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- From Foot Safaris to Helicopters
- Athletic Drug Reference '95
- The Athletic Drug Reference '94
- A Promise Kept
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- Male
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- United States
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- 1926-05-26
- Active to
- 1991-09-28
bebopclassicalcool jazzfunkhard bopjazz
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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. 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 gr
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Art
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Harrisburg
- Place of death
- Long Beach
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- double bass
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- name in native language
- Art Davis
- date of birth
- 1934-12-05
- date of death
- 2007-07-29
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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