Artist: Art Davis


Arthur David Davis was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John ColtraneDizzy GillespieMcCoy Tyner and Max Roach

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. 

Further information about Art Davis is found here and here.

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Art Davis - Driftin'

Art Davis: Videos

Minor Mode - Max Roach Quintet

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (with Art Davis)