Art Davis

Arthur David Davis (December 5, 1934 – July 29, 2007) 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, 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.

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. Art Davis was a professor at Orange Coast College.

Davis is also known for starting a legal case that led to blind auditions for orchestras.

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. He was survived by two sons and a daughter.

As leader

 * Reemergence (Interplay, 1980) - with Hilton Ruiz, Greg Bandy
 * Life (Soul Note, 1985) - with John Hicks, Idris Muhammad, Pharoah Sanders
 * A Time Remembered (Jazz Planet, 1995) - with Ravi Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Marvin Smith

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 With Joe Newman With Dizzy Reece With Max Roach With Hilton Ruiz With Sal Salvador With Pharoah Sanders With Lalo Schifrin With Shirley Scott With Jack Teagarden With Clark Terry With McCoy Tyner With Leo Wright
 * Bird Lives! (Interplay, 1979)
 * Up Tight! (Prestige, 1961)
 * Boss Soul! (Prestige, 1961)
 * Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962)
 * A Jazz Message (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961)
 * Olé Coltrane (Impulse!, 1961)
 * Ascension (Impulse!, 1965)
 * The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (Impulse!, 1965)
 * Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Impulse!, 2023) recorded in 1961
 * Steel Guitar Jazz (Mercury, 1964)
 * Cabin in the Sky (Impulse!, 1962)
 * Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
 * Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
 * Healing the Pain (Delos, 1990)
 * The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet (Argo, 1961) with Billy Mitchell
 * Bossa Nova (Vee-Jay, 1962)
 * The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (Impulse!, 1960)
 * Ready for Freddie (Blue Note, 1961)
 * Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (Omnivore, 1965; released 2021)
 * Elvin! (Riverside, 1961–62)
 * And Then Again (Atlantic, 1965)
 * Lonely and Blue (Prestige, 1962)
 * Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964)
 * A Story Tale (Jazzland, 1961) with Sonny Red
 * We Free Kings (1961)
 * Straight Ahead (Candid, 1961)
 * Out Front (Candid, 1961)
 * Kansas City Outbound (JMood, 2008)
 * Expoobident (1960)
 * Visiting This Planet (Anami Music, 1980's)
 * Hearing Voices (Anami Music, 1980's)
 * Joe Newman Quintet at Count Basie's (Mercury, 1961)
 * Manhattan Project (1978)
 * Max Roach + 4 at Newport (EmArcy, 1958)
 * Deeds, Not Words (Riverside, 1958)
 * Award-Winning Drummer (Time, 1958)
 * The Many Sides of Max (Mercury, 1959)
 * Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse!, 1961)
 * It's Time (Impulse!, 1962)
 * The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan (Atlantic, 1964)
 * The People's Music – Live at Jazz Unité, vol 1 (1981)
 * Green Street – Live at Jazz Unité, vol 2 (1981)
 * Juicy Lucy (Bee Hive, 1978)
 * Rejoice (Theresa, 1981)
 * Lalo = Brilliance (Roulette, 1962)
 * For Members Only (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Think Well of Me (Verve, 1962)
 * Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (Moodsville, 1962)
 * Inception (1962)
 * Blues Shout (Atlantic, 1960)