Steve Davis (bassist)

Steve Davis
Steve Davis on the right
Background information
Also known as	Luquaman Abdul Syeed
Born	March 14, 1929
Died	August 21, 1987(1987-08-21) (aged 58)
Genres	Jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, post-bop
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Double bass
Formerly of	John 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. 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

• 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

• Hey Baby! (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
• Steve Davis page on Allmusic.com