Arthur David Davis (December 6, 1934 – July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, known for his work with
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Biography
Davis was born in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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, 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
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.
As a New York session musician, he recorded with many jazz and pop musicians and also in
symphony orchestra
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There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ...
s such as the New York Philharmonic and
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. 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
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s for orchestras.
Davis earned a Ph.D. in
clinical psychology
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from
New York University
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in 1982. He moved in 1986 to southern California, where he balanced his teaching and practicing of psychology with jazz performances.
Davis died on July 29, 2007, following a heart attack. He was survived by two sons and a daughter.
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With
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