Steve Davis (bassist)

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

In 1960, Davis was briefly part of the John Coltrane Quartet, before being replaced temporarily by Reggie Workman and permanently 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 on the 1963 album Nights of Ballads & Blues.

Discography
With John Coltrane With Kenny Dorham '''With Eddie Jefferson With Freddie McCoy With James Moody With The Jazz Brothers Featuring Gap Mangione and Chuck Mangione With McCoy Tyner
 * My Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1961)
 * Coltrane Jazz (Atlantic, 1961)
 * Coltrane Plays the Blues (Atlantic, 1962)
 * Coltrane's Sound (Atlantic, 1964)
 * The Flamboyan, Queens, NY, 1963 (Uptown, 2009)
 * Body and Soul (Prestige, 1968)
 * Spider Man (Prestige, 1965)
 * Peas 'n' Rice (Prestige, 1967)
 * Cookin' the Blues (Argo, 1961)
 * Hey Baby! (Riverside, 1961)
 * Nights of Ballads & Blues (Impulse, 1963)