Steve Davis (bassist)

Steve Davis (March 14th, 1929 - August 21st, 1987) (also known by his Muslim name Luquman Abdul Syeed) was a jazz bassist who is best known for his time in the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960-1961.

Steve Davis Steve Davis (Right)
Also known as	Luquaman Abdul Syeed
Genres	Jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, post-bop
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Double bass
Associated acts	John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner

In 1960, he was briefly part of the John Coltrane quartet, before being replaced temporarily by Reggie Workman and permanently by Jimmy Garrison^[1][2] Davis recorded My Favorite Things with the quartet. He also recorded as a sideman with Chuck and Gap Mangione on Hey Baby!, and with quartet fellow (and brother in law) McCoy Tyner on the 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

• (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; ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8

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