Art Davis (bassist)

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Arthur David Davis (December 5, 1934 – July 29, 2007)<ref name="Obit">Template:Cite news</ref> was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Max Roach.

Biography

Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States,<ref name="LarkinGE">Template:Cite book</ref> where he began studying the piano at the age of five, switched to tuba, and finally to bass while attending high school. He studied at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music but graduated from Hunter College.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

As a New York session musician, he recorded with many jazz and pop musicians and also in symphony orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. He recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, and John Coltrane among other jazz musicians.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Art Davis was a professor at Orange Coast College.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Davis is also known for starting a legal case that led to blind auditions for orchestras.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Davis earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from New York University in 1982. He moved in 1986 to southern California, where he balanced his teaching and practicing of psychology with jazz performances.

Davis died on July 29, 2007, following a heart attack.<ref name="Obit"/> He was survived by two sons and a daughter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Joe Albany

With Gene Ammons

With Count Basie

With Art Blakey

With John Coltrane

With Buddy Emmons

With Curtis Fuller

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Bunky Green

With Al Grey

With Eddie Harris

With Freddie Hubbard

With Hasaan Ibn Ali

With Elvin Jones

With Etta Jones

With Quincy Jones

With Clifford Jordan

With Roland Kirk

With Abbey Lincoln

With Booker Little

With Roberto Magris

With Lee Morgan

With Tisziji Munoz

  • Visiting This Planet (Anami Music, 1980's)
  • Hearing Voices (Anami Music, 1980's)

With Joe Newman

With Dizzy Reece

With Max Roach

With Hilton Ruiz

  • The People's Music – Live at Jazz Unité, vol 1 (1981)
  • Green Street – Live at Jazz Unité, vol 2 (1981)

With Sal Salvador

With Pharoah Sanders

With Lalo Schifrin

With Shirley Scott

With Jack Teagarden

With Clark Terry

With McCoy Tyner

With Leo Wright

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