Steve Davis (bassist)

Steve Davis (March 14, 1929 – August 21, 1987) (also known by his Muslim name Luquaman Abdul Syeed) was an American jazz bassist best known for his time in the John Coltrane Quartet.

From 1960 to 1961, Davis was briefly part of the John Coltrane Quartet before being temporarily replaced by Reggie Workman and permanently replaced by Jimmy Garrison. Davis recorded My Favorite Things (1961) with the quartet.

He also recorded as a sideman with Chuck and Gap Mangione on Hey Baby! (1961), and with quartet fellow (and brother-in-law) McCoy Tyner<br />on the 1963 album Nights of Ballads & Blues.

Discography

With John Coltrane

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

With Kenny Dorham

• The Flamboyan, Queens, NY, 1963 (Uptown, 2009)

With Eddie Jefferson

• Body and Soul (Prestige, 1968)

With Freddie McCoy

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

With James Moody

• Cookin' the Blues (Argo, 1961)

With The Jazz Brothers Featuring Gap Mangione and Chuck Mangione

• Hey Baby! (Riverside, 1961)

With McCoy Tyner

• Nights of Ballads & Blues (Impulse, 1963)

References

• Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford/New York 1999;
• Steve Davis page on Allmusic.com

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