Art Davis Discography

Max Roach Quintet: Live At Newport
EmArcy MG 36140
July 6, 1958

Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words
Riverside 1122
February 27, September 4, 1958

Max Roach/Bud Shank: Sessions Live
Calliope CAL 3013
October 6, 1958

Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
United Artists UA4034/(S)5034 or Blue Note 84457 [CD]
October 1958

Dizzy Gillespie: Copenhagen Concert
Steeplechase 6024
September 17, 1959

Max Roach Quintet: The Many Sides Of Max Roach
EmArcy MG20911
September 22, 1959

Max Roach: Award-Winning Drummer
Time 7003 or Bainbridge 1042
November 25 1959

Katie Bell Nubin: Soul Searching
Verve 63004
January 1960

Dizzy Gillespie: Theme From Formula 409
Verve 10213 [single]
March 28-29, 1960

Leo Wright: Blues Shout
Atlantic 1358
May 25, 1960

Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Newport 1960
Omega 3025
July 1960

Hal Mooney's Flutes & Percussion: Jerome Kern
Time 52012
August 11, 16, 19, 1960

Lee Morgan: Expoobident
VeeJay 3015
October 13, 1960

Dizzy Gillespie: Gillespiana
Verve 8394 or 314 519 809
November 14-16, 1960

Coleman Hawkins: Bean Stalkin'
Pablo 2310 933
November 1960

Jazz At The Philharmonic All-Stars In Europe
Verve 8539, 8541, 8542, Bean (Italy) 01
November 21, 1960

Dizzy Gillespie:

1. {Blues After Dark}
2. {Oh, Lady be Good} [George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin]
3. {My Man}

Dizzy Gillespie-tpt, voc
Leo Wright-asx, f (1-2)
Lalo Schifrin-p
Art Davis-b
Chuck Lampkin-d

November 22, 1960
Konserthuset
Stockholm, Sweden

Ernestine Anderson: My Kinda Swing
Mercury 20496
late 1960

Clifford Jordan: A Story Tale
Jazzland 40
February 14, 1961

Abbey Lincoln: Straight Ahead
Candid 79015
February 22, 1961

Dizzy Gillespie: Carnegie Hall Concert
Verve 8423 or 314 519 809 [CD]
March 4, 1961

Booker Little: Out Front
Candid 79027
March 17, April 4, 1961

Joe Newman: At Count Basie's
Mercury 20696
1961

Arthur Prysock:
Verve 5011
1961

Arthur Prysock:
Verve 5014
1961

John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane
Atlantic 1373
May 25, 1961

John Coltrane: Africa/Brass
Impulse 6 or GRP 168
May 23, June 7, 1961

Quincy Jones: Newport '61
Mercury 20653 or Emarcy (Japan) 195J-60
July 3, 1961

Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet
Argo 689
July 6, 1961

Elvin Jones: Elvin!
Riverside 9409
July 11, 1961

Max Roach: Percussion Bitter Sweet
Impulse 8
August 1, 3, 8-9, 1961

Roland Kirk: We Free Kings
Mercury 20679
August 16, 1961

Freddie Hubbard: Ready For Freddie
Blue Note 84085 or 32094 [CD]
August 21, 1961

Oliver Nelson: Afro-American Sketches
Prestige 7225
September 1961

Gil Evans: Into The Hot
Impulse 9 [Lp] or 39104 [CD]
October 6, 31, 1961

Billy Eckstine: At Basin Street East
Mercury 20674
October 1961

[Art Davis is possibly on Billy Eckstine: I Apologize, Mercury 4623]

Gene Ammons: Up Tight
Prestige 7208
October 17, 1961

Gene Ammons: Boss Soul
Prestige 7445
October 17, 1961

Mark Murphy: Rah
Riverside 9395
September-November 1961

Solomon Burke:
Atlantic 8067
December 6, 1961

Solomon Burke: Home In Your Heart

Carol Sloane: Out Of The Blue
CBS 1766 or 8566
December 1961

Max Roach: It's Time
Impulse 16
c. January 1962

McCoy Tyner: Inception
Impulse 18
January 10, 1962

Jack Teagarden: Think Well Of Me
Verve 8465
January 17-19, 1962

Sam "The Man" Taylor: The Bad And The Beautiful
Moodsville 24
February 20, 1962

Eric Dolphy: Vintage Dolphy
GM 3005
March 10, 1962

Etta Jones: Lonely And Blue
Prestige 7241
April 6-May 4, 1962

Curtis Fuller: Cabin In The Sky
Impulse 22
April 24-25, 1962

Clark Terry: All American
Moodsville 26
May 11, 15, 1962

Quincy Jones: Hip Hits
Mercury 20799
June 15, 1962, April 9, 1963

Count Basie: Easin' It
Roulette 52106
July 1, 1962

Count Basie/Maynard Ferguson: Big Band Scene '65
Roulette 52117
July 1, 1962

Freddie Hubbard: The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard
Impulse 27 or GRP 33111
July 2, 1962

