Art Davis
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Art Davis (December 5, 1934 - July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, best known for his work with jazz musicians including Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach. Performing with bassist Reggie Workman in Coltrane's group, Davis pioneered the use of two basses in a jazz combo setting.[1]
Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he began studying the piano at the age of 5, switched to tuba, and finally to bass while attending high school. He studied at Juilliard but graduated from Hunter College [2]
As a busy New York session musician, he recorded with many pop artists and has also worked in classical symphony orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Art Davis was a professor at Orange Coast College.[3]
Davis is also know for launching a legal case which led to the current system of blind auditions for orchestras [4]
Davis earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from New York University in 1982. He moved to southern California in 1986 where he balanced his teaching and praticing of psychology with jazz performances.
Davis died on July 29, 2007 from a heart attack. He was survived by two sons and a daughter. [5]
[edit] Discography
- Life (Soul Note Records, 1985)
- A Time Remembered (Jazz Planet, 1996)
[edit] External links
Reemergence( Interplay Records IP 7728) 1980
[edit] References
- ^ Walton, Ortiz (1972). Music: Black, White & Blue: A Sociological Survey of the Use and Misuse of Afro-American Music. William Morrow. ISBN 0688050255.
- ^ Washington Post
- ^ Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides, p. 156. ISBN 1-8582-8137-7.
- ^ IHT.com
- ^ Obituary
