gap MangioneHey Baby! (The Jazz Brothers) (Riverside, March, 1961)

    References

    Steve Davis (bassist) Wikipedia
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