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Nathan Davis
United States • 1937-02-15 – 2018-04-08
Nathan Davis is credited on 181 releases across 51 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
181
Pressings credited
51
Albums
7
Decades active
30
In collections
Biography
Nathan Tate Davis (February 15, 1937 – April 8, 2018) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute. He is known for his work with Eric Dolphy, Kenny Clarke, Ray Charles, Slide Hampton and Art Blakey.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
181 releases · 51 albums · active 1965–2025
- Performance · 531
- Other credits · 23
- Production · 11
- Engineering · 4
Studios: WRS Recording Studios · Saba-Studio, Villingen · Sonet Studios, Stockholm · Sonet Studio, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux
2022

Love Byrd
1981

Live In Paris - The ORTF Recordings 1966/67
2018

Fear Itself
1994

Peace Treaty
1965

Last Date
1965

In Paris The ORTF Recordings
2016

Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Vol. Two (For What It's Worth)
1993

If
1976

Suite For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1976

Makatuka
1971

The Hip Walk
1965

Happy Girl
1965
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Eric Dolphy
- Roots (8)
- Paris Reunion Band
- Nathan Davis Quartet
- Michael Boothman Touch
- Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C.
- The Caprells
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