Count Basie: Back With Basie
Roulette 52113
July 3, 1962

Johnny Hodges: The Eleventh Hour

Ray Nance-vln (
Johnny Hodges-asx
Bernie Leighton-p
George Duvivier-b
Art Davis-b (
Oliver Nelson-arr, cond

[Davis does not appear on other tracks from this release]

August 18, 1962
NYC

Zoot Sims: New Beat Bossa Nova Means The Samba Swings
Colpix SCP 435
August 20, 1962

Lalo Schifrin: Brilliance
Roulette 52088
1962

Clark Terry: Live At The Village Gate
Colpix 450
October 9, 1962

Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
CBS 1986 or 8786

1. Rocks and Gravel [Bob Dylan]

Bob Dylan-voc, g, hca
George Barnes-g
Art Davis-b

[Davis does not appear on other tracks from this release]

November 1962
Columbia Studio A
NYC

Ahmad Jamal: Macanudo
Argo LP 712
December 20-21, 1962

Eddie Harris: Bossa Nova
Vee Jay 3034
1963

Bill Evans: Theme From The VIPs And Other Great Songs
MGM SE-4184
May 6, 1963, Summer 1963

Art Blakey: Jazz Message
Impulse 45 or 5648 (cd)
July 10, 1963

Jimmy Smith: Any Number Can Win
Verve 8552
July 10, 1963

Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Jazz
Mercury 20843
July 22, 1963

Charlie Mariano: A Jazz Portrait Of Charlie Mariano
Regina R-286
July 25-26, 1963

Buffy Sainte-Marie: It's My Way
Fontana 6040 or Vanguard 79142
1964

Quincy Jones: Golden Boy
Mercury 20938
June 1964

Jimmy Smith:
Verve 8604 or 8666
September 29, 1964

Hasaan Ibn Ali: The Legendary Hasaan
Atlantic 1435
December 7, 1964

John Coltrane: Feelin' Good

1. Nature Boy [Eden Ahbez]
2. {Feelin' Good}

John Coltrane-tsx, ssx
McCoy Tyner-p
Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis-b
Elvin Jones-d

February 17, 1965
NYC

John Coltrane: John Coltrane Quartet Plays

1. Nature Boy [Eden Ahbez]

John Coltrane-tsx, ssx
McCoy Tyner-p
Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis-b
Elvin Jones-d

February 18, 1965
NYC

Quincy Jones: Mirage (soundtrack)
Mercury 21025
June 1965

John Coltrane: Ascension
Impulse 95 or GRP 113
June 28, 1965

Joan Tolliver:
Philips 200-186
1965

Earl Bostic:

c. 1965

Reverend Tom Vaughn:
RCA 3577
c. 1965

Ian & Sylvia

1. Un Canadien Errant
2. Got No More Home Than a Dog

Ian-voc
Sylvia-voc
John Herald-g
Bill Lee-b
Art Davis-b (1-2)

The Robert DeCormier Folk Singers

Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte: Here's Harry And Lena

[Information is needed on Art Davis appearances on albums by John Denver, Judy Garland, Bob Gibson, Peter, Paul & Mary, Nancy Ames.]

Sal Salvador: Juicy Lucy
Beehive 7009
September 5, 1978

Joe Albany: Bird Lives
Storyville 4164
January 4, 1979

Horace Tapscott: In New York
Interplay 7724
January 5, 1979

Art Davis: Reemergence
Interplay 7728
January 3, 1980

Peter Leitch: Jump Street
Jump Street 7001
February 9-10, 1981

Imagine The Sound (VIDEO)

Pharoah Sanders: Rejoice
Theresa 112/113 or Evidence 22020
1981

Hilton Ruiz: The People's Music Live At Jazz Unité
Jazz Unité 103
November 25-26, 1981

Various Artists: The New York-Montreux Connection
Columbia 37652
c. 1982

Art Davis: Live
A.K.M. 1 [cassette]
July 22, 1984

Art Davis: Life
Soul Note 1143
October 5, 1985

Bunky Green: Healing The Pain
Delos DE-4020
December 13-14, 1989

Dave Murdy: That Goes To Show Ya!
Time Is 9806
January 1990

Art Davis: A Time Remembered
Classic 4001
January 1995

Kamau Daaood:
MAMA
1997