Steve Davis (bassist)

Steve Davis
Steve Davis on the right
Steve Davis on the right
Background information
Also known asLuquaman Abdul Syeed
BornMarch 14, 1929
DiedAugust 21, 1987(1987-08-21) (aged 58)
GenresJazz, modal jazz, hard bop, post-bop
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
Formerly ofJohn Coltrane, McCoy Tyner

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

  • Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford/New York 1999; ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8
  • Steve Davis page on Allmusic.com

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.


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