Compiled by Michael Fitzgerald
First published May 1996
Comments, additions, corrections via email to mike at jazzdiscography.com
Art Davis was born on December 5, 1934 in Harrisburg, PA and died July 29, 2007 in Long Beach, CA.
Please visit the official Art Davis website
While this is the most comprehensive and accurate discography on Art Davis ever produced, there still may be omissions and errors. Please help if you can.
For information on obtaining recent recordings, contact drart@artdavis.com
Thanks to contributors:
Dr. Art Davis, Chris DeVito, William B. Fielder, Makoto Gotoh, Toshiyuki Nomoto, Marcel Safier, Alan Saul, Dan Skea, Phil Schaap, Corey Scribner, Dennis Whitling, Jack Woker, Ben Young
Special thanks to all the staff at the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies where I had access to virtually every issue listed in the discography as well as the various relevant published sources.
Sources:
General discographies: All-Music Guide, Bruyninckx, Jepsen, Lord, Raben
ABC ledger
ASCAP, BMI
Periodicals: Cadence, Coda, Down Beat
This discography was produced using BRIAN, a computer discography database program created by Steve Albin. BRIAN is a significant step in the field of jazz research and holds much potential. I encourage discographers to investigate this program. Steve has been incredibly helpful in terms of technical support and in custom-tailoring this program.
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NOTE: There are a few albums remaining to be entered into the BRIAN discographical database.
Arthur Prysock:
Verve 5011
1961
Arthur Prysock:
Verve 5014
1961
[Art Davis is possibly on Billy Eckstine: I Apologize, Mercury 4623]
Quincy Jones: Hip Hits
Mercury 20799
June 15, 1962, April 9, 1963
Bill Evans: Theme From The VIPs And Other Great Songs
MGM SE-4184
May 6, 1963, Summer 1963
Philips 200-262
c. 1965
The Robert DeCormier Folk Singers
Command RS 853SD
Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte: Here's Harry And Lena
c. 1969-1970?
[Information is needed on Art Davis appearances on albums by John Denver, Judy Garland, Bob Gibson, Peter, Paul & Mary, Nancy Ames.]
February 1981
Toronto, Canada
Hilton Ruiz: The People's Music Live At Jazz Unité
Jazz Unité 103
November 25-26, 1981
Art Davis: Live
A.K.M. 1 [cassette]
July 22, 1984