User talk:BassHistory/Steve Davis (bassist)

(b Philadelphia, 1929; d Philadelphia, 21 Aug 1987). American double bass player. After working with various groups in Philadelphia he moved to New York, where he played with Lester Young, Jimmy Heath, and Sonny Stitt. He was a member of John Coltrane’s first quartet (1960 to early 1961) and took part in several of its recordings, notably My Favorite Things. He also played and recorded with James Moody (1961–2) and recorded with Dave Burns (1962), McCoy Tyner (1963), the vibraphonist Freddie McCoy (1965), and Eddie Jefferson (1968, with Burns and Moody). From the mid-1960s he worked as a freelance in New York, but by the mid-1970s was living in Rochester. Davis made no recordings as a leader but he was known as a solid and reliable player in the mainstream tradition.





— Preceding unsigned comment added by BassHistory (talk • contribs) 15:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Dave Burns, Dave Burns (Vanguard, 1962)

C.B. Blues (Burns)

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Something Easy (Burns)

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Imagination (Burke-Van Heusen)

Rhodesian Rhapsody (Barron)

Edgar Bateman, Jr., drums; Dave Burns, trumpet; Herbie Morgan, tenor sax; Kenny Barron, piano; Steve Davis, bass — Preceding unsigned comment added by BassHistory (talk • contribs) 15:18, 17 December 2010 (UTC)