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- Works
- 3
Top works
- From Foot Safaris to Helicopters
- Athletic Drug Reference '95
- The Athletic Drug Reference '94
- A Promise Kept
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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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- Sport
- American Football
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Art
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clarksdale
- Sport
- American football
- Position played
- halfback
- Mass
- 195
- Image
- Art Davis (American football).png
- Height
- 74
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- date of birth
- 1934-11-29
- date of death
- 2021-01-29
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