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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 1960-61, Davis was briefly part of the John Coltrane Quartet before being temporarily replaced by Reggie Workman and permanently replaced by Jimmy Garrison. [1][2] 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
on the 1963 album Nights of Ballads & Blues.

Discography

With John Coltrane

With Kenny Dorham

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

With Eddie Jefferson

With Freddie McCoy

With James Moody

With The Jazz Brothers Featuring Gap Mangione and Chuck Mangione

With McCoy Tyner

References

Notes

  1. ^ John Coltrane - Live at the Jazz Gallery 1960 CD Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Lewis Porter (2000). John Coltrane: his life and music. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08643-6